Old Cameras still take good pictures.
May 30, 2018 09:34:37 #
Nikon D3 with a Sigma 500mm 4.5 prime lens both are over tens years old. Being new to photography I found buying used was the best bang for my buck. I purchased from MPD out of New York, got a six month warranty on both my camera and lens. This was my best option for wildlife and bird photography. I could not afford new gear hope other beginners consider used gear to begin their craft.
May 30, 2018 09:39:46 #
May 30, 2018 09:41:53 #
gary8803 wrote:
Great tools in the proper hands can create images. Gary, you did it. Perfect capture.Nikon D3 with a Sigma 500mm 4.5 prime lens both are over tens years old. Being new to photography I found buying used was the best bang for my buck. I purchased from MPD out of New York, got a six month warranty on both my camera and lens. This was my best option for wildlife and bird photography. I could not afford new gear hope other beginners consider used gear to begin their craft.
I agree. Age should not be an issue unless you have GAS Gear Acquisition Syndrome and have to have the latest.
May 30, 2018 09:43:46 #
May 30, 2018 09:43:55 #
gary8803 wrote:
Nikon D3 with a Sigma 500mm 4.5 prime lens both are over tens years old. Being new to photography I found buying used was the best bang for my buck. I purchased from MPD out of New York, got a six month warranty on both my camera and lens. This was my best option for wildlife and bird photography. I could not afford new gear hope other beginners consider used gear to begin their craft.
I see no problem with any of that idea. I have a number of forty year-old lenses. And one of my DSLRs has ten year-old technology (camera physically 9 years old).
May 30, 2018 09:45:48 #
James Slick
Loc: Pittsburgh,PA
SaratogaMan wrote:
And the person behind the camera counts as much or more than the age of the gear!
A good photographer can make good images with a Kodak Brownie, a bad one can make bad ones with a Leica. Gear gives options, It can't replace talent and work.
May 30, 2018 09:48:15 #
The D3 is an "old" camera? I thought you were going to be showing film shots.
May 30, 2018 09:48:30 #
I agree. Great images. So how much on an open market, person-to person could those item be bought for?
Thanks for sharing.
J. R.
Thanks for sharing.
J. R.
May 30, 2018 09:49:41 #
Fotoartist wrote:
The D3 is an "old" camera? I thought you were going to be showing film shots.
Technology-wise it's probably ancient.
May 30, 2018 10:07:58 #
I still use my D3 at times still a great camera. Sometimes my D810 doesn't do what the D3 will do
May 30, 2018 10:25:05 #
Great images and the Nikon D3 is a beast of a camera. Although it has far less megapixels than other full frame cameras today, the D3 sensor's photosites are huge in comparison. Had one and loved it. Finally traded it for a D810 so that I could take video from time to time (wish I would have had the funds to have both).
May 30, 2018 10:28:43 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
Oh dear ... hadn’t anyone heard that anything older than 90 days without VR is inferior in IQ to cave drawings?
How ... uncivilized! 😎
How ... uncivilized! 😎
May 30, 2018 10:29:39 #
LWW wrote:
Oh dear ... hadn’t anyone heard that anything older than 90 days without VR is inferior in IQ to cave drawings?
How ... uncivilized! 😎
How ... uncivilized! 😎
May 30, 2018 11:05:20 #
If you don't feel the need for more megapixels, or better high ISO performance, the D3 will do just fine.
May 30, 2018 11:26:19 #
Nice Black Bird. Nothing wrong with older gear as long as it works. I have several older digital cameras, and they still work fine. I'd guess half my Canon lenses are at least 15 years old and most were purchased second hand.
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