Help!....Lense for Nikon D40x before xmas day

ninimac

Hi there.

First of all please excuse my ignorance....I know very little about cameras especially digital SLR ones!

My mum bought a Nikon D40x online for my dad for christmas not realising it was the body only until she received the camera a few days ago without a lense.

I've been onto countless camera shops trying to get the 18-55mm lense which comes with the standard package but none of them seem to sell it seperately. They can order it in but it would cost €300. We paid €559 for the camera body and the package with the lense would have cost €645 so obviously we don't want to have to pay €300 when we could have got it for less than €100.

Can anybody suggest somewhere we could get a lense to fit the D40x for around €100 new or second hand.

Thanks a million!

pete4130

Try Adverts.ie some people sell their kit lenses when they buy more lenses. It's a good place to start. You could buy a different lens but for the autofocus to work properly on a D40 you need to get a lens with a motor built into it (as the camera body doesn't have a motor to autofocus lenses).

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=35471&cat=all

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=31755&cat=all

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=38699&cat=all

Best of luck.

5uspect

Check out the grear sticky for various shops and online shops.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055185444
Adverts.ie is also another place to start.

I'd reccommend the 50mm f1.8 as a good cheap lens. I have the Canon equivalent but I use the Nikkor version in work. Its not a zoom but it its a very sharp fast lens.

quilmore

5uspect wrote: »

I'd reccommend the 50mm f1.8 as a good cheap lens. I have the Canon equivalent but I use the Nikkor version in work. Its not a zoom but it its a very sharp fast lens.

mind you that the 50 1.8 for nikon won't be autofocus for a d40/d40x
you need the kit's lens
only buying it from other people in dublin will ensure you'll have it in time
try adverts.ie and gumtree.ie or a localized search on ebay.ie
anyway, you'll be spending just under the 200 mark I'd say (150 if you're lucky), be prepared

5uspect

quilmore wrote: »

mind you that the 50 1.8 for nikon won't be autofocus for a d40/d40x
you need the kit's lens
only buying it from other people in dublin will ensure you'll have it in time
try adverts.ie and gumtree.ie or a localized search on ebay.ie
anyway, you'll be spending just under the 200 mark I'd say (150 if you're lucky), be prepared

Bugger forgot about that. Silly D40 :rolleyes:

tnkrbell

ninimac try Birmingham's camera shop on the quays in Dublin or Hall's camera on Talbot street. Both sell the Nikon D40x (mother got my hopes up by bringing home a price (539e with a lens cant remember what size) for it from Birminghams)

Borderfox

Berminghams have a few 2nd hand Nikon lenses on their page http://www.berminghamcameras.ie/store/index.php?target=products&product_id=2274
Check in the preowned page

Blue Duck

I bought this camera with an 18-55 lens in birminghams yesterday for 539!!

Why don't you return the one you bought on line and go with this one instead?

Ricky91t

Blue Duck wrote: »

I bought this camera with an 18-55 lens in birminghams yesterday for 539!!

Why don't you return the one you bought on line and go with this one instead?

I think you're talking about the D40
The D40X on birminghams €699(website price)

thebaz

as a past owner of the 18 - 55 i wouldn't buy it , get the 18 -70 much better , and if you can afford it get the 18 -200 VR .

The 18 - 55 is a pretty poor lens IMO

OracleOfTruth

I can sell mine from Friday in Dublin when I head back home. €100 if you'd like.

Masada

thats my one in the third link., i wouldnt order anything online at this late stage, you'll never get it in time.,

Blue Duck

ricky91t wrote: »

I think you're talking about the D40
The D40X on birminghams €699(website price)

Thanks but im not confused - i bought the D40X.

It was a demonstration model so priced at 539.

They also have totally new ones at 699 with 60 euro cash back.