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What would you consider is a good price for a brand new Nikon D3? (brand new from a shop / web site)
Gary.
Gary.
What would you consider is a good price for a brand new Nikon D3? (brand new from a shop / web site)
Gary.
Have you seen anywhere close to this?
Thanks,
Gary.
I can strongly recommend buying from here - kea photo
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nikon-D3-Prof...hZ011QQcategoryZ31388QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
2 Canadian guys based in Honk Kong. I bought my D3 from them a few months back (has even gone down in price a bit) and it was in my hands via Fed Ex in 2 days!
I can strongly recommend buying from here - kea photo
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nikon-D3-Prof...hZ011QQcategoryZ31388QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
2 Canadian guys based in Honk Kong. I bought my D3 from them a few months back (has even gone down in price a bit) and it was in my hands via Fed Ex in 2 days!
There are warrenty issues in that if anything goes wrong in the first year you have to ship it back to them in Hong Kong to sort out.
I got my D200 from an Ebay site in Hong Kong. If I had known that Nikon UK wouldn't touch it, I probably wouldn't have bought it. I've never been confident in the camera, but unless I could compare another D200 side by side, I've just had to live with it. It is probably OK and just a bit more work than the D70 I had, but without the ultimate option of sending it to Nikon, I'll never know for sure.
Buyer beware.
What's wrong with your D200? Also, if it's more than a year old then it's out of warrenty anyway so I don't see it as such a major issue. Providing nothing goes wrong in the first year of course.
Just bought it from Jessops. £2,850. I also got a Nikon Zoom-Nikkor AF-S 14-24 mm f/2.8G ED (what a mouthful, thank god for Copy and Paste! )
Chuffed
Gary.
Just bought it from Jessops. £2,850. I also got a Nikon Zoom-Nikkor AF-S 14-24 mm f/2.8G ED (what a mouthful, thank god for Copy and Paste! )
Chuffed
Gary.
Nice one! Would love to hear what you think of the 14-24. I'm still in a dilemma over a wide angle lens for the D3. Was all set to go the cheaper route (Tamron 17-35 was looking good) but now I really don't know.
Please tell me it's rubbish
Can you let me know what "tests" to do, aperture, what focal length, etc etc - just so I don't miss a "test" you want...
I will go to Calton Hill I think.
Gary.
Cheers Gary I'd be most interested in shots and what you think of it at the 14mm end and at f2.8 f8 and f16. Go wiiiiiide!
The only thing that really puts me off about this lens (apart from the obvious - price) is the fact you can't put filters on it. A circular polarizer is a bit of must for me, I love em, so really don't know what to go for...
How did you get such a good deal on the D3 with lens??? Just looked on the site and it's £2,849.00 body only??!!!
Have uploaded test shots...
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=680457#post680457
You're a star, cheers Gary. Looks pretty good. If you get the chance to take some building shots (from the ground up) at 14mm could you post them up too?
What do you think of the lens? Do you really think it's worth the extra cash over say, the Sigma 10-20 which you've used (though you think you had a duffer?)
Hard to say as I really fell out with my Sigma. Trouble here is I am a complete novice, and really don't know how to give the lens a proper test. It seems much faster, and to me, much sharper. The edges of my sigma at 10mm were just crap.
Once I actually start using the camera for photo's I enjoy, landscapes, some fields, and buildings etc - in good light, then I will know for sure how much more I prefer it.
I like the feel of it so far
I will post some building shots later this afternoon / evening...
Gary.
You say you're a novice yet you've bought a D3 and a Nikkor 14-24 - Some people round here might whip your ass for that
I've seen some of your pics recently and you won't be a novice for long mate (that's a compliment by the way!)
Nah, you just wanted to spoil my 5D thunder :razz:A: I'm just a little daft and way too compulsive
Nah, you just wanted to spoil my 5D thunder :razz:
prices are obviously still on the way down......
now under £2700 from a reputable UK store....
http://www.digitaldepot.co.uk/Bank_Holiday_Specials/c1293/index.html
You trying to upset me?
Was it that obvious
Of course not, but alerting other people to the fact that there is a good deal this weekend can never be a bad thing (for the majority).