How much should you pay for 300d?

JackKelly

Well, planning on buying 300d off of ebay (or anywhere else), but i'm not sure what price i should be bidding. What should i go up to, and what would be a rip off? I'm only talking about a 300d with a kit lense btw.

whyulittle

I'm not the seller or anything, I just had this noted in My Ebay - http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7536980418&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

From an Irish seller, which are hard enough to come by, ends tonight at about 8pm.

PurpleFistMixer

Wow, that's a seriously good deal. If I didn't already have my 350d ordered, that'd be wonderful.

unklerosco

Now thats a good deal.. V tempting

JackKelly

well im still looking to buy one and its proving pretty difficult.Best i can find is on cam-ireland. It works out at about 665E. I can't seem to beat that. Even on ebay, for a second hand camera, the prices fly up near the end of auctions.

whyulittle

There is a fella selling one here.

Eye

i assume that your looking for the EOS 300 body only right?

if so try checking out this link http://www.digiwowo.net/language/english/index.htm

body only for €598 and shipping ain't that much, think it was about €20 or so for my brother when he got his nikon D70s kit from there.

JackKelly

You bought from that site? Can anyone tell me if it is safe to use. I was set on using it, until i saw this.

DotOrg

they used to trade under a different web address:
http://www.resellerratings.com/seller2472.html

scroll down and read the bad bad reputation they used to have

JackKelly

damn it. 3 ok but 2 bad. I really want to go ahead and use them. I can't get a better price anywhere.

DotOrg

that's why they have such low prices, to suckpeople in, then use and abuse them and sell them stuff they don't want or need

JackKelly

yea. I won't risk it. Next in line is computeruniverse.com. Around 645EUR for the body only. I can manage that

I plan on getting a 50mm 1.8 mk II lens to get me started. I have to ask though, which would be a better starter/general lens. The 50mm fixed 1.8 or the kit 15-55 canon lens?

JMcL

TimAy wrote:

I plan on getting a 50mm 1.8 mk II lens to get me started. I have to ask though, which would be a better starter/general lens. The 50mm fixed 1.8 or the kit 15-55 canon lens?

I have the kit lens, and while it's not great, it's capable of very good results. It can be a bit soft towards the edges at wide apertures, especially if used at the 18mm end. If you can step down to at least f8, then it'll give good results.

The 50mm f1.8 is supposed to be a great lens, sharp at all apertures, and it's next on my list. One thing to bear in mind is that with the 1.6 crop factor, this'll be about equivalent to 80mm on a regular 35mm camera, so it might not be great if you want to take indoor portraits. The kit lens on the other hand gives a useful range, and notwithstanding what I said above, it's a fine starter lens given the price,

John