LeoB
Bought this body only on 17 March 2018 from eDigital via Amazon. In the listing there was no indication that this was NOT a totally new, sealed camera. When it arrived it was poorly packaged and I was afraid that the camera had been damaged in shipment due to the condition of the box. It was just the camera stuck inside a somewhat larger box with no fill/padding and poorly taped. The camera box itself looked shopworn and it was obvious it had been opened many times as the box tabs were worn and scruffy. Inside the box there was none of the usual padding. There was no owners manual in the box, either. Oddly, there were two different sized power cords for the battery charger. - one new and one obviously used. The battery was in a plastic bag but obviously not the original bag as it was too big. At that point I was about to return the camera. I examined the camera body closely and, surprisingly, it looked good. No indications of wear or use. I decided to do the final test, a shutter count to see how many times the camera had been used. Again I was surprised, the shutter count was 1! I did some test shots, checked the mirror lockup and looked at the sensor through a magnifier, and all looked OK. I decided to keep the camera. I have other Nikons and this was for a specific purpose and it would work for that. As to the camera itself, there are many reviews of it and recommendations that this is one of the best Nikon bodies without the unnecessary frills and crap on the updated 7200 or 7500.
