Beginner Need someone to help me use the Nikon D50 I got this week!

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MrRichAllen1976 said:
I still need to know where to send it, which requires a response from him.
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Don't wait for a response from the seller. The camera and lens you bought appears to be faulty as it gives an error message so raise it with ebay. They'll side with you and the seller will have to refund you.

I've been through this with ebay and it's easy enough to do but if you're not sure how to do this someone on here will very probably help you through it.
 
woof woof said:
Don't wait for a response from the seller. The camera and lens you bought appears to be faulty as it gives an error message so raise it with ebay. They'll side with you and the seller will have to refund you.

I've been through this with ebay and it's easy enough to do but if you're not sure how to do this someone on here will very probably help you through it.
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I created a return request circa the end of last week.

Still nothing.
 
From memory you should be able to check on the status. When you declare it faulty it gives the seller an amount of time to resolve the issue after that eBay auto refund you. So guessing you're waiting for that time to run out. But definitely check on the status.
 
MrRichAllen1976 said:
I've been up to Harrison's this morning and bought a new lens for 50 quid.

I can't try it because the camera battery's on charge.
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Good luck with this one (y)
 
But I thought you were sending the D50 back via eBay returns? :thinking:


You’ve also posted that in WCMUT which makes it very hard to follow if you spread the same info over different threads :(.
 
sphexx said:
But I thought you were sending the D50 back via eBay returns? :thinking:


You’ve also posted that in WCMUT which makes it very hard to follow if you spread the same info over different threads :(.
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The seller still hasn't responded with a return label so I'll probably just keep it, saves all the faffery and expense of recorded delivery (because I don't trust normal Post not to lose stuff)
 
MrRichAllen1976 said:
The seller still hasn't responded with a return label so I'll probably just keep it, saves all the faffery and expense of recorded delivery (because I don't trust normal Post not to lose stuff)
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Just wait for Ebay’s response to your complaint. They have to wait for a certain number of days in case the seller does respond. What have Ebay said so far?
 
MrRichAllen1976 said:
I'm hoping to be able to keep the Nikon D50, as apart from the duff lens all the menus etc work on it with a fully charged battery.

Dad wouldn't let me purchase the £55 lens from CEX but I've seen one on eBay for £43, seller's got perfect feedback, so I asked a question before I clicked buy to see if it's compatible with the D50 and he says yes so I went ahead and bought it.
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MrRichAllen1976 said:
I've been up to Harrison's this morning and bought a new lens for 50 quid.

I can't try it because the camera battery's on charge.
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Did you forget you already ordered a lens?
 
@MrRichAllen1976
Looking back through this thread, and with the greatest possible respect . . .
You're a beginner who has very little disposable income and you're on a sharp learning curve, which people are trying to help you with. I'm a retired professional photographer who doesn't have either of those problems, and I also have all the equipment that I used to need for my business.

But, despite this, you own more cameras and lenses than I do. Doesn't this tell you something?
 
MrRichAllen1976 said:
The seller still hasn't responded with a return label so I'll probably just keep it, saves all the faffery and expense of recorded delivery (because I don't trust normal Post not to lose stuff)
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The seller doesn’t respond (he doesn’t take returns, you knew that when you bought it it) eBay does.

Have you checked the status of your of your return on eBay as you were advised to earlier in this thread?

As said earlier, eBay takes responsibility once you post it (get proof of posting) so it’s irrelevant whether you trust ‘normal post’.
 
MrRichAllen1976 said:
I've been up to Harrison's this morning and bought a new lens for 50 quid.

I can't try it because the camera battery's on charge.
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Once again, you don’t say what lens you bought. You should have taken the camera (with charged battery etc) with you and got Harrisons to check it was working on your camera and they would also have shown you, to some extent, how to use it, if they weren’t too busy.
 
MrRichAllen1976 said:
No and it's come but I gotta send it back as it's not a lens it's a lens converter.
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The first post I quoted was for the lens you said you bought on Ebay for £43 after you had discovered the one before was a lens converter. You said you bought it on Monday and this is only Wednesday,
 
Barrysprout said:
The first post I quoted was for the lens you said you bought on Ebay for £43 after you had discovered the one before was a lens converter. You said you bought it on Monday and this is only Wednesday,
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It was dispatched yesterday and arrived this lunch time.

I've just had an online chat with a lady called Elonor who's helped me set up a return request for the item that arrived 4 hours ago, she's also escalated my return/refund request for the original camera.

I'll try and flog the lens I bought today either on eBay or back to Harrison's.
 
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Anyone else struggling to keep up. So you're already planning on getting rid of the lens you purchased today?
Plus another you purchased yesterday, and another that isn't a lens but a converter and the original faulty lens plus the camera. Wow.
 
MrRichAllen1976 said:
It was dispatched yesterday and arrived this lunch time.

I've just had an online chat with a lady called Elonor who's helped me set up a return request for the item that arrived 4 hours ago, she's also escalated my return/refund request for the original camera.

I'll try and flog the lens I bought today either on eBay or back to Harrison's.
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Hang on, you said you liked the D60! So you have a lens ( though you haven’t described it) and when the eBay lens & camera go back you will not have a D60 but then then buy the one at Harrison’s for £30 or maybe even less (offer them £20 and see if they come back with £25) now you’re a regular customer ;). The D60 at Harrison’s is already a good price and with a guarantee!

Hope I’ve got all the above correct, you jump around so much it’s difficult to keep up :LOL:
 
robj20 said:
Anyone else struggling to keep up. So you're already planning on getting rid of the lens you purchased today?
Plus another you purchased yesterday, and another that isn't a lens but a converter and the original faulty lens plus the camera. Wow.
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keep up indeed! You posted while I was writing!
 
