My new camera earned itself back in 25 hours
Yes - not kidding… Within 25 hours of getting my D3 I can say it has earned it self back…
Got my D3 yestoday noon 
from a place i ordered from on 24th of august.
Today at noon - i’m leaving the office - waling over to enable the alarm - while I hear some unusual noise from our dining room on gound level.
I go down and investigate - with all my stuff incl. my backpack, the D3 with 14-24 lens and whatever else was attached
and then I see a burgelar is at his game at our patio door at the company. I knock on the window to ask what he thinks he is doing - and he looks at me…
I then remember I have my D3 - and get the lens hood of the leans and just started shooting pictures… while he started running - I run through the building to “catch” him on the other side - and got even more photoes.
Called police and they came - handed them RAW and JPGs and now I think I saved myself at LEAST the price of the D3.. both in repairs and what else a stupid guy could steal and mess up in our offices.
Even with alarm in the building - it still takes alarm company 10-20 min. to turn up…
(and sorry - police told me not to post pictures in public before his is convicted - but got 40 pictures - and police said - best Crime Scene pictures they had ever gotten -
The pictures are not that good “photographic quality” since i just “pointed and shot” at whatever the camera setting was - but it worked…..
Have a great New Year - I know I will and I like my D3 very very much today.