I thought for a long time what to order for Santa Claus, suffered, suffered … I decided to update the camera. Of course, Nikon D300S is a very cool horse, but sometimes you want to feel more confident when shooting indoors "by candlelight". In other words, the choice of a device with a full matrix fell primarily due to the high values of the working ISO and some other amenities.
I would like to tell you about the buyer of my old combat kit. A man, about 50 in appearance. According to him, for several years he has been taking only used photographic equipment. The savings are almost 40%, and the result is the same. I replied that I was not yet ready to switch to this method of buying iron. What if the previous owner had a bad aura?
The first thing they checked was the documents for all the equipment. The owners of expensive photographic equipment never throw away receipts and even boxes, because do not expect to own technology forever. The second thing he checked was how many pictures the camera had taken. This is determined by special software (there is Yandex for everything, if you need). Here I got a little "screwed up", tk. naively believed that the frame number is the number of shots. Therefore, the declared mileage of 9000 shots actually turned out to be 19000. This is very important when buying a camera, because after a run of about 200,000 shots, the shutter fails, which is very expensive to replace. The next stage is broken pixels on the display and the matrix, the cleanliness of the matrix from debris. Softness of the keys, external damage. Then we moved on to the lens. The side lenses are checked for scratches first (mainlyall are holding lenses with a protective polarizing filter. Correct filters say Made in Japan or in Germany). Then we shine a flashlight into the rear lens and see how much the lens pumped during operation. We make an embarrassed face and say … "mmm … how did you exploit it, then … you will have to give it away for cleaning." And of course - back focus. When buying, I checked the horizontal, but forgot the vertical.. in the vertical I had discrepancies within the acceptable range (more about this - on request in Yandex "focus check table").mmm … how did you exploit it then … you will have to give it away. "And of course - back focus. When buying, I checked the horizontal, but I forgot the vertical.. the request in Yandex "focus check table").mmm … how did you exploit it then … you will have to give it away. "And of course - back focus. When buying, I checked the horizontal, but I forgot the vertical.. the request in Yandex "focus check table").
As a result, I parted with my kit for about 55% of the cost of the new one at the prices of the beginning of the year … The reason was also the technological decline in prices for old models of cameras and the release of new ones, by the way - do not forget to look at the new Nikon D7000 - a replacement for the current D90. I wanted to buy a D700 on the same day, but player.ru did not have the necessary lenses. And I didn’t want to take out loans to cover the whole new purchase. Here, maybe some other New Year's bonuses will fall, then see my new photos)))