On Jan 21, 2011, at 5:17 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> My friend Sandy is starting to look for a DSLR.  She has an old Nikon AF 
>> 35mm  (a 2020) and some AF lenses plus a couple of MF lenses.  My suggestion 
>> is that she start out with a cheap used DSLR to learn what she really needs. 
>>  In the best case, she'll find out that a $200 used camera fits her needs, 
>> in the worst case she'll decide she needs a D700, but would at least skip 
>> the intermediate stage of buying an $800 D5000 kit from costco, and finding 
>> out it doesn't fit her needs.  She may find out that the D5000 would work, 
>> but in a couple months the $800 kit should be down to $700.
>> 
>> I'd normally recommend Pentax for people on a budget, but since she already 
>> has a bunch of Nikon mount glass, she's probably better off not switching.
>> 
>> If anyone knows of something that might interest her, I've cc'd her on this 
>> email:
>> Sandy  [email protected]
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
> 
> Larry., I still have a D1, D1H, D2H and the D200.
> 
> I have often toyed with letting the D1 go.

What is a D1 worth?


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Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est





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