D40 Question

[Alan®]

Looking to upgrade to a D40 from my oversized point and shoot in march. Been looking on Ebay and there are a lot good package deals on there but some of them use refurbished D40's. I guess what my question is what are the dangers of doing this and how reliable is a refurbished one. I'm just getting on my return flight to ATL so id like to have some opinions. Thanks in advance guys

-Alan

[b17a1db2]

i didn't think refurbished was good, but i bought one, and had no problems, this was a canon sd1000, not a D40. but it was refurbed by Canon w/ their warranty, so it was still good. i'd still have a new one though. just because it is new.

[james]

everyone is so afraid of refurbished stuff. but if its factory refurbished you really have nothing to worry about. they come with warranties. (usually)

also, why buy brand new off the shelf!?
id just hate to buy used lenses.

[uproot]

i think if it has a warranty you should be okay, check other online retailers first though, amazon, keh, b&hphoto, they might have better packages/warranties

[sleepys4]

Everything in here sounds good, except the camera you are buying!! Look into used d80's or take a plunge and get a new D60. I would personally suggest a xti or xt over a d40 any day. For several reason. You will thank me later.

[CHADbee]

dont do it.

stay away from d40/d60 cause you have to use AF-S lens. you can buy a 50mm 1.4 af for $270, the AF-S version you would need to auto focus on a d40/d60 costs $450. the d40/d60 do not have auto focus built into the camera body so you have to buy newer, more expensive af-s lens with the auto focus built into the lens.

buy a used d50/d80 off CL if your on a budget i see them all the time for 350-400 bucks.

[sleepys4]

dont do it.

stay away from d40/d60 cause you have to use AF-S lens. you can buy a 50mm 1.4 af for $270, the AF-S version you would need to auto focus on a d40/d60 costs $450. the d40/d60 do not have auto focus built into the camera body so you have to buy newer, more expensive af-s lens with the auto focus built into the lens.

buy a used d50/d80 off CL if your on a budget i see them all the time for 350-400 bucks.

Exactly!!
We Speak the truth.

[DinanM3atl]

dont do it.

stay away from d40/d60 cause you have to use AF-S lens. you can buy a 50mm 1.4 af for $270, the AF-S version you would need to auto focus on a d40/d60 costs $450. the d40/d60 do not have auto focus built into the camera body so you have to buy newer, more expensive af-s lens with the auto focus built into the lens.

buy a used d50/d80 off CL if your on a budget i see them all the time for 350-400 bucks.

Yes sir!

[A.P. Photography]

Buy a point and shoot. Then you don't have to worry about lenses that have autofocus built in or if it is in the body.

[CHADbee]

Buy a point and shoot. Then you don't have to worry about lenses that have autofocus built in or if it is in the body.
or just dont use a lens at all, they are overated anyways :yes:

[A.P. Photography]

Yeah, I mean who needs to spend thousands of dollars on lenses to take a photo. They are all overrated. It is all about the super sensor.

[james]

Yeah, I mean who needs to spend thousands of dollars on lenses to take a photo. They are all overrated. It is all about the super sensor.


sensors? fuck that nonsense...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004YVCC.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[A.P. Photography]

^ thats the ish right there. Old school FTMFW

[itsnotarex]

I've got a d40. The lack of an onboard autofocus motor might make life a little harder on you, but personally I focus manually a lot, so its never been an issue for me. YMMV.

And buy new. A camera's shutter does only have a certain number of actuations in it before it stops working, so better to start at 0 rather than 10,000 or whatever a used camera's shutter count would be.

[james]

I've got a d40. The lack of an onboard autofocus motor might make life a little harder on you, but personally I focus manually a lot, so its never been an issue for me. YMMV.

And buy new. A camera's shutter does only have a certain number of actuations in it before it stops working, so better to start at 0 rather than 10,000 or whatever a used camera's shutter count would be.

most are rated at like 75k +.

its also not hard to check. and if you are buying used, sure be cautious, but you can usually tell which have been taken care of and which have not.