He still prefers the SB-800 and as we all probably already know, thinks Nikon made a mistake in killing the product.

Also, do you really want the cost of a radio receiver added to every flash you want?  The way it is now, you only need as many receivers for the most number of flashes you use for any one shoot, plus if you need to replace a flash, you don’t need to replace the wireless receiver.

This isn’t a flaw that should be dismissible.  For the money being asked for with any of their flashes, overheat issues should not be present with standard use.

Now, people complaining about things like the D800 (Be it supposed specs, delay of announcement, or whatever) is irritating, and I think silly.  But in an area like this, I feel consumers are becoming too complacent with technology failing, and considering that to be “part of the deal”.  I often think of the Apple Lifespan, where iPods that are hundreds of dollars will crap out within five years, as will the laptops (Battery issues I’m understanding of.  But I’m on year four with my lovingly handled Macbook Pro, and the CD Drive stopped working about a year ago, I’ve had to replace the graphics card because it burnt out (a known issue with the 2007 models), and recently the keyboard and trackpad connection has cocked up, leaving me with what amounts to an oddly shaped Mac Mini).

A lot of people get flustered up over trivial crap that usually amounts to self entitlement, and I think they’re silly for it.  However, when people get upset over a company fixing a mistake that shouldn’t be in their top of the line product, and releasing it as a new model that’s 100 dollars more than what it’s replacing (This is really a replacement, not an upgrade)?  I can empathize with the distaste.