Chuck Nacke Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Alex, I would suggest a refurbish D800, They can be had for less than $800 and for me they work perfectly. There are times when the e or the 850 would produce a better RAW file, but not many are willing to pay to extra fee for the file. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alex Ramsay Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 On 12/24/2018 at 13:40, Chuck Nacke said: Alex, I would suggest a refurbish D800, They can be had for less than $800 and for me they work perfectly. There are times when the e or the 850 would produce a better RAW file, but not many are willing to pay to extra fee for the file. Chuck Hi Chuck - hope you had a good Christmas! I'm looking at a very clean refurb D800E with 25000 actuations, at a reasonable price. The number of actuations seems relatively low for a professionally-used camera. What do you think? Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/27/2018 at 17:46, Alex Ramsay said: Hi Chuck - hope you had a good Christmas! I'm looking at a very clean refurb D800E with 25000 actuations, at a reasonable price. The number of actuations seems relatively low for a professionally-used camera. What do you think? Alex Don't get hung up on clicks, it's like the mileage in a car - means nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Colblimp said: Don't get hung up on clicks, it's like the mileage in a car - means nothing. It does when you have a camera go phut at 35000 as I did. Not a Nikon. I bought its replacement at 450 and wouldn't buy second-hand without a shutter count again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 27/12/2018 at 17:46, Alex Ramsay said: Hi Chuck - hope you had a good Christmas! I'm looking at a very clean refurb D800E with 25000 actuations, at a reasonable price. The number of actuations seems relatively low for a professionally-used camera. What do you think? Alex 2 hours ago, Colblimp said: Don't get hung up on clicks, it's like the mileage in a car - means nothing. 1 hour ago, spacecadet said: It does when you have a camera go phut at 35000 as I did. Not a Nikon. I bought its replacement at 450 and wouldn't buy second-hand without a shutter count again. Clearly shutter count is not meaningless as it is an indication of how much the camera has been used. However, a low shutter count does not necessarily mean a camera that is in good condition - it could have been dropped or been misused (e.g. cleaning the sensor in an inappropriate manner or using unsuitable materials). My main question here would be why has it been refurbed and by whom? The low shutter count in itself is not particularly suspicious but a lot more info would be required to make a sensible judgement. I somehow doubt that Chuck has developed psychic powers although you never know - perhaps a side effect of all those martinis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 One of the many D700's I've owned had a shutter which failed at 45,000 clicks, well short of its 150,000 life expectancy. On the other hand I had a D90 which had nearly 200,000 clicks on it and was still going strong when I sold it. I agree the number of clicks gives an idea as to the condition of a camera, but as long as the shutter works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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