My first, and so far, only DSLR is a Nikon D50 which I bought myself as a retirement present in 2006. At the time, I thought it was amazing, having only previously owned a film Nikon SLR and poor quality point and shoot digitals. I now know it is basically obsolete. It cannot use an SD card with a capacity larger than 2 GB, which was then huge. My question is whether it has any value other than its ongoing utility to me. If I should wish to sell it, what could I reasonably expect to get for it?
I paid $30 for a perfectly working D70s.
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My first, and so far, only DSLR is a Nikon D50 which I bought myself as a retirement present in 2006. At the time, I thought it was amazing, having only previously owned a film Nikon SLR and poor quality point and shoot digitals. I now know it is basically obsolete. It cannot use an SD card with a capacity larger than 2 GB, which was then huge. My question is whether it has any value other than its ongoing utility to me. If I should wish to sell it, what could I reasonably expect to get for it?
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Unfortunately, like most of us photographers, it has more sentimental value than monetary value.
Recent eBay completed sales have been in the $30 to $50 range for D50 body only.
titoeric wrote:
My first, and so far, only DSLR is a Nikon D50 which I bought myself as a retirement present in 2006. At the time, I thought it was amazing, having only previously owned a film Nikon SLR and poor quality point and shoot digitals. I now know it is basically obsolete. It cannot use an SD card with a capacity larger than 2 GB, which was then huge. My question is whether it has any value other than its ongoing utility to me. If I should wish to sell it, what could I reasonably expect to get for it?
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Nothing wrong with the 6MP D50....I have one and it serves me well or would if I bothered to take pictures !
I also like my Canon SX50 which is one hell of a little bridge camera !
I wouldn't get rid of it if I were you!
I keep mine in my car. Always have a camera with me. It still takes good and sometimes great pictures. I did several 16X20's with it and they are on the walls of our house. I also have others done with my D90 and D7100. No one has noticed the difference. I a pixel peeper came in and looked at them at 10" and not back where he could see the whole picture I'm sure he could point out the noise. - Dave
Thanks to all who replied. Your comments are confirming both as to resale value, i.e. not much and as to whether I should keep it. I will. I still like it although I use my Sony Cyber Shot more often because it is easier to carry.
In the owner's manual they have a list of the memory cards the camera was tested with. Back then, 2GB maybe have been the largest capacity card made. You can probably use cards with a higher capacity. I've done that with my D7000.
If you plan on purchasing another camera and you like infrared photography, you could have it converted to IR.
Give it to one of the grandkids!
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