Steptoe1962
New member
Hi; I just signed up to the forum, I was into photography a few years ago, my first SLR was an Olympus OM10 then I bought a Nikon F80 and gradually built up a system - couple of lenses, speed light, several filters.
Alas I became bored with the hobby and sold all my kit at a loss, over the years I was still a keen "snapper". Last year I bought a fancy Bose Digital radio / CD player and a free gift was a Nikon coolpix L25 a fabulous little compact with many features.
I always had a notion of a DSLR but thought they were out of my budget but recently I saw on E bay a still in box Nikon D40 available to the highest offer - from a seller in Portugal !. So I offered £175 which was accepted, last week the camera arrived in the sealed box
Camera snobs will no doubt say that it is outdated, only 6MP etc - but I am impressed with the camera and many of the controls are identical to my F80.
I look forward to brushing up my techniques on this forum
Steptoe
Alas I became bored with the hobby and sold all my kit at a loss, over the years I was still a keen "snapper". Last year I bought a fancy Bose Digital radio / CD player and a free gift was a Nikon coolpix L25 a fabulous little compact with many features.
I always had a notion of a DSLR but thought they were out of my budget but recently I saw on E bay a still in box Nikon D40 available to the highest offer - from a seller in Portugal !. So I offered £175 which was accepted, last week the camera arrived in the sealed box
Camera snobs will no doubt say that it is outdated, only 6MP etc - but I am impressed with the camera and many of the controls are identical to my F80.
I look forward to brushing up my techniques on this forum
Steptoe
