I suppose this has wandered far enough OT from Linux that I can weigh in on it...
After using Nikon's website/email support, I will not buy anything else. I bought a dead (as it turned out) Nikon film scanner at a swap meet a couple of years back, plugged it into Windoze, and started in on it. I found every piece of documentation that was supposed to come with the unit on-line. Nikon's support team helped me troubleshoot it, and when their front-line support group couldn't figure it out they quickly transferred me to their specialists who diagnosed a blown SCSI terminator fuse and assisted me in disassembling and repairing the unit. They answered my emails within 2 hours *even on weekends*. They were so efficient that I *never had to make a phone call*. I ended up paying $75.00 for a working $1200 film scanner. After getting that kind of support from Nikon on one of their products that wasn't on warranty and wasn't even bought from one of their dealers, I didn't even bother looking at other cameras when I went to buy a digital camera, because I *know* I'm going to get into software and interface trouble with it just like I do with everything else, and at least with Nikon I know I won't end up having to deal with a third-world something with a third-grade education who only speaks Fungoolistani and can't wait to get rid of me as soon as my question isn't in its hotline cookbook. When it comes to computerized electronics, I'll even give up some performance or features to get support. (What good are the performance and features if you can't get the @#$%^&*! thing working??) (P.S.: If anyone knows anything about Linux support for Nikon, please point me at it; I'll probably need it eventually...) (N.B.: I will, for identically converse reasons relating to support, NEVER buy ANYTHING from Fuji EVER again - not even so much as a roll of film. And I hope somebody from both Nikon and Fuji is reading this.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
