The sales dude asked me why I was looking at the 5100 instead of the 3100 and told him low light yada yada. He said that the d5100 body they had for $289.00 ?? was the import model not the USA model and has composite frame but he could make me a better deal with a D3100. The only major difference was the meagpixels. I may have misunderstood him on the body material. http://www.digitaldepotonline.com/products.asp?dept_id=&product_id=3128
It is a 5 hour battery, (comma) with a charger.
I'm getting nervous now thinking I should of stayed with the D5100 I was shopping for.
That was my thoughts as well. Where can you get a legitimate NEW body for close to 50% less than anywhere else.
Red flags everywhere.
They closed for the day before I could cancel but left them a message. My intentions are to cancel the whole order and just go to Best Buy on the other end of town and buy a D5100 so I can leave the store with it.
Where can you get a legitimate NEW body for close to 50% less than anywhere else.
Was, it a USA body or a gray market body?Lesson learned and thankfully not burnt too bad.
OK! Both the USA and Gray market bodies are identical, BUT ... (theres always a but, isn't there) When you buy a USA body it means you can get warrenty work done at Nikon USA. Where as when you buy a gray market body, you are not able to get warranty work done at Nikon USA. But you have to send the camera back to whomever you bought it from to get any warranty work done and most likely they will send it off overseas to get the warranty work done. (which takes a long time)It is black and identical to ones I've seen at local stores.
Altogether, the e-store lived up to their claims and if I was a better shopper the deal would have been seamless.
I expected the worst like a completely stripped down body with no manual, lens cap, strap or all the included items that would come in the box.
The only thing missing was there was no shoe cover and the box wasn't the typical Nikon gold & black box.
You have had it for just over a month and want to upgrade already!Had mine just over a month.. Wanna upgrade already lol...
My wife has other idea's...
Time for the smooth talker.. hahaha
To start with;Hi.
I am new here (obviously) and I have had my D3100 for about a month now. I absolutely love this camera! Most of my photos so far have been shot in AUTO mode but I jumped feet first into a fireworks shoot completely in manual just days after buying my camera and though I did get a lot of bad shots, I also got a couple of good shots so I am very happy that I did it.
I am here for tips and advice from time to time. Most of my photos are of my children and they can be so hard to capture in the moment but I am hoping as I learn to use the manual settings on my camera, that it will get easier to get nice, clear photos of them.
At the moment I have the camera body & the AF-S Nikkor DX 18-55mm lens so if there are any must haves for a beginner I would love to hear about them.
Thanks!