Nikon D60 Body

Active D-Lighting automatically compensates highlighted or shadowy areas while you shoot, creating images with natural contrast - even in difficult lighting
Superior image quality thanks to 10.2 megapixels and Nikon's exclusive EXPEED concept; body only, lenses sold separately
Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)

I'm on Ebay looking at Nikon D60 Digital SLR camera body &18-55mm VR Lens, Its on auction with a current bid of $0.99 and the shipping to my house is $22. Its a factory demo camera, it comes with a year warranty.
Here is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-D60-Digital-SL R-Camera-Body-18-55mm-VR-Lens-USA_W0QQit emZ110375538307QQihZ001QQcategoryZ31388Q QtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m 153.l1262

If i put in a bid for like $2.00 cause the current bid is $0.99, does that mean i pay $2.00 plus shipping? seems a little shady to me...
If i become the winning bidder they wont charge extra or anything.
They seem to be a good seller on ebay and i have read many forms on them. I just dont want my credit card to be charged with like a $600 fee when i only bidded $2.00 lets say.
I hope someone knows what i am trying to ask. I really just dont want to be charged a extra hidding fee or if this company is some kind of cheap company thats going to steal my money.

Someone help me please, the auction ends in 2 days.
How do i find out what the seller's certain amount? And what do u mean it wont do anything?

Learn to use eBay before bidding.

2009-04-10 16:15:37 by chloe-mae

Unique flip-out design!!!
Removable shoulder strap for convenient travel!!!
Stylish color and luxury lining compliments your Camera like no other on the market!!!

I am an photography enthusiast (actually a shutter-bug) and have been using a point and shoot and now want to move into the realm of DSLRs. Based on budget constraints, I have finally come down to these cameras (though the D60 and A300 are still out of reach at above $550).
Can someone please help me decide which of these cameras would be the best investment for me bearing in mind that I don't intend to buy another camera in near future.
Thanks!!

First a Couple of specific corrections to an above answer High ASA/ISO lets you get better not lower performance in low light. You can always shoot in lower light with the ISO being higher if all other settings stay the same. The cost to be able to shoot in lower light is grain in film and noise in digital. People shoot at lower ISO to keep grain and noise to the minimal. Right now Nikon has great performance for low noise at high ISO. Most side by side comparisons rate it well above than other manufactures While the D40 does not have the same high ISO performance the D3 does its still very very good and you can easily push ISO on the D40 to 800 without noise reduction on and 1600 with noise reduction on. At 3200 even with noise reduction on you will notice some noise.

Second any DSLR will give superior performance to a point and shoot that is visible in an 8X10 if you have the ability to take a photo that is better than the maximum performance of your point and shoot. The reason is it has a much much larger sensor. A larger sensor = more light per pixel = better color saturation, better dynamic range, better geometric accuracy and less noise. There have been some excellent articles in the trade journals recently on this. So a 6 mp DSLR with an APSc sensor would certainly be able to take better photos than a 10 mp point and shoot. Also there is no such thing as a "point and shoot DSLR" they are different classes of camera by definition. There are bridge cameras that try to blend some of the best of both.

OK here is my short answer. for digital I have a Nikon D40 and I love it. The D40 has a full manual mode, Flexible progam, aperature priority, shutter priority modes. These are the same modes on all DSLR. It also has several other programed modes for things like portrait, night, children etc. As a photographer improves and learnds to use metering better these additional modes seldom get used so they are usually found on the more amature cameras and seen as not needed on the professional cameras. I feel I have a fair amount of experience as a photographer and it performs well for me but I can give it to my 12 y/o grandson if set on program and he can get good usable pictures as well. His photography is improving as he is already learning to use many of the functions himself ( yes I'm a proud granpa) .

I also would not get caught up in the megapixel hype and instead look at the entire sensor issue. Look at the article I linked below The D40 will do everything a beginner to intermediate photographer needs at a great price. It comes with an 18-55 lens. It will let you use any other money to buy more accessories. And by the time you outgrow it cameras will have advanced to the point that most of what is on the market now would be obsolete. I bought a D300 last year and only had a it a few months when the D700 came out. The canon would also serve you well but I am a Nikon person so I suggest them. I have friends that are very happy with thier canon's and take great photos. You will have others that like Pentax and Olympus and they are not bad cameras but if they were in the same ballpark you would see many more professional photographers use them

Now for the longer answer as you already have some experience I will be preaching to the choir on a good bit of this.

I would say the Nikon D40 Its an entry level DSLR. A digital SLR will give you a much larger sensor than any point and shoot camera. Larger sensor = more light to each pixel = clearer, crisper photo with better color saturation. DSLR will also let you grow and take more control as you learn more and you can change lenses when you have a need to. The sensor on the olympus is smaller than on Nikon or Canon

I am a nikon person and have had nikons since the 70's I personally think the nikon D40 give you more for the dollar than any DSLR today. There are some that do more but you pay a good bit more. Do not let the lower megapixels concern you if you do not do very very large prints you will never notice the lower DSLR. My brother recently needs a DSLR for a class and I recommended the D40 to him So I would also say get the D40 not the D40X. The Nikon D40 does not have limited functions compared with other entry DSLR. Yes it has fewer funtioncas than a 1500 dollar camera body would. It is not a a cut down version its equal or above most any entry level DSLR.

