D-80 warranty card question

External Since: Oct 27, 2006 Posts: 2

Hello everyone:

I just received my D80 from B&H (much sooner than I expected) and cannot
wait to get out and give it a test!

I was curious about something, though, and given that it is the weekend
and I cannot contact B&H till Monday, I thought I'd ask you folks.

There appears to be no warranty card to send in to Nikon for this
camera. I also bought two Nikon lenses and they both came with
pre-printed warranty forms with the serial numbers. Is it normal for
the camera bodies to lack warranty card?

I realize I can register on-line or by mail, but the lense-forms seemed
to imply that Nikon would not service without the preprinted versions!

--Cactus Bob

External Since: Oct 27, 2006 Posts: 2

Cactus Bob wrote:
> Hello everyone:
>
> I just received my D80 from B&H (much sooner than I expected) and cannot
> wait to get out and give it a test!
>
> I was curious about something, though, and given that it is the weekend
> and I cannot contact B&H till Monday, I thought I'd ask you folks.
>
> There appears to be no warranty card to send in to Nikon for this
> camera. I also bought two Nikon lenses and they both came with
> pre-printed warranty forms with the serial numbers. Is it normal for
> the camera bodies to lack warranty card?
>
> I realize I can register on-line or by mail, but the lense-forms seemed
> to imply that Nikon would not service without the preprinted versions!
>
> --Cactus Bob

Follow up:

I did just find something that says it is the warranty card.
Surprisingly, it does not ID the D-80 at all. It simply refers to the
camera as a "Nikon Digital Imaging Product." Like the lenses warranty
cards, it says it must be sent in with a service request in order to
validate warranty; unlike the lenses, there is no preprinted serial
number. I guess Nikon is more casual about the camera bodies than lenses!

--Cactus Bob