Canon d30
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- scottON
I was offered a canon D30 for $100. Body + box.
worth it?
- airey0
stolen? yep. worth it? yep. sell it on ebay? yep.
- hektor9110
Wow, I was once offered a mac book pro nicely equipped for 900 dlls.
I decline the offer afraid of some day being track by the owner. I was sure it was stolen.
- slappy0
30D? Five finger discount price.
- Tungsten0
It's probably the old 3mp D30.
KEH has them for $180 so yeah it's a pretty good deal if you can live with a low res. camera
- scottON0
yeah its the 3mp one.
I printed an 8x10 with it and it was surprisingly good. Granted shot in RAW printed TIFF. The screen has a blue/green tint so WB happens in lightroom. If I was gonna make a big print I'd probably shoot with medium format - Velvia 50 speed - mamiya TLR.
Not stolen, its an opportunity through a retail shop I work for.
- Tungsten0
That was an awesome camera in it's day, still capable of making some nice clean files.
- scottON0
yeah it was $3,000 when it came out. amazing
- uan0
3MP...not worth any $ nomore. sad, but true. get some point and shoot >=5MP cam for the money instead.
- raf0
I had two of these, the latter bought 3 years ago for €200, sold a year later for about the same. If you have no dslr at all, it might be a nice start. However, 3MP is a little low res, the autofocus is slow and clueless when it gets darker, ISO 400 is very grainy (especially noticeable when resolution is so low). The camera is slow (ie. when you want to browse pics) and it doesn't accept EF-S lenses (only 20D+ models and the rebels do).
I'd say, it's a seriously looking camera but you will do yourself a big favour if you add another 100 or 150 and get the Rebel XT (350D) or the 20D. With or without the box.
- raf0
Still, the D30 and D60 were pre-digic models, they had very distinctive colour tone - some said film-like. It wasn't film-like for me, but I could tell a picture shot with these apart very often back then.
- svenreed0
dooooo it brah
- uan0
it is a good 3MP cam, and maybe worth the 100$s...you scared me with that Kaa-eye scottON;-)
- scottON0
haha thats my "waiting for it to autofocus under ample light" face.
- visualplane0
I have a canon 30d for sale if anyone is interested.
Looking to sell a Canon 30D for $250. I believe I took less than 500 shots with it. It comes with a spare battery, uv lense, memory card / stick, computer cable connector and battery charger. I also have a black tripod which I'd prefer to sell together. $35 for the tripod.