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| Posted: Tue Sep 3rd, 2019 13:37 |
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chrisbet
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Well I am off into FX land  .Managed to pick up a D610 for £400, I have been watching prices for a while and the lowest I have seen until now was £420 so fairly chuffed. The main issue is that you are up against dealers trying to snap up stock but sniping at the last instant is the only way to grab the bargain - this time I got my winning bid in by just one second before a dealer. Had it been the other way round I would have lost the auction even with the same bid! So now I will list my D90 & DX lenses, etc. and recoup some of the cost - most of my lenses are FX compatible, fortunately 
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| Posted: Tue Sep 3rd, 2019 14:08 |
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Robert
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Well done, you will find a big difference. I have only used the D600 briefly but it's a very capable camera, at that price it seems a bargain. I got bored with sniping, I just look for well priced BiN items from sellers with low feedback. Apart from the Sigma 10-20, which is a wonderful lens on DX, and the 18-105 which is handy for snaps on the D3300 and my undamaged copy which I use for IR, I have made a point of only getting FX compatible lenses. Mainly old film era lenses.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 3rd, 2019 16:07 |
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jk
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Well done Chris. The D600 I have is very fine and didnt suffer from the oil spoils from the shutter. I still use. The D610 is similar but has one or two refinements. I think you will like the camera as the AF is quite fast but not as fast as the D850/D800. Enjoy the FX in low light as it works much better than D90/D80. I use AuctionSniper for eBay bidded auctions, set it with a 2 secs before close with what I think is what I want to pay. I can introduce you or you can say I recommended you and you get 3 or 5 free bids. Just use my email address from my profile.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 3rd, 2019 16:11 |
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chrisbet
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The 70-300 f4.5-5.6G with VR is my favourite, if a little heavy, I also have a 50mm 1.8D prime and a 35-80 f4-5.6Dfrom my film camera. I was a little disappointed with the 28-70 f3.5-4.5 "macro" so that is back up for sale. I will probably look for a wide angle lens - any suggestions?
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| Posted: Tue Sep 3rd, 2019 17:21 |
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chrisbet
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jk wrote:I use AuctionSniper for eBay bidded auctions, set it with a 2 secs before close with what I think is what I want to pay. Lol - I have been using Auctionsniper for 20+ years - I used to buy MG engines at ridiculously low prices and relied on any other interested parties not having the time to jack up the price 
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| Posted: Wed Sep 4th, 2019 04:05 |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:The 70-300 f4.5-5.6G with VR is my favourite, if a little heavy, I also have a 50mm 1.8D prime and a 35-80 f4-5.6Dfrom my film camera. The AF-S 18-35mm f3.5-4.5G ED is a very competent performer, despite being almost 1/3 of the price of the 'pro' version (17-35). I used one before I foolishly decided to 'go pro'. It took 3 rejections before I got a 17-35 that was (marginally) better than the 18-35. I sold my 18-35 to a friend (he's still got it after 25years!). If I hadn't burnt my bridges I would have stuck with it. But having got rid of all my Nikon gear when I went to Fuji, and now full circle back with Nikon....I have another 18-35.  If you don't want to go new, I am sure you will find preowned at even better prices.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 5th, 2019 10:46 |
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chrishamer
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chrisbet wrote:The 70-300 f4.5-5.6G with VR is my favourite, if a little heavy, I also have a 50mm 1.8D prime and a 35-80 f4-5.6Dfrom my film camera. I really love my 16-35 F4 but they seem to have held their value pretty well. I agree with Eric on the 18-35 being excellent and better value too.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 5th, 2019 10:56 |
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jk
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I use my 17-35 F2.8 AFS on all my cameras including the Z7. It is a very good lens and frequently it is wide enough to mean that I dont need to use the 14-24 f2.8 AFS.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 5th, 2019 12:59 |
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chrisbet
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It turned up today and it looks immaculate, shutter count is 32k. It is a bit bigger and heavier than the D90 but I am sure I'll get used to it. A couple of test pics shows I need to get to know it - they seemed to come out much brighter than the D90 - need to play with the exposure!  
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| Posted: Thu Sep 5th, 2019 13:52 |
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jk
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Check what metering mode you are in Chris. Different metering modes make for big changes in my experience. I like Matrix metering but some prefer centre-weighted.
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