For Sale: a Nikon and a Canon D-SLRs

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  • Hello all,

    I have a couple of camera kits up for sale as I have recently done an upgrade of gears, so the old stuff have to go. Everything has been well looked after and in very good condition, except 1 lens, which is stated.

    1st up is Nikon D7000, 16.2 megapixels, full HD video, condition as new with box and all accessories. I have only used it less than 10 times since I bought it less than a year ago. Under 500 actuation (shutter count). It still has 2 years warranty by a 3rd party company based in Surrey. This comes with 2 lenses:

    • Tarmon SP 17-50mm F2.8 VC with Hoya UV filter.
    • Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm F1.8 DX with Hoya UV fiilter and lens hood - SOLD

    Both lenses are in excellent condition both optically and cosmetically.

    I would like £725 ovno.

    Next up is my beloved Canon 30D, I think I bought it around 2006-2007, good condition, well loved! it's a bit tricky to get the shutter count on the Canon, but I am pretty sure it'd be a 4 digit number. It comes with 3 lenses:

    • Canon EF 28-105mm F3.5-4.5 ii USM with Hoya Filter (very good condition)
    • Canon EF 75 - 300mm F4 - 5.6 iii Kenko UV filter (as new) - SOLD
    • Canon EFS 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 ii no filter and no cap (bought this 2nd hand, auto focus doesn't work, a bit worn but works fine)

    I also have a Canon Speedlite 420X - SOLD

    The specs of the 30D is not that impressive in comparison to all the current D0SLRs, but it does provide you with a solid 8.2 megapixels good quality pictures. The kit comes with a couple of small CF cards and 2 batteries.

    **I would like £290 ovno.

    **Cheers


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  • How much would you want for the 35mm?

  • I am not too keen on splitting just now, easier for me to shift the whole lot etc. I want to give it a few days to see if anyone wants the whole kit.

  • Needless to say donation to the forum will be made upon sale...

  • Would take the speedlight separately if you do split.

  • I would be interested in the D7000 body if the split happens on the nikon gear.

  • ...and if you split the canon gear, I might take the 75 to 300 lens

  • Thanks for the interests guys. I think I have had enough interest to allow me to split the stuff. I still would like to sell them as kits as it'd be easier for me, but I will work on a price list for indivdual items tonight and get back to you guys as soon as possible.

    Thanks

  • I have sent PMs to everyone who is interested in individual items. The gears need to go, so kits or individual items, 1st come with cash gets the stuff. Cheers

  • Hi Jeez, you should go for mind because I have got a great kit for sale at a good price and you need a great camera. This is the short answer. I can't make you to buy my kit, but if you are looking at the D7100, you might as well get the D7000, be that mine or a brand new one, simply because there isn't much difference between the 2 - the D7100 is an incarnation of the D7000. Yes the specs have improved, but you won't see very much difference. Depends on what kind of user you are, will you be using your cameras for snap shots, family / holiday / everyday uses? If so, the 24MP on the D7100 and the 16MP on the D7000 won't make much different to you. In fact, having a higher MP does mean you will have less noise on very high ISO (we are talking about probably over 6400 or so and viewing the pics are 100% enlarged), but then it also increases the file size, so pros and cons there. In terms of video, again, if you are a serious videographer, you probably won't use either of the bodier to do serious work anyway, as for family footage, 24p on the D7000 is probably a more "normal" format than the 30p on the D7100 (I am not sure if the D7100 can switch back to 24p). Focal points wise, the D7100 does have few more points, but again, the D7000 is fast enough as it is, so unless you shoot a lot of sport, it won't make much difference. So bottom line is, the D7100 does sound more advanced than the D7000 on paper and I am sure it is if you run lab tests to push them to extreme, but in actual use, particularly for general use, you won't see nearly any different. How often does one use the extreme setting on a camera in everyday use?

    Beside, I personally don't think the D7100 is worth its price tag, new cameras are always very expensive, particularly considering you can get a FX body for a couple of hundred more (which is what I did for my upgrade), but with a FX body, you would have to get much more expensive lenses. I did it only because I was trained as a photographer and I want to get back in the game. So I do look after my stuff very well.

    I am not to familiar with the D3200, but a friend who has a D3100 it's fine for what she wants, but she only uses it to document her work and that was what she could afford. the D3200 does have 24MP, but again, you will never really need to use that, unless you are printing posters the size of a wall. Ultimately, it's down to your budget and how serious you want your cameras to be - if you got the D3200, you might want an upgrade fairly soon. The other thing is where the buttons are very different between the D3200 and D7000/D7100, so that might be something you need to take into consideration, and also the size, I think the D3200 is the lightest and cheapest of Nikon, but I do like my camera a bit heavy, because it helps to keep my hands steady in certain situations.

    Body wise, I am not selling my D7000 much more expensive than a brand new D3200 and it's half then price to the D7100. The D7000/D7100 are the best DX (APS-C sensor) D-SLRs you can get, the next one up would be a FX body, whereas the D3200 is an entry level. My lenses are better than the kit lens you would get with the D3200 and if you start upgrading your lenses, you might as well look for 2nd hand ones, for example, mine! As a general rule of thump, don't get the kit lens anyway as it's usually crap. At the end of the day, lenses are what matter and you the photographer is the most important thing out of all.

    Bottom line is, all 3 cameras will do fine if you just want to kick around with your camera etc, I always go for the most expensive stuff I could afford at the time when I need them. Cameras are much like bikes, what you pay for is pretty much what you will get, unlike designer's handbags where the price tags have nothing to do with... well anything, in my opinion.

    Happy to answer any more question you might have. It would be great if you could give me gears a new home as I won't be using them again, but if you want to get the newest - D3200 or D7100, then I appreciate it, but do bear in mind D-SLRs tend do age very gracefully in terms of the technologies, some technicians I work work think that they have reached the peak and companies are just faffing about with improving for the sake of marketing. 16MP, 24MP or every 38MP on the D800 won't help your pictures if you don't know what you are doing. (I am not pointing fingers at anyone here, just a general comment)

    Do let me know what you decide so I could get back to the guys who want my to split the kits.

  • What a good post. !

    Common sense and detailed knowledge of the items .

    Sure this is LFGSS. ......

  • Thanks Allister, as things stand at the moment, everything is still available. I also replied to your PM if you are still interested in the body.

  • PM sent about the 75-300 lens!

  • Nikon 35mm lens, Canon 75-300mm lens and Canon speedlite flash gun are sold.

    Nikon D7000 body is under discussion. (Allister, I will get back to you tonight regarding postage, just need to find a scale to weight the package)

    That leaves Tamron lens and Canon kit still available. Still keen on selling the Canon 30D as a kit.

    Open to all sensible offers.

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