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I know you all hate to hear this all the time, but I did it again....
I bought some more dregs from Ado. They threw up a metric TON of cameras today in the used sections.

There was one, a D200 that said "ISO and WB buttons do not work"....It was $150.
I can set those in the Menu, and don't REALLY change them a lot when I am shooting.
Just a GREAT OLD CAMERA that works with all the manual focus lenses, and I have a bunch.
In EX+ condition, it is basically 65% off for something I don't even care about.

I picked up a D90 for $200 that said "Flash will not stay down". Geez, half price for something
I can place a tiny strip of gaffer's tape on and have a camera THAT GOOD?
I almost never use a flash, and when I DO, I can just pull the tape tab. I much prefer
to use the ISO to help my shutter speed in low light, or fast lenses. Also in Excellent
condition, so that one is at least 50% off, and it's a killer camera.

And for $50, I got another D200 that said "front and rear command dials not working properly"......
Now that one is gonna be a problem, lol. But I tend to have great luck
with things I purchase there, so I figure it can be A.) a spare for parts, B.) a camera
that only shoots in one mode, whatever mode its IN, lol, or C.) It will work SOME of
the time and just give me a little trouble in the field, which I should be able to work
around. For $50, I can GUARANTEE that I will be able to use it to take pics. I am
guessing in rainy conditions, super-dusty and dirty conditions, or high crime areas.
They are VERY well sealed. And you can swing one and KILL a man, and if you don't
kill him and he takes your camera, ehh, it was $50. I know they are old, but they
WORK SO WELL and are SO DAMN versatile. And if all I get from it is a shutter mechanism,
I am fine with that. The large, bright viewfinder ALONE is worth having 4 D200s, haha.
I have old man eyes. But I will give at least one away to friends and family.

Basically now, though, I have to stop. I have stockpiled these cameras not because
I am a TOTAL idiot, but something more along the lines of genius. I KNOW that I do not
care if I EVER have a camera over 12 MP. Nikon has had Japanese law dictate that they
cannot use open contact batteries anymore, so after about the D300, all of their batteries
have been changed over. I can run D100, D50, D70, D90, D200 and D700 all off the same
batteries. I have all the cameras in that list, and a good stock of batteries for them, after
getting one with each camera buy, lol. So I have a fortress of bodies protecting me from
too much progress in the digital age. I KNOW there are people who can use and actually
WANT a 24MP or 36MP camera....but that ain't me.