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Funkykipper said:
I bought my Nikon D80 body with 4500 shutter activations (which in camera terms is a Diesel engine that's done about 20000 miles) on Ebay for £330.

It has been a real tiptop piece of kit.

Although I did spend £520 on an 18mm to 250mm lens. That was painful but now a very versatile setup.
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I'm saving for one at the moment. I use my brother lens at the moment he has a 18 to 270. No need to keep changing lens then. As you said, so much more versatile
 
You'll find the 18-70 will be very good, it's one of nikons best ever kit lenses, it's worth £120 on its own, it was so good people didn't upgrade so they dropped it for the 18-55mm.

If the 70-300 is the one I think it is you'll be less impressed with it as the internal lenese are all plastic to cut down on weight,the later 70-300 VR is streets ahead in image quality but costs over £300

This dslr lark can get expensive because it's all about the lenses,
 
wack61 said:
You'll find the 18-70 will be very good, it's one of nikons best ever kit lenses, it's worth £120 on its own, it was so good people didn't upgrade so they dropped it for the 18-55mm.

If the 70-300 is the one I think it is you'll be less impressed with it as the internal lenese are all plastic to cut down on weight,the later 70-300 VR is streets ahead in image quality but costs over £300

This dslr lark can get expensive because it's all about the lenses,
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I mainly want it for when I'm out laning Not into Photography as an hobby Just wanted a better camera than the little canon digital camera I've got now As it takes too long to be ready for the next shot. and isn't very good on moving objects..
 
Camera arrived today All exactly as advertised on Ebay. Had a quick play and it all seems to do what it's supposed to do?? Better read the manual and the book that came with it.. :confused:
 
redhand said:
Camera arrived today All exactly as advertised on Ebay. Had a quick play and it all seems to do what it's supposed to do?? Better read the manual and the book that came with it.. :confused:
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Just put it on program or if it's got the little symbols on the dial the one with the running man is for shooting anything moving.
 
D70 (and older D100, and newer D50) have quite an advantage too if you are looking for extra s/h lenses at a later date. That is, they'll accept early AF and AF D lenses and auto focus with them. Ya later more modern Nikons of the same consumer level (D40,D60,D3000 etc) require AF-S lenses, otherwise they don't auto focus....i.e your D70 has the AF motor in the camera body itself....and it will still work fine with AF-S lenses too.
All this means you've got a nice big selection of Nikon fit AF lenses out there in the secondhand market! ;)

D70 or D50 (if ya prefer SD cards to CF) are both a good 'thinking mans' choice for anyone wanting a DSLR for not a massive amount of money
 
well took some pictures with it today. Only of the 2 houses we're building (Well not me personally I s just the brickies/site labourer)

Top house Completed

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Bottom house under construction

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