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I am considering buying a new camera (probably Nikon), and I really want to find an affordable option. So I’m interested in looking into buying refurbished. Does anyone know of a good, trustworthy place to find refurbished cameras?
-CodyIt looks like right now you are shooting with the D80 and a 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G. Something in the D3000 or D5000 series would be a similar crop-frame camera and compatible with your current lens. In Nikon generally the higher the number, with the exception of the first digit, the newer the camera. For example, the D3600 is newer than the D3400, but may or may not be newer than the D5500.
B&H has a large selection of used and refurbished, as does Adorama. Both are in NY city, but are also huge online camera stores with great reputations.
If your budget allows, do not skimp on the lens you pick. A general rule of thumb I heard once is, to get the best quality photos for the price you should get a lens that is worth as much as your camera body. If you get a prime lens (no zoom) that might not apply, but for a general zoom, I would tend to agree. For a D3000 or D5000 series you will want to make sure there is a focus motor in the lens. Full-frame lenses work on crop cameras, but not the reverse.
Thank you for the information @dfrazer! It was very helpful. As you can probably tell, I don’t know a ton about camera stuff, even though I like photography 🙂.
-CodyI bought my Nikon camera refurbished from Adorama. Then I bought my Tamron 24-70/2.8 from KEH. I haven’t have any trouble with either of them.
https://www.adorama.com/Used
https://www.keh.com/
Both of the sites have levels of conditions. When I bought mine I chose to go with a higher level.As for camera recommendations:
My First DSLR was a new Nikon D3400. It’s a great little camera. Now I use it for a back-up, when I want a smaller camera for a trip, or for times when I want to carry two cameras with two different lens.My second and main camera is a Nikon D7200 (bought refurbished). The main advantage with this one is having many more buttons for easily assessing settings. I’ve been very pleased with it.
If you haven’t already, I’d recommend going through the part of the Foundations course that talks about buying a camera. It goes into detail about all the technical things.
Buying a new camera can be exciting but intimidating!
-Hannah
Good tips! Thank you @blessingscaptured Hannah. Yeah, I have taken the Foundations in Photography course and will definitely be using Mr. James’ 10 steps for buying anything and reviewing the other information he gave on buying a camera. It was really good!
-Cody
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