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Or maybe this is not a surprise to you at all, but just the same, you may want to double-check and make sure your D750 is on your photo gear insurance policy.

If this isnt a poster child for takes a licking and keeps on clicking, I dont know what is.

Not something the average landscape or portrait shooter would care about, but a real show-stopper for an astro-landscape photographer).

In fact, theres more than one within driving distance of where I live.

Ill just go get my D750 serviced at one of the third-party repair shops.

Ive taken my other cameras there, and even serious body work is only 300.

I saved much more than that when I bought a grey market D750, so Im happy to pay for a repair Besides, in my case, most of the damage that happens is the type that clearly doesnt fall under warranty (as you can see).

Why not, I asked Not because its grey, but because their technicians arent yet trained on the D750, so all of their D750 repairs just get shipped to Nikon factory service anyways.

At this time, the D750 has been around for almost 1.5 years.) So, Im out of luck.

Surely in some dark corner of the internet, I would find a collection of complaints about third-party Nikon service technicians or getting the D750 in particular, serviced.

After all, it practically set a world record for shortest time between being announced and hitting eBay in grey market form.

Not one single tweet about specific restrictions on third-party Nikon service centers, or technician training, etc.

So, I started calling every other third-party repair shop I could find, anywhere in the country.

The responses were such a bizarre mixed bag; Ill just bullet them here.

And when I asked if they had any idea when D750 training might happen or if they had ever serviced other grey market Nikon items, things got awkward, and I received no solid answer.

Then I asked if their technicians were officially trained by Nikon at all or if they were an authorized repair facility, but they too started sounding shady and ambiguous.

Unfortunately, Nikon has changed their online repair interface, and I cant find the same list that I used to have bookmarked).

Youre welcome to send us your grey camera and see what happens, though.

But why If Nikon USA has forbidden everyone from servicing a grey market Nikon in the US, why not just say that.

But first, I needed to either confirm my suspicions or lay them to rest, so I contacted the wisest Nikon guru I know, Thom Hogan, after reading his article on grey market Nikon products here.

A few phone calls or emails can give you the same results, though.

The moral of the story Think twice before buying grey market.

Or, if you heavily abuse your gear like I do, at least, get it well-insured.

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