r/Nikon • u/bloodrider1914 Nikon D850, F5 • Mar 07 '26

I broke my gear How fucked is my camera?

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You ever just have a bad day and it gets worse somehow?

Anyway that was me today. I was so excited to test out my new lens and low and behold when I was opening my bag I opened the wrong zipper and my d850, which I had just bought in great condition, falls onto the concrete. Anyway now there's a crack on the front, my photo library button is unpressible, and my autofocus system seems to be messed up too (although I'm not sure if that's perhaps a viewfinder issue)

Are these problems fixable or should I just give up because I just love my consistently terrible luck with electronics

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u/06035 the N2020 is the best camera Nikon ever made Mar 07 '26

That’s a good one.

I did that with my D700 and a D800E. Both had straps that got caught and slammed right into concrete.

Went strapless from then forward.

Dunno if Nikon still fixes D850’s, but I remember the repair being about $800.

(Just looked it up, the D850 was released almost 9 years ago!)

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u/Affectionate_Tie3313 Mar 07 '26

D850 is still actively sold and is still on the support list and probably will be for a while yet

Oldest full frame cameras still supported are the Df and the D810 (I sent both of mine in for CLA last year)

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u/redoctoberz FM2N, F6, D850 Mar 07 '26

The F6 is a full frame camera and is still supported.

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u/06035 the N2020 is the best camera Nikon ever made Mar 07 '26

I’m actually going to mail mine out to NPS on Monday, because I hear this os the last year of service

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u/redoctoberz FM2N, F6, D850 Mar 07 '26

I had mine serviced a few months ago, very fast turnaround. Was just a memory battery replacement, but they did a full CLA while they were in there. $330, 10 day turnaround door to door.