This is the TP Cliffhanger !
 
The Nikon D50 is still at Harrisons. I just checked.

With battery, charger, strap and USB.

12 months warranty. 14 days money back. Fully Tested too.
 
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Is it a D50 or a D60? IIRC, the D50 will accept and AF with the old screw driven lenses but the D60 won't.
 
Richard, in the event that you send everything back and people can advise you from a fresh start, are you aware that DSLR cameras with changeable lenses, such as the D50, D60 etc, are prone to getting dust on the sensors. This can cause marks on the pictures and the dust has to be removed by either blowing it off or cleaning with specialised equipment - not too hard but fiddly.
 
Suvv said:
Richard, in the event that you send everything back and people can advise you from a fresh start, are you aware that DSLR cameras with changeable lenses, such as the D50, D60 etc, are prone to getting dust on the sensors. This can cause marks on the pictures and the dust has to be removed by either blowing it off or cleaning with specialised equipment - not too hard but fiddly.
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I suggested a bridge camera for this reason, can't remember in which thread though. I still have fond memories of my Fuji S9500 the camera that started it all for me.
 
Suvv said:
Richard, in the event that you send everything back and people can advise you from a fresh start, are you aware that DSLR cameras with changeable lenses, such as the D50, D60 etc, are prone to getting dust on the sensors. This can cause marks on the pictures and the dust has to be removed by either blowing it off or cleaning with specialised equipment - not too hard but fiddly.
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I think that’s the last of his/our problems. He needs to get a camera which works first of all ;)
 
robj20 said:
I suggested a bridge camera for this reason, can't remember in which thread though. I still have fond memories of my Fuji S9500 the camera that started it all for me.
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Me too, though not just for that reason. He already has a good but old model & small sensor one (Canon SX20 IS) and most (all?) his Flickr photos were done with that.

If he didn’t rush into things it would have been better if he’d posted his Flickr snaps and then discussed what he wanted to do or do better etc. Unfortunately he’s also scattered his problems like confetti in different threads so it’s hard for anyone to keep up :( .
 
Nod said:
Is it a D50 or a D60? IIRC, the D50 will accept and AF with the old screw driven lenses but the D60 won't.
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D50.
 
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sphexx said:
Me too, though not just for that reason. He already has a good but old model & small sensor one (Canon SX20 IS) and most (all?) his Flickr photos were done with that.

If he didn’t rush into things it would have been better if he’d posted his Flickr snaps and then discussed what he wanted to do or do better etc. Unfortunately he’s also scattered his problems like confetti in different threads so it’s hard for anyone to keep up :( .
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Meh in fairness he's been given lots of good advice and ignored almost all of it. He seems happy to keep buying this stuff so let him crack on I guess.
 
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Andy Into The Wild said:
Meh in fairness he's been given lots of good advice and ignored almost all of it. He seems happy to keep buying this stuff so let him crack on I guess.
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He seems happy to keep buying this stuff Well, in that respect, no different from many here! :LOL: . I’m not sure if he’s not taking the advice or not understanding or just getting confused about it since, as I said, he’s scattered his problems around.

Just today I replied to him in another thread only to find that by the time I’d posted he’d posted the same thing here. So I deleted my reply and put it here as this was the right place — but of course by that time he’d replied to my deleted post :confused: :banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
After all this I'm excited to see some actual photos taken by Richard!
 
robj20 said:
Anyone else struggling to keep up. So you're already planning on getting rid of the lens you purchased today?
Plus another you purchased yesterday, and another that isn't a lens but a converter and the original faulty lens plus the camera. Wow.
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I don't think I've ever been so confused over something like this in my life!
 
I think we have to remember that Richard has said he does have some mental health issues sadly, Richard you need to take the advice that many members have given instead of starting more threads. Like you I have mental health issues but I do take the advice from members when I ask for it. Have ONE CAMERA AND ONE LENS that works and PRACTICE, PRACTICE AND PRACTICE until you know what setting you want to use. I do wish you the best of luck in your photography but try to slow down on buying CHEAP kit, as you now have a job so save up then go from there.
 
Fuji Dave said:
I think we have to remember that Richard has said he does have some mental health issues sadly, Richard you need to take the advice that many members have given instead of starting more threads. Like you I have mental health issues but I do take the advice from members when I ask for it. Have ONE CAMERA AND ONE LENS that works and PRACTICE, PRACTICE AND PRACTICE until you know what setting you want to use. I do wish you the best of luck in your photography but try to slow down on buying CHEAP kit, as you now have a job so save up then go from there.
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Well said Dave.

@MrRichAllen1976 - Richard - I'd expand on this a little more - one thing I'd say about photography as a hobby is this - it's a pursuit that generally rewards patience in pretty much every aspect - be it Patience in finding the right kit to buy in the first place, Patience in spending time with that particular camera and learning how it works very thoroughly - ideally so thoroughly you can operate it without thinking, so you can concentrate on what you're actually pointing the camera at, Patience in looking for the ideal way to compose an image, or patience in waiting for the subject you're shooting to be doing "just the right thing" when you press the shutter. Even after shooting, you've got to be patient while you get home and download the pictures, patient while you go through the images to find the best ones, patient while the images upload onto Flickr even.

But - in a rushed and hurried world, where everyone is shouting at us to do something now - or ideally yesterday - that patience, the act of being able to slow down time and savour the seconds is one of the deeper joys of photography, and Something most of us Need in our Life.

Instant Fulfilment is a fleeting thing - Something Achieved over time stays with you forever.

Its fair to say that photography has at times been as close as I've got to meditation, and at certain points in my life, its been the only thing thats kept me out of the hands of the medics.
 
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