Hi ! I'm going to upgrade my Nikon N8008 to faster. I think F100 is appreciate, (F5 is too expensive ) I think F5 is 600-700 USD over F100. But i'm very suprised when go to shop : F100 is 1250 USD and F5 is 1500 USD. but there's no box, catalogue, it's only body. (both of them is new ) I wonder it's real F5 or bogus gods. or poor quality Now I'm looking for a tip, advise from experianced user to test and how to know it's good , real F5 Thanks for your help !

-- Nguyen Ba Quang (quyenll@yahoo.com), February 01, 2000

Answers

If you've seen and handled the F5, than it's probably not bogus. It would cost too much to make a F5 clone that could pass for the real thing. But it probably is not new either. Perhaps a display model, perhaps a customer return, perhaps even one with some defect that makes it unsellable at origianl price.

-- chuck fan (chaohui@msn.com), February 01, 2000.

If its new, it should have a warranty, box or no box. If it looks new (not mishandled), and it has a warranty, it may be just fine. I doubt also that it is 'fake'. I have purchased floor models before, with no problems (just a lot of fingerprints!).

-- Ron Shaw (shaw9@llnl.gov), February 02, 2000.