Nikon Issues Small Recall for a 16-Year-Old Film Camera

I love how the idea of Japanese conscientiousness has become almost a meme for how we wish companies were run. Other examples you&#x27;ve probably seen come across the webs:<p>-- Hotel apologizes in advance for a brief 1 minute planned disruption of in-room internet at 4am <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=japanese+hotel+internet+apology&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiR0fyo19LqAhVZHjQIHWLwBWkQ_AUoA3oECAsQBQ&amp;biw=1751&amp;bih=1211#imgrc=cZGXwwqZeLmVcM" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=japanese+hotel+internet+apol...</a><p>-- Japanese train company issues apology for train leaving 20 seconds early <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=tokyo+rail+apologizes+train+leaving+early&amp;oq=tokyo+rail+apologizes+train+leaving+early&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.6899j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=tokyo+rail+apologizes+train+...</a>

Nikon still sells the Nikon F6 film camera. All existing stock was probably manufactured a loooong time ago, but it is still technically a current product, so I imagine they’re obligated to provide support and government-mandated environmental fixes.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imaging.nikon.com&#x2F;lineup&#x2F;filmcamera&#x2F;slr&#x2F;f6&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imaging.nikon.com&#x2F;lineup&#x2F;filmcamera&#x2F;slr&#x2F;f6&#x2F;</a><p>(I’d love to see the sales numbers for the F6. I can’t even guess the order of magnitude of global sales per year. 1? 10? 100?)

What really impresses here is their ability to document the recall to the point that a product that old still has its full history available, allowing them to work out which specific cameras to recall.

I&#x27;ve never worked in a context that made complex physical goods. Is it surprising to others that they even know which specific 152 cameras were over-plasticized?

Meanwhile Pentax is still avoiding the issue of multiple models dying from cheap apature solonoids.

Meanwhile, my 2 year old mobile device...

&gt; In fact, only 152 units are impacted… so few that Nikon actually lists every affected serial number in the recall notice:

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