digimaan
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I bought this camera off ebay for £50.00 faulty - have yet to find the fault as described in the listing - but it occasionally comes up with a white screen (menu/post view) which can sometimes be cured by resetting or just taking the bottom plate off. I think it has a dry joint on a FPC cable socket which I hope I've now cured. I am using it with a 28 to 80mm G AF Nikkor lens which to some is a cheap and nasty lens but I can honestly say this is the best digital SLR I have ever had, previous ones being D50, Canon EOS 10d, 300d 350d. There are no backfocus problems - it is spot on, focussing is accurate and sharp. Exposure is spot on, the battery seems to go on for ever (as the D50) As I prefer CF card to SD (they fall apart and get lost easily!! Yes you don't get bent pins with the SD card socket but there are other problems believe you me. ( I am a camera repairer and have seen them all). The only problem as on all SLR digitals is dust. But hell the sensor board is only just in front of the back LCD circuit board, you can take it out and give it a proper clean!! Its not the easiest of cameras to use but the more you play with it the better it gets. I certainly prefer it to the soft lacklustre pictures you get out of a Canon - never been keen on CMOS and still aren't!! I know this is obsolete and has been overtaken by newer models don't be fooled by the ever increasing need for more megapixels - it isn't necessary for a good picture - all it does is fuel the thirst for people to keep having to buy new stuff. But if you see one cheap buy it!! I didn't regret it - its the best £50.00 I have ever spent!!
Problems:
Dust
Problems:
Dust