Frederick, US
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Several respondents have remarked that they have received their D5000 back from Connecticut with no documentation and no evidence of what (if anything) was performed. The same occurred with my D5000.
Generally when parts alerts are issued by electronics parts manufacturers, the fault applies to a limited number of "lot numbers." All electronic parts (of any significant quality level) are produced one "lot" at a time and those lots are documented in case there was a specific problem found in any specific lot.
The first step in identifying the potentially faulty parts in a product is to identify what serial numbered products (in this case cameras) the part type was installed in. Because the camera industry may not apply 2-way-traceability, they may not be able to tell lot numbers of these parts were installed in what serial numbers of cameras.
So, the next step is to recall the cameras and open it up to see the lot number of the parts installed in the camera. This may be as simple as removing a cover and visually inspecting the part in question (the lot number is usually printed or etched - depending on the size of the part - onto the part). It is entirely possible that those cameras that returned very quickly (as mine was), was inspected and found that the part was not of the suspect lot number.
Subsequently, the part manufacturer may have identified other suspect lot numbers and thus the second recall notice may have been issued.
This is entirely speculative as it may apply to Nikon, but this is what some companies would do (I'm not going to name names) in this case. Sorry about the long dissertation. Perhaps it will be educational to some users.
Tom
D5000IR, V1, Oly OM-D E-M5
Nikkor Zooms: AF-S 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 VR, VR, AF-S 18-135 f/3.5-5.6
Nikkor primes: 24 f/2.8Ai-S, 28 f/2.8D, Micro 60 f/2.8, 85 f/1.4D, Nikkor-C 500 f/8 Refl.
Nikon 1 lenses: 10mm f/2.8, 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 VR, 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6.
Voigtlander 58mm f/1.4, Sigma 70-300 Macro f/3.5-5.6.
Oly 12-42mm f/3.5-5.6, 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3, 12mm f/2.0, 45mm f/1.8, 75mm f/1.8.
Lumix 20mm f/1.7, 14-140mm f/4.0-5.8, 100-300mm f/4.0-5.6
Gitzo GT3541L, Manfrotto MT293A4, MP 680B
Markins M-20, RRS BH-25 Pro
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