Re: Photography Thread
BAM! Stole another one!.....
Even though I have had no less than five DSLRs run through my fingers of late, I still want more.
So I DO TROLL the used rack daily at Ado. And the other day I saw a Nikon D200, This one was
$200, but the flaw was a "tight rear command dial" I thought, cha-ching, I can live with that, and
quickly ordered it, not wanting to get skunked again like when I missed the $150 D200 while I was
reading freaking reviews to see if it was worth it. Someone else snagged that one.
But last night I panicked.....the rear command dial is how you set EVERYTHING. And if it was as tight as the
on/off sw on my 'new' D50, I was doomed. SO as I had not gotten a shipping confirmation yet, I said,
"excellent, there's still time" and emailed a cancellation request. This morning the CS person said, "I'm sorry,
that item has shipped." I thought, yeah sure, that's why I have no shipping confirmation. But I thought,
maybe it wsa an oversight.
But today came in. Anyway, I get the camera to my desk and unpack it, and it is still in a box.
I know some photogs keep all the packaging pristine, so when they can sell their used up junk, they put it all back
in the box with all the plastic bags and stuff and line it all up just so, and they get more money for it since it looks new.
So this camera is still 100% complete, and I mean 100% complete. So I go RIGHT FOR that command dial,
spin it, and it's just a hair tight, barely noticable. Well the other thing they said was that the rubber grips
were peeling. ONE was. On a magnesium alloy heavy body, the grips from Nikon don't stick well, and a good hot day
is all it takes to start it sliding off. So I got some automotive trim adhesive at O'Reilly at lunch and this camera is now
THE freaking BOMB!!! Heavy, expensive, BLAZING FAST and a freaking masterpiece. And all that for $2-300 off the
going rate, and some $1000-$1200 off the new rate 5 years ago (i guess).
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