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used D300 or new D3300?

Started Mar 2, 2016 | Discussions thread
puttin
puttin Veteran Member • Posts: 7,958
Re: used D300 or new D3300?

Drevis Neloren wrote:

puttin wrote:

Drevis Neloren wrote:

Just took delivery of a used D300 in great condition from Adorama for $189 the other day. Shutter count is about 20k. Feels great to have a D300 in my hands again, this thing is a beast.

That's a good price. I got lucky a couple weeks back and got 1 for $218 but it only had 597 clicks on it fro KEH.

Finding one with under 1,000 actuations on it is amazing luck. I have bought a few used D300's in the past and have never seen one with a low shutter count like that. I believe after a certain number of shots the count rolls over back to 0 and starts over but I'm not 100% sure.

Never heard of that, you might be thinking of the memory card files. I checked it with both photome and nikonshuttercount, both said 597. The camera did not have any marks of use on it so I believe the count. Some people buy stuff and never use it.

These things are amazing deals now, if you're patient you can grab one for under $200 or not much more. Another one was just on Amazon via Adorama for $179. For what you get it's an absolute steal. If you don't mind getting a camera that's a little dated you can do a lot worse then a D300 for around $200.

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