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D810 Lens Mounting Plate ~ Slightly popping away from camera body housing?


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Luckysnuck

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Hello Friends,

 

Back-Story

What preceded this condition that follows is that my D810 with a 24-70mm f/2.8 lens mounted on it (while packed away in a padded bicycle saddle bag) slipped off of my bike and hit the ground with a bit of a thud; not violent enough to stop me in my tracks and check my camera's condition.  It was not until I attempted to use this camera the following day that I realized I had an issue.

 

Consequently I am curious if anyone has ever experienced the circular metal lens mounting plate on a D810 (or similar model) essentially "popping away slightly" from the black camera body's housing?  When I say "popping away slightly" I mean to say the with a lens mounted on the camera body it appears that the very small gap between the lens base and the camera body exposing a sliver of the mounting plate's metal ring at this location appeared to be slightly askew.  What accompanied this "look" was that my lens would not lock-onto the camera body.  The lens would fit onto the circular lens mounting plate and fully turn to a stopping point as was customary...but not lock.  After attempting to mount multiple lens to this camera body with the same result (lenses would not lock onto the body) I eliminated my lenses as a root cause.  What I tried next, with a lens mounted on the camera body, was to apply some inward pressure by carefully pressing the lens barrel (while mounted, but not locked in) into the camera body...I suddenly heard a very subtle "pop" and the askew look of the metal gap between the lens base and the camera body appeared true; meaning a consistent gap-space around the full circumference of the lens base was evident and my lenses would now lock-in.

 

Soooo, my concerns are;

 

Did I damage something on the camera body to allow this to happen? 

 

Is the D810's camera body's build such that it is engineered to take a lick such as I described and keep on ticking and I should not be concerned about it?

 

Should I send the camera body to Nikon for their trouble-shooting in the event something may be broken internally and is likely to result in other down-stream issues?

 

 Any input from the Nikon knowledgebase would be greatly appreciated.

 

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I use two of these bodies in my working arsenal and can tell you
that, thought they're not a mono-piece of magnesium alloy like
the single digit bodies I also have, these D8xx are very well built
and sturdy cameras. I had no problem of any kind with them and
they are used intensively — but with much care — in my work.

Without seeing your gear, my first recommendation would be to
have it checked by Nikon.
 



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Send it in. The mirror box in a DF/D810/D750 is a sturdy piece of reinforced plastic, but the lens mount is mounted using self-tapping screws that can cause damage to the mirror box when the camera is dropped. The same kind of drop would probably have bent the metal mirror box in the D300/D700/D800, making for a more expensive repair.



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I agree...send it...I had a D4 mount damaged with what seems to be a lesser impact several years ago.  I sent it in and they were able to fix the issue...



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Look and ye shall find...ugh!
 
Apologies for my failure to make the simplest of observations that would have clearly identified the root cause of my D810 Body issue; see the three pointed out fractures.  
 
Thanks to Nikon Shooter, Merco_61 and TBonz for your comments.
 
Off to Nikon it shall go.
 
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