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dizzy
Jan 29, 2002, 3:05 PM
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Hello,
Im fairly new to photography, but wanting to invest in a camera i can use while i climb and will suit everything else i do. So i looked around and found this deal. Is $465 a good price for a Nikon F65 with 28-80 & 70-300 AF Nikkors?
Is there any more suitable cameras out there?
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jmlangford
Jan 29, 2002, 3:29 PM
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Go to the photography forum and look under "Outstanding Climbing Camera" a couple of posts down is a link to the place that sells them It is a Sigma SA-7 with 28-80 zoom and 70-300 zoom for $297 US bucks. I have had one for about two weeks and am pretty happy with it.
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saltspringer
Feb 2, 2002, 8:15 AM
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I tend to be heavily biased towards Nikon so I'd say you're better off with the F65 package. Check out B&H's website for good ballpark figures on all sorts of new gear: they deal in domestic as well as "grey" market merchandise so they tend to offer the best prices around.
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jmlangford
Feb 2, 2002, 4:49 PM
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Gee whiz! You Nikon people are loyal! I wish my friends were like Nikon fans!
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fiend
Feb 2, 2002, 8:24 PM
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Lord Nikon had the coolest start-up screen in the movie Hackers....
who's a geek?
I am!
[ This Message was edited by: fiend on 2002-02-02 13:00 ]
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markgraeme
Mar 23, 2002, 9:55 AM
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Well... I own the F65 (same as the N65 in the USA) and it is a good camera. I am not a Nikon junkie, but I wouldn't but a Sigma body, lens maybe, but not body. So if that is the price range that you are looking in then the f65/n65 is the best camera around. Another thing to think about doing though is not getting the package (body and 3 lenses) but instead buying just the body and matching it with say a good 28-105 lens. I say this for two reasons: the 28-80 lens that comes with the camera, is a poor lens. Yes it will take some good pictures, but it does have some major limitations. Secondly when photographing Rock Climbing I don't think that you are as likely to use the zoom feature that a 70-300mm lens provides. The second point is of course contentious, but I think it is valid still. Ask at the store what they would be able to offer in lieu of the 28-80 and the 70-300. Hope this helps the camera buying!
-MARK
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beyond_gravity
Mar 24, 2002, 1:09 AM
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F65 sucks, GO 1965 NIKKORMATT FT! WHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
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