Nikon D4 Delivery Delayed to Mid March

I hope the D800's are not having the same problem.

Wow a whole month later? Why can't they just fulfill to the people that placed the pre orders right away? I too hope that the D800 won't have this issue.

the overwhelming pre-orders from all over the world.

WOW! See the filled part of the glass! I really hope that at London Olympics we will see only Nikon everywhere!
I'm sorry for competition LOL

interesting. i have not seen this mentioned anywhere else. can the OP supply a source/link to this info?

Here it is:
http://www.asahi.com/digital/bcnnews/BCN201202080002.html
Sorry, only in Japanese. But you can see "D4" and "3...15..", at least :-)
The gist of it is "at the new product press conference (presumably for D800/E), CEO Mr. Atsushi Godai told the press that he has decided to push back the shipment date of D4 to March 15 due to the overwhelming pre-order and they could be no longer confident to deliver all the pre-orders on the previous delivery date Feb. 16."
Ken

It would be pretty remarkable if they were able to fully meet the initial demand ... given all the hassle in both Thailand and Sendai in the past 12 months.

Anyway, I don't understand why it is so imperative to be one of the first to get a new camera model. The price is likely to be reduced by 10% in the first year... plus if there are any bugs they will be more likely ironed out.

Today I got an email from the shop where I ordered mine from, a Nikon professional dealer. When I pre-ordered they said I would get higher priority if I also pre-paid, so I did on 6th Jan. Today's email said they were refunding me my payment and they are "taking pre orders by putting your name/contact details on a list and then taking payment once stocks arrive.".

I asked them where on the list I was and when they would be shipping, and they said I was number 2 and no answer to the other question!

Do you know what I think happened? I think a lot of agencies were waiting for the D800 to be announced, hoping it would be a replacement D700 and now they find it is not gonna be usable by photo-journalists they are now asking for the D4.

Funnily enough when I pre-ordered the shop asked if I was an NPS member, which I wasn't but they suggested I apply and so I became a member. I was contacted by NPS and told I would get priority on the D4 being an NPS member. I will contact them and ask if this is still true and what the expected shipping date would be.

I've given up thinking I can use a D4 at London Fashion Week which starts on 17th Feb. I use lightroom anyway for speed of post processing (I need to get a few hundred images out within an hour of each show) and don't think there will be a RAW converter ready anyway.

Beware the Ides of March.

I just received confirmation from Nikon USA that there is a production delay, and it will be available by mid March instead.