On Jan 21, 2011, at 7:16 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 1/21/2011 9:58 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> 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? > > Based on how fast digital equipment depreciats I'd put the price between $150 > and $250 US, if you can find one for sale. At that price it's really not > worth selling. It's a bit like owning a old beater of a car. If it runs > it's worth more than you can probably sell if for.
Yeah, my beat up K100 is in about the same boat. If it'll read the aperture lever on AIS lenses though, it might be a good one for Sandy to play with. > >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > > --Marvin the Martian. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
