i would save up some more and buy one with more than 10 times fewer actuations. you're about 400.00-500.00 away from a mint D700 and about 800.00 away from a D600. Patience!
Acidnaut wrote:
i would save up some more and buy one with more than 10 times fewer actuations. you're about 400.00-500.00 away from a mint D700 and about 800.00 away from a D600. Patience!
Dustin,
I'm with Acidnaut on this one The likelihood of having to spend $300 for a shutter repair is much greater for a body with 100K actuations vs one with 50K. Although I don't know the standard deviations for their MTBF, I'd much rather be on the low side.
I've seen your work from the F5; save for a little bit longer because you don't have any trouble with film. The D700's are only going to get cheaper as more D800's and D600's roll out to users.
While some shutters give up after just 30 - 50k clicks, others have gone well beyond 250k. I would say you have a better chance with one that already has 90- 100k than one with 200k .
However, if you find one with 10k for close to that price, it would be a no brainer IMO.
Acidnaut wrote:
i would save up some more and buy one with more than 10 times fewer actuations. you're about 400.00-500.00 away from a mint D700 and about 800.00 away from a D600. Patience!
If I am going to pay $1800 for a body, I might as well spend the extra few hundo for a D3
It is hard to have patience, especially with the fall colors hitting earlier this year! I am thinking of going on a photo trip this next weekend ..
cjrpostma wrote:
I suspect more and more people will sell their D700s soon. It is such a great camera, I don't want to sell mine, however I got pulled into the D800E hype and now cannot really justify having two bodies!
Come pick up my D700 with original box/accessories with official grip and two official batteries, $1500 on Craigslist in MI and no replies yet after two weeks!
huddy wrote:
Dustin,
I'm with Acidnaut on this one The likelihood of having to spend $300 for a shutter repair is much greater for a body with 100K actuations vs one with 50K. Although I don't know the standard deviations for their MTBF, I'd much rather be on the low side.
I've seen your work from the F5; save for a little bit longer because you don't have any trouble with film. The D700's are only going to get cheaper as more D800's and D600's roll out to users.
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