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All sales of cameras in e-commerce are through authorised dealers. Amazon/Flipkart/Snapdeal are just aggregators not dealers. My camera came with an invoice of a dealer in Varanasi!

The warranty policy is
. 1 year by Nikon
. 1 year by Nikon India (it is 4 years by Nikon USA!)
Once you receive your camera, register it on the Nikon Site. If there is any problem within the first month or so, Amazon will replace it without any questions asked.

Thanks Aroy again!! Waiting for the sale on Oct 1st to start so that I can buy the D3300 one. Can't wait actually :)

Must be one strong lady. Hope you didn't pick up a fight with her regarding who gets the best position in the vehicle.

Thanks for looking.

Re luck: wildlife photography is 95% patience, 5% action :)

Best to go for an Amazon-fulfilled deal. Otherwise returns can be painful.

:D She was carrying a bean bag and almost never lifted it to eye level!

You can also throw in dim light, someone's body coming in between at exactly the wrong moment, van bumping right when you click, if only that branch wasn't there, why isn't it looking at me, was looking in the wrong direction photographing some mundane stuff, wrong settings carried over from last night, didn't charge the battery as I was too sleepy, the list goes on and on...

Very nicely expressed, +1. Let me add:
1. Wrong light or direction of light when you sight an animal. And you can't go to the right place because you are not allowed to leave the track.
2. Wrong season when you get leave
3. Wrong focal length/lens when a creature decides to show itself
4. 0.5-3 seconds to react and shoot, for most interesting shots. God help if you were looking at some PYT in the other safari vehicle, when a tiger decides to charge out of undergrowth, without any warning ;)
5. Cost of travel + safaris + occasional gear rental
6. Cost of antacids when everyone else is getting nice sightings, and you are missing by a couple of minutes

#6 affects me the most.

Bunch of non believers*, that is what you guys are.:)
The essential requirement is "The Gods must be kind...."

* I am no better.

#4 :D Very common problem, especially when there is a sighting and the vans flock together!

I've faced #3 in a very dramatic manner when a leopard came so close to the van that at even 150 mm all I was seeing in the viewfinder was some spots. I couldn't go down any further since that was the only lens I was carrying :(

Also lens envy, when you are drooling over someone else's lens and that leopard/tiger/whatever decides to look right at you.

I am deliberating. Decided on the D500, but everytime I look at old D810 photos, I suffer from post-decision dissonance. And yes, I did consider the park, season, comfort of wildlife with humans (which equals to expected distance), type of sightings etc. No clear answers. Will be carrying my 200-500 and other lenses.

FPS and AF of a D500. Versus absolute image quality, and animalscapes + landscapes with the D810.

Reprocessed a few old photos while looking at the D810 files. I love D810's metering, especially in interesting light, that give a special feel (special for me) even to ordinary subjects. @Mod: better to leave them here instead of the non-auto image forum, since images need some context.

D810








D500, significantly cropped. ISO 2200, 1/2500s.

If you plan to shoot birds then the D500 would have a distinct advantage than the D810. Like the last picture. High fps would help. Quicker focussing too. And BIFs would be easier.

Incidentally, how is the new 200-500 f5.6 VR? Have been meaning to try it out. And i nearly bought the D500. Aborted not since it has any flaw, but since i debated whether i would be 'justified' buying it. May also trade in my old D3s for the D5. Unfortunately, the resale market in India generally, and A'Bad in particular, sucks.

BTW, great capture.

D810 + Nikkor 200-500 F5.6 ! :)

Thanks nilanjanray, the urge to photography wildlife and birds started from a trip to Sikkim in April where i got a chance to do some birding. The trusty d3200 was not able to handle the low light of the cloudy mornings and the 16-300's slow speed wasn't helping. A few photos that i got had a lot of noise at iso 800.







Will eventually go for a tripod then for birding, after i get used to the feel of the new kit.

As for
I have been through your portfolio before, really amazing stuff.

Rightly said.clap:

Thanks Aroy! I see this message in the Nikon website

http://www.nikon.co.in/en_IN/about/p...merce-advisory

I am concerned about this now!

I think that Nikon equipment sold on Amazon is through authorized dealers/retailers. To verify, just check the seller against list on Nikon site of authorised Nikon Dealers.

Most of the seller names are weird and some has Nikon has the seller names and thats what the nikon site warns us also. Totally confused.

BTW Tata Croma has this offer here but its pricey for D3300. Should i go for it?

http://www.croma.com/nikon-dslr-d330...t-blk/p/182208

I have yet to come across any Nikon equipment bought through major e-commerce site being rejected by Nikon.

What you have to do is
. Buy the Camera
. Register it with Nikon, once it arrives.

If the site accepts the registration then it is bought from a genuine dealer. If it is rejected, return it with a note stating the reason. Amazon has a no-questions asked return policy, so you loose nothing.