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<blockquote data-quote="Texas" data-source="post: 585867" data-attributes="member: 42267"><p>I have poor man's NAS and really am crazy about the useful and fun technology you can buy for next to nothing if you roll back a decade or two.</p><p></p><p>This leads me to my latest 'deal of the century': </p><p></p><p>For several weeks there's been a local on-line ad by someone selling a big box of Nikon stuff + ..oknon (strange brand) 500mm f/8 mirror type telephoto. $100 takes it all. It's not selling very fast so...I'm interested in making a low ball offer. Now that the weather is cooling down I want a cheap body to host one of my cheap kit lenses for a car camera. Summer sun where I live would kill a good camera in a closed up car.</p><p></p><p>Pictures of the stuff in the ad showed a Nikon D100 with some kind of larger than kit lens and a jumbled mess of other small stuff and wires and wall warts. Seller said there may be a charger in the mix but he has not found it and he, not being a camera guy, did not want to fool around trying to test it. </p><p></p><p>I offered $60 for the box of Nikon stuff only - (don't want that junk lens), with pay and go. No testing or chit chat. For some reason the seller thinks the 500mm lens is valuable.</p><p></p><p>Delighted so far, the D100 looks unused, well except for the rubber cover on the side which shows it was bent back to make use of the AC power adapter,</p><p>too bad there's no way to check the shutter count on these early Nikon D's</p><p></p><p>the lens turns out to be a <u>Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DX macro</u> with filter and lens cap - focuses fast and accurate, </p><p></p><p>2 each 2gb cf cards, </p><p>AC power adapter, </p><p>2 dead batteries, (no camera battery charger) and </p><p>a bunch of other opto electronic, lights and lens items that an eye doctor probably has some use for when examining patients. </p><p></p><p>I swapped in one of my D90 batteries and after playing with the menu system, took a few pictures. They look good. The CF card in the camera has pictures on it that were made almost 11 years ago. </p><p></p><p>It will be fun exercising the D100 soon to see if can survive a wake up call after so many years in someone's closet. </p><p></p><p>Kinda sorry I sold my D200 for next to nothing to fund my D300s. It would have been fun, but foolish, to have a D90, D100, D200, and D300.</p><p></p><p>Now I have to decide whether to keep my trusty old Tamron 90 macro or the much slicker looking and handling Sigma 105.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[h=1][/h]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texas, post: 585867, member: 42267"] I have poor man's NAS and really am crazy about the useful and fun technology you can buy for next to nothing if you roll back a decade or two. This leads me to my latest 'deal of the century': For several weeks there's been a local on-line ad by someone selling a big box of Nikon stuff + ..oknon (strange brand) 500mm f/8 mirror type telephoto. $100 takes it all. It's not selling very fast so...I'm interested in making a low ball offer. Now that the weather is cooling down I want a cheap body to host one of my cheap kit lenses for a car camera. Summer sun where I live would kill a good camera in a closed up car. Pictures of the stuff in the ad showed a Nikon D100 with some kind of larger than kit lens and a jumbled mess of other small stuff and wires and wall warts. Seller said there may be a charger in the mix but he has not found it and he, not being a camera guy, did not want to fool around trying to test it. I offered $60 for the box of Nikon stuff only - (don't want that junk lens), with pay and go. No testing or chit chat. For some reason the seller thinks the 500mm lens is valuable. Delighted so far, the D100 looks unused, well except for the rubber cover on the side which shows it was bent back to make use of the AC power adapter, too bad there's no way to check the shutter count on these early Nikon D's the lens turns out to be a [U]Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DX macro[/U] with filter and lens cap - focuses fast and accurate, 2 each 2gb cf cards, AC power adapter, 2 dead batteries, (no camera battery charger) and a bunch of other opto electronic, lights and lens items that an eye doctor probably has some use for when examining patients. I swapped in one of my D90 batteries and after playing with the menu system, took a few pictures. They look good. The CF card in the camera has pictures on it that were made almost 11 years ago. It will be fun exercising the D100 soon to see if can survive a wake up call after so many years in someone's closet. Kinda sorry I sold my D200 for next to nothing to fund my D300s. It would have been fun, but foolish, to have a D90, D100, D200, and D300. Now I have to decide whether to keep my trusty old Tamron 90 macro or the much slicker looking and handling Sigma 105. [h=1][/h] [/QUOTE]
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