I have a d300 and a d40 and when I am shooting for fun I grab the d40. Its weightless, a joy to use and gives good results

If you have a bit more money the D60 give you a number of things you want. It has newer firmware and image processors, designed for the 10 mp sensor. It has an "Active Dust Reduction System with Airflow Control ". Nikon not putting a system on the D40 to deal with dust is one of the biggest drawbacks I see to the D40 ( though I think its still a great camera for the money) If you change lenses dust will get in and the camera needs a system to deal with it. With the D60 you get a VR lens. That will help with low light situations ( they may offer that now with the D40 but originally it was not) . The D60 has Adaptive Dynamic Range. Nikon calls it "Active D-Lighting," it lets you save some highlights that my otherwise be lost. It has a newer better metering system than the D40. So you can get the D40 not the D40 x and spend the other money on lenses or a flash

Some people will want to make a big issue out of the fact that there are some nikon lenses that will not autofocus on these cameras. Right now there are "only" about 39 lenses that autofocus on these cameras. They cover the range of focal lengths. I doubt any photographer would be seriously limited with "only" this many lenses to choose from. If you want to manually focus you can more than double this and do so at a low cost. Manual focusing is easy and how we did things for decades before the advent of autofocus.

Cannon and Nikon chose to put the vibration reduction in the lens rather than the body. Somefolks put it in the camera and make of that. Yes that means you get stabilization only on lenses with that feature built in. In the body in theory it would work on every lens. But in fact image stbilization in the lens has proved to work faster and smoother with a lower impact on focus times than image stabilization in the body/ One problem with in body stabilization comes from the fact that the sensor would have to move different amounts for different focal lengths. A canon white paper says an in body system would have to move the sensor 1/4 inch to account for movement on a 300 mm lens. The D40 does not have VR in kit lens but can use VR lenses. In the 18-55 range VR is helpful but not a deal breaker its more important with longer lenses. If you donot have VR just keep the shutter speed above the reciprocal of the focal length so for the 55 mm lens shoot at 1/60 second or faster

Now a comment on liveview. Have you ever tried to hold several pounds of digital camera and lens steady at arms length while you look at an LCD screen. It not at all the same as holding a few ounces of point and shoot camera steady in the same position. One of the things we preach to new photogrpahers is to learn to hold the camera properly so the body mechanics give you a steady shot. You can't really do that looking at the LCD. So liveview is really something that will have very limited applications in a DSLR. . Usually only when its on a tripod. I have liveview on my D300 and have never used it.

Nikon also has great service. I was just reading the other day on eyefetch in the Nikon forum where someone posted that they had dropped thier lens and broken it. It was not a fault of the company they messed up. The sent it to Nikon and Nikon could not fix it. Nikon offered them a brand new identical lens at half the price. They did not have to

In closing all major camera manufactures make good cameras get out and compare the features and how they feel in your hand. Go to places like kenRockwell.com and DPreview.com to compare them. Nikon and Canon have the largest market share and I personally think there is a very good reason they do. Not bashing other brands but photographers tend to be very very demanding folks and they then tend to be loyal to what has worked for them well and consistently. That is not a pavlovian response anymore than it is a pavlovian response in my work at the fire department when I trust the brands of turnout gear and airpacks that have worked for me time and time again. Sometimes even going beyond the published specs. People in ANY demanding profession gain loyalty and trust from thier experiences. And if the product did not perform it would not be favored for long

2008-12-07 23:32:37 by Udai Mathur

How do you like your little camera?

I really want one, and I've been looking for one. Everywhere that I have looked, they have been close to $800. But I know I am NOT paying that. I am looking on eBay, and this one is $150... Do you think that's a scam? Is it worth paying even $150? Right now I have a crappy digital camera that does not take good pictures at all.
The camera on eBay is: "Nikon D60 Body with 18-55 mm Nikkor DX lens". Is this a good deal?

Keep in mind Ebay is an auction site, so there could be a reserve on that price, or that auction could be 2 days old on a 7 day auction - either way the price will go up.

Also, keep in mind if it's a used camera you could end up having issues because of not knowing how it was treated before you bought it. It could have been through Hurricane Katrina, dropped from the highest building in town and then ran over by a semi. Or it could have been used by a little old lady who only used it to take pics of her grandkids on Sundays. Such is the pain of using Ebay. I personally wouldn't go for a camera on Ebay unless it had photos posted of the ACTUAL item, and the current owner was offering a test period offering a full refund if there were problems (at least 7 days after delivery - and in that time figure out how to check the number of shutter actuations. Over 10k, send it back!).

2010-01-31 17:56:38 by mary nell!