Nikon D50 Digital SLR for £314

mattwms

Just £314 for the Nikon D50 (body only, no lens) at Amazon.

carl_east

Could this be a price error? Fantastic deal though so be quick everyone. Great spot mattwms. I got the lens kit version for £380 the other week during the boots 2 day sale and quickly upgraded to the 18-70mm lens for only £127 off ebay. My lens is currently at £82 with 2 days left so I'm quids in. Everywhere I read seems to suggest the 18-70mm lens is so much more superior so this could be the way to go. It's much better built than the 18-55mm.

bigfoot125

just ordered the body only,now i need a lens for it aswell as a memory card,any suggestions?
cheers

pufferfish_2

carl_east wrote:

Could this be a price error?

I doubt it. The D50 has been going for £349 for some time now at www.warehouseexpress.com

The 'best' lens really depends on what you want to shoot.
Personally, I'm a 'one-lens' person and a big fan of Nikon's 28-200 AF-G lens. It's not the fastest lens in the world, but it's really handy for almost all situations and spends 95% of the time on my D50.
For wide-shots, I stick on a Nikon 12-24 AF-S and a Nikon 105mm Micro for close-up work.

I've read in many places that the 18-70 is a better lens than the 18-55. For me, 18-55 is a pretty restrictive range for a lens.

The 28-200 in my bag is soon to be replaced by the 18-200 AF-S VR if Nikon UK ever start actually shipping the lens to their distributors!! :rolleyes:

If you want to see photos, go the galleries at Nikonians and see real photos from real lenses.

HTH

Pufferfish

pufferfish_2

bigfoot125 wrote:

just ordered the body only,now i need a lens for it aswell as a memory card,any suggestions?
cheers

Look at my previous post of a lens recommendation.
For an SD card, I wouldn't go for anything less than 1GB (On a D50 set to Large+Fine JPEGs, you can get about 280 shots on a 1GB card, IIRC). The Sandisk Ultra II cards are now dirt cheap.

HTH

Pufferfish.

nordberg

If only it were a Canon, I'd snap it up. I've got a drawer full of Canon EOS lenses which sadly won't work with the Nikon

Kentish

bigfoot125 wrote:

just ordered the body only,now i need a lens for it aswell as a memory card,any suggestions?
cheers

If you need a cheap lens to go with the camera body, then here's a bargain 28-100mm zoom:

Nikkor 28-100mm f/3.5-5.6 AF - only £39.99 (+ £7.99 p&p) from a mail-order company called College Cameras Ltd. I don't know anything about this company so can't vouch for them.

Nikon's guide price is £179.99 - see link here . It's not the best lens you can buy (see user reviews here), but it must surely be the cheapest!

carl_east

I got the Nikkor 18-70mm that comes with the D70 for £127 off ebay and have put the 18-55mm up for sale. That was at £82 last night with one day to go. If I get another tenner for it then it will have only cost me £35 to upgrade. I've read dozens of reviews comparing the two lenses and the the 18-70mm seems to be a much better lens. It is certainly a better build.

bigfoot125

Carl

whats the lens like any good and did u get it boxed

any pics yet?