john.margetts
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And there is me being impressed if I come home with ten pictures!
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And there is me being impressed if I come home with ten pictures!
My hubby bought me a used D4s with 600 actuations on it and we got it for $4,000. I would have loved to have gotten a D5s, but since I was upgrading from a D3S I just didn't need to have THAT good of a camera.
As far as buying used, almost everything I've bought has been used.
I was planning on starting a thread on this subject for us full-time pros, after I read a Ken Rockwell article on why we should not buy used. t!
I was planning on starting a thread on this subject for us full-time pros, after I read a Ken Rockwell article on why we should not buy used. t!
good lord, Ken Rockwell is still on the internet? should be a law or something
Anal Probe
Exactly, I don't really mind buying a great camera used even if the shutter has lots of use, because it's fairly cheap.Nikon would very much like to hear about any D810 they have made that has a shutter mechanism that has endured for 2 or 3 million actuations.
But, yep, replacement of the shutter is not very expensive.
However, if you paid $300 for a used DSLR that subsequently needs a $250 repair, just getting another $300 DSLR seems to be a viable alternative.
Entry-level DSLR shutters are not designed and made to last as long as the shutters in pro grade DSLRs.
Shutter life is effected by more than how many times the shutter has been actuated.
The environmental conditions a camera is used and stored in can also affect shutter life.
I saw a Nikon D810 for 900.00 and they was selling it because the shutter failed, so even if you pay $300.00 to get it replaced, your getting a Nikon D810 for $1200.00 which is a great deal.. Pro camera's yeah it's worth it to replace the shutter, but your not going to do that for lets say a Nikon D90 or a Canon Rebel, Because a shutter replacement would cost almost as much as a new Camera with a Kit Lens.
about 6 months ago i found a Nikon D810 at a yeard sale where the guy died and his wife was selling all his camera equipment, the lady was rude because she had a price tag of $200.00 on it, and i tried to tell her this camera was worth way more then $200.00 even used, but before i could tell her she cut me off and said i don't care how much you think it's worth the price is $200.00 lol so i gave her the $200.00 and it had a 24-70 f2.8 lens on it lol, and they was 2 other lenses on the table and she was selling them for $150.00 each, they was a 80-200 f2.8 and a 10-24 f3.5 so i got all 3 lenses with the Nikon D810 for $500.00..
that was the deal of the century i thought lol, and even if the shutter was junk on that it still would have been a good deal to pay to get it replaced.
I'll Never forget that day..
I'm not anal about shutter count, but if I can get a camera for $500 with 100 shutter counts or 1,000, I'll go with the lower one.