10-27-2014, 12:10 AM
Ombligo wrote:
The only concern I would have with a D3 is who owned it… Those were often in the hands of photojournalists who seldom take care of equipment well.
Take a look at the camera's shutter count too -- http://www.nikonshuttercount.com. The shutter is rated for 300,000 cycles, but anything beyond 200,000 is on borrowed time.
Yeah, try to look for lower shutter counts. The D700 has the same AF system. The vertical grip (optional) can come off unlike the D3. I still have 2 D3 and they are solid, reliable and the images still look good despite it being a dinosaur in tech age. You can get a bit more flexibility with shooting raw/nef. Now that CF card prices are down, shooting nef is not as impractical.
Look at overall condition, some people completely abuse their cameras. My newspaper colleagues had 2 tendencies, one was take care of gear, the other was abuse it because it wasn't theirs. Those abused cameras insides matched the outsides.