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<blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 152105" data-attributes="member: 6548">If you are able to stick with your hobby over a period of years then refurbs are a great way to go.&nbsp; My experience is similar to Don's.&nbsp; My first DSLR (and only one still dang it) was/is a D5000 bought last year for 300 bucks with 5K actuations.&nbsp; It now has about 20K actuations I think and has/does served me very well.&nbsp; I bet you money I could get 250 maybe even 300 for it right now on Craigslist.&nbsp; I am ready to move to another camera not because I am a better photographer now or because the D5000 is flawed because it is not it is great.&nbsp; My reason to upgrade would be solely for a better viewfinder.&nbsp; So the next one will be something like a D7000 or a D600.&nbsp; This camera body thing seems to work in cycles just like most other things.&nbsp; Seems like every couple of years or 3 one outgrows whatever they are using and there is a need to step up a notch.I bet you next year or so Don will have a new refurbed camera anyone want to bet?&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eye-level, post: 152105, member: 6548"] If you are able to stick with your hobby over a period of years then refurbs are a great way to go. My experience is similar to Don's. My first DSLR (and only one still dang it) was/is a D5000 bought last year for 300 bucks with 5K actuations. It now has about 20K actuations I think and has/does served me very well. I bet you money I could get 250 maybe even 300 for it right now on Craigslist. I am ready to move to another camera not because I am a better photographer now or because the D5000 is flawed because it is not it is great. My reason to upgrade would be solely for a better viewfinder. So the next one will be something like a D7000 or a D600. This camera body thing seems to work in cycles just like most other things. Seems like every couple of years or 3 one outgrows whatever they are using and there is a need to step up a notch. I bet you next year or so Don will have a new refurbed camera anyone want to bet? :) [/QUOTE]

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