Bummer ... I am spoiled that shipments from Vegas and Reno usually take 1 or 2 days ground and 2 days from So Cal.
MB-N14 Battery Grip for Z6III - anyone received one yet?
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May be the correct item, but after years of buying from Adorama they completely messed up an order with no effort to rectify. After seeing how they treated me and that I was nothing more than a number, I would not buy anything from them again - not even a five dollar lens cloth.
After a delay in transit, it arrived today. With the inclusion of the warranty card, it appears to be a Nikon USA item. The plastic structure seems to be thinner and less substantial than I'd prefer but I'm sure that's meant to minimize cost and weight. I'll use it when I have long lenses on the Z6III for bird and wildlife shooting, otherwise I'll do without it on the camera.
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My target use also ... body only balances pretty well in my hands with Z600 f/6.3 but not with Z800 f/6.3
I don’t have an 800 but I imagine it’s not the best choice for the Z6III. Even the 180-600 with it feels too front heavy. The 70-200, 400 f/4.5 and the 600 PF seem well balanced with the camera.
Very low light situations where I still want max reach with out cropping puts the Z800 f/6.3 into play on the Z6III otherwise the Z600 f/6.3 gets the nod.
B&H maintains that they have not received any shipments of the MB-N14 yet but should get mine from the first shipment. Hopefully early next week. I have been using them again recently because of the Payboo card and 6% is 6%.
I think it’s not officially available yet. I’m not able to register it.
I didn’t pay sales tax with B&C.
Not long ago that was the case for Idaho with NV and CA but no more. Why I switched back from Samy's (2 Z9,s, Z7II, Z800 f/6.3 etc.) to B&H.I think it’s not officially available yet. I’m not able to register it.
I didn’t pay sales tax with B&C.
It is interesting that Adorama has them and has shipped them when other dealers as well as Nikon USA says they are not yet available. My Nikon contact has not responded all week to my request for more info.
Have you found someone that actually got one from Adorama?
See JAJohnson’s post above.
Any of the posts only say that Adorama says that they had it in stock. None mention someone actually getting one from Adorama. JAJohnson got his from B&C Camera located in Las Vegas, NV
My bad, I did see a Facebook post by someone who said they purchased from Adorama.
Thanks ... Adorama still shows them ready to ship. There is so much crazy information flying around and who is blowing smoke who knows. For instance why would Adorama get them and not B&H. Why would B&C and Samy's get them and not Glazer's in Washington and Mike's California stores while Nikon USA still say there are none in the USA yet
I received this from my Nikon contact this morning....
I have been out of the office for the past week. I apologize for the delay in getting back to you.
As I had said previously, if someone has the MB-N14 from a dealer, that dealer did not obtain the product from Nikon inc.
The information I have comes from Sales management who receives their shipping information direct from Nikon Corp.
Our ship date on this highly allocated product is mid-August.
Thanks,
I have been out of the office for the past week. I apologize for the delay in getting back to you.
As I had said previously, if someone has the MB-N14 from a dealer, that dealer did not obtain the product from Nikon inc.
The information I have comes from Sales management who receives their shipping information direct from Nikon Corp.
Our ship date on this highly allocated product is mid-August.
Thanks,
The mystery continues even deepens given what @JAJohnson got from B&C and what he and I saw from Samy's.
I‘ve not known Adorama (and the others) to sell gray market items. It may be that the grips were acquired when Nikon sponsored Touch & Try events were held after the Z6III was announced. I don’t think anything nefarious is going on.
They can't publicly admonish one of their top distributors, nor can they publicly condone breaking the embargo. So they dig a deeper hole... I'm sure it's 100% legit and they can't admit it.
I received shipping confirmation for my MB-N14 battery grip from Nikon on Thursday, I should receive it Monday.
I did receive this from my Nikon contact.
The product is "highly allocated" - which means - we have a lot of orders for the amount we are getting in. So, getting one, will be difficult, at first.
I did receive this from my Nikon contact.
The product is "highly allocated" - which means - we have a lot of orders for the amount we are getting in. So, getting one, will be difficult, at first.
I got an e mail from Nikon NPS 8-14 about 1:30 PM that mine had been shipped to B&H and it would be about 2 or 3 days before they got it.
Arrived 11-21-24 from B&H downloaded the reference guide, installed it charged batteries in the grip fast and simple and took it out birding this morning all worked aok.