If you buy second hand make sure to find out how many shutter actuations the camera has the lower the better, too high and you'll likely end up paying for a service so worth budgeting for that. Although I'm on something like ~34000 shutter actuations on my D50 and it seems to be doing fine.
I might be selling my D50 very soon
D90 looks the best buy in the nikon lineup right now and a step above the D300000/500000. They're just coming onto the second hand market now in numbers, so keep you're eyes open.
Quote from: dave on November 25, 2009, 06:03:06 pmD90 looks the best buy in the nikon lineup right now and a step above the D300000/500000. They're just coming onto the second hand market now in numbers, so keep you're eyes open.Do they all have video on them nowadays?Also can you still get the D40? That's a crackin little camera. I was waiting for ages for the D90 to turn last year, but gave up and settled on the D300 instead. So glad I spent a little more on the body.What's your budget Tomtom?
I've just sold my Nikon D40 on eBay for £230 after 2 years pretty consistent use. Think it was £340 new not bad return for nowadays. I've gone for the a New Nikon D5000, big sensor same as model up and with HD video with the ability to use old lenses for shallow depth of field manual focus effects.
used Nai's cannon with a lovely 10-20mm sigma zoom a couple of weeks ago and was very impressed with the lens...
Quote from: tomtom on December 24, 2009, 05:23:38 pmused Nai's cannon with a lovely 10-20mm sigma zoom a couple of weeks ago and was very impressed with the lens...If you are planning on getting that lens, I'd be a little wary about buying Sigma's - it can be a bit of a lottery as to whether you will get a good lens. If you do go for one, make sure you buy it from a respectable UK shop with a decent returns policy, not a cheap deal from Hong Kong etc . I used to have the 10-20 Sigma and it did give nice sharp images, however a lot of people have found the opposite...
Good advice- they're about £500 sheets.... so not something to take a punt on!
Quote from: tomtom on December 24, 2009, 07:30:16 pmGood advice- they're about £500 sheets.... so not something to take a punt on!Wow - they've gone up in price, I paid under £300 2 years ago!!
The reason there is the price disparity is that recently Sigma bought out a f/3.5 version, the older ones (that are cheaper) are f/4-5.6.