I'm glad we could be of service. Good luck.

PS: Check the camera out with one of your AF lenses to make sure all works OK.
Also see if you get the battery charger with the body; it is a $50 item to replace but came with the body when it was new...). That may be one reason the price is so attractive...

You may need to buy a new battery however. After almost 6 years, the original battery will be near the end of its life cycle and not hold a charge for very long. Amazingly my original D30 battery still works, but I also carry two newer spares JIC.

I have a chance to purchase a Canon 30D body only (no lens, just camera body, 2gb media card, battery and battery charger) for $150.00.

I currently have a Canon T3i, and have been wanting to get a secondary camera body but really don't have a lot of money in my gear acquisition fund. I currently have two lenses, both of which I use often, and I was thinking that I would put my 85mm prime on the T3i since I have had amazing results with that combo, and put my Sigma 18-250 on the 30D. That way, no lens changing.

I did some research, and I do understand that the 30d is an older model. My current t3i has more megapixels, larger and articulating veiwfinder and video capabilities and a few other things, but the 30d still seems to be a decent camera...has a pentraprism instead of the pentamirror and appears to offer faster continuous shooting and max shutter speed which would be handy for shooting my daughter's soccer games and such...it doesn't offer video, but I don't use video.

So my question is: do you think that 150.00 "investment" into an older camera model makes sense? Would I love to buy the 60d? Yes! But as I mentioned, funds prohibit that sort of monetary investment at this time. But, I really do want a second camera body and I was hoping my fellow Hedgehoggers might help me with this and give me some opinions. (My husband doesn't get it at all, he doesn't understand that a photographer could have four camera body and be quite happy. He was like, what do you need another camera body for? My response? It's not about NEED, it's about WANT! :-D )

So I guess bottom line questions are: does anybody out there use a 30D and are you happy with it? And secondly, is 150.00 for a 7 year old model a smart move or not?

Opinions welcome, and thank you so much for helping me validate (LOL) my desire for more gear.

Belle44

I will definitely be bringing my Sigma 18-250 to test it out and make sure all seems to be okay. The lady that has offered it to me is a friend of the family, so I am "assuming" (you know what they say) that it's okay or she would risk embarrassing herself to the entire family by selling me a piece of junk. I realize stranger things have happened, but I am eternally optimistic.
Your point regarding the batteries is well taken. I figured at the price I am getting the body for, I could probably afford to grab a couple new batteries and maybe even a battery grip for the 30D.
I'm quite excited! It looks almost brand new, no scratches etc...she bought it when it was new and rarely used it.