From: "P. J. Alling"
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.
I looked at KEH.
D1 2.65Mp LN- $275
D1x 5.47Mp EX+ $465 to BGN $245
D100 6.1Mp Ex+ $265 to BGN $189
If I'm not mistaken, the D100 uses the same Sony sensor Pentax used for
the *ist-D.
The attractive thing about KEH is they have well defined "condition"
standards and my experience is they apply those standards very
conservatively. I have purchased BGN items from KEH, and in every
instance, when I examined the item I did not see the kind of wear that
would make the item "BGN" by their published standards, rather than "EX"
(or even "EX+").
It looks like Nikon gear doesn't depreciate as much as Pentax gear, but
at the same time, KEH has a lot more Nikon gear on offer, which tends to
moderate their prices for used Nikon gear.
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