Proffitt Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) This is the for sale thread of my Brand New Nikon D3100. It's literally no older than 3 weeks old, bought on the 20th August 2012 from Argos. I have taken less than 50 photos with it and I would say 90% of them have been in the house getting used to the camera and playing with the settings. The battery has honestly only been charged once! You may off seen my thread about a beginner DSLR in the Off topic banter - http://www.e46zone.c...-beginner-dslr/ I thought I wanted to start photography and get into all the nice editing side of things but simply I am not that enthusiastic as I thought I would be. I bought it for intentions to get 'good' with it and then take it to New York with me in January and get some lovely pics there. This was definately an impulse buy and like I said above, Ive taken no more than 50 photos within 3 weeks of owning it, it's spend most of it's 3 week life sat in the box on my chair I am no photographer but this camera is great for beginners, the guide mode on this is great and it explains everything in detail. I would recommend this camera to any that wants to start photography Right, the spec... Can be found here: http://www.argos.co....as|25417975.htm This is copied from the site: Nikon D3100 14MP DSLR Camera. The Nikon D3100 features Nikon's enhanced Guide Mode giving you step-by-step instructions of how to change the camera settings and ultimately guiding you to becoming a better photographer. The D3100 also features HDMI CEC connection to enable easy playback of photos and videos on your HD Television. Camera model number D3100 DSLR with 18-55 VR lens14.2 megapixels.CMOS sensor. Features:3inch LCD screen with Live View.11 focus points in the viewfinder.ISO range from 100 to 3200.Shutter speed of 1/4000 to 30 sec.JPEG and NEF (RAW) file format.Continuous shooting up to 3 frames per second (JPEG).Continuous shooting up to 3 frames per second (RAW).9 scene modes.Full auto and manual settings.Built-in flash.Hot shoe for additional flash.Video capture with sound.PictBridge compatible.Nikon F Mount lens mount - 60 lenses available.Rechargeable battery.Includes eyecup and shoulder strap.Weight 455g.Size H124, W95, D74.5cm. Lens model: AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VRFocal length of 18-55mm.Aperture f/3.5-5.6.Image stabilisation.Silent wave motor.52mm filter.Zoom lens.Includes .Weight 265g. This is the only picture I have of the camera atm: More can be found on the Argos wesite or any camera website although I will get more pics of the camera and all the accesories This camera will come in the box with everything, I haven't thrown away anything. The Nikon CD software hasn't even been taken out of the wallet. The Nikon warrenty is still in the box. I can't stress how new this camera is, there are NO marks on it what so ever, just as you'd expect from something less than 3 weeks old. Like I said above, I will provide more pics and I have the orginal receipt from my purchase. Price. I bought this camera from Argos for £362.50 + 32gb SD card (which will hold well over 2000 photos) for £30. So in total, I spent: £392.50. I am asking for £350 delivered for everything, considering its age and condition. Also, the 32gb SD card will come with the sale. The camera will be posted with 1st class recorded / tracked and insured delivery. Payment to be via PayPal, Bank Transfer or Cash on Collection. (Would prefer Cash) Please comment / PM me or Text; 07769342030 Thanks, Tom Edited September 6, 2012 by Proffitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 You realise if you want the buyer to pay the fees it brings the price back up to what it would cost to walk into Argos and buy it again? Proffitt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffitt Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Thanks Mit, did not think this through How much are the PayPal fees by the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Not sure, but when I sold an iPhone on ebay a few years ago for £350 I ended up paying £50 in fees... I think it went about half and half paypal/ebay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterH Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) ignore. Edited September 6, 2012 by PeterH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffitt Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Bloody hell, bit of a rip off! Edited the 1st post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Oh yeah Argos have that no quibble money back thing... you should do that. Actually you should keep the camera because it'll be handy to have even on auto mode and you don't need to be a photoshop wiz to make great photos. Photoshopping them actually means you weren't very good at taking them in the first place Proffitt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffitt Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 This may help too http://www.argos.co....sAndRefunds.htm It's less than 30 days old right? A quick skin read and i didn't see anything about cameras being exempt... Thanks Peter but I have already looked at this and cameras are exempt. See bullet point 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colossuss Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Not sure, but when I sold an iPhone on ebay a few years ago for £350 I ended up paying £50 in fees... I think it went about half and half paypal/ebay... That would have been mostly eBay http://tutv.co.uk/fresh/bitsandpieces/paypalcost.php The Paypal fee for £350 will be calculated at 3.4%, and includes a 20p standard charge. Fee: £12.10. Sum: £362.10. Proffitt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffitt Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Thanks Colossuss, I am happ to pay the paypal fees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffitt Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 No body fancy a 3 week old DSLR? Perfect for beginners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iturner15 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 (edited) I have this camera - its fantastic! Edit - dude, keep your camera, invest in some photography lessons if needs be. Don't go to new york and take crappy point and shot images then regret it when you get home and they look flat and dull. Buy photography magazines, and go out and play / learn until it becomes second nature! It will be worth it! Edited September 10, 2012 by iturner15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 It's really annoying actually, I totally would have had this off you if I hadn't bought my Panasonic Lumix last Wednesday! Oh well :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffitt Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I have this camera - its fantastic! Edit - dude, keep your camera, invest in some photography lessons if needs be. Don't go to new york and take crappy point and shot images then regret it when you get home and they look flat and dull. Buy photography magazines, and go out and play / learn until it becomes second nature! It will be worth it! See im in a predicament (sp) with this!! I want to keep it and start taking pics of things BUT its literally sitting in the box on my chair in my room and I just see it as a waste of money but I want to keep it lol It's really annoying actually, I totally would have had this off you if I hadn't bought my Panasonic Lumix last Wednesday! Oh well :/ Take the Panasonic back and buy mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iturner15 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 See im in a predicament (sp) with this!! I want to keep it and start taking pics of things BUT its literally sitting in the box on my chair in my room and I just see it as a waste of money but I want to keep it lol well do it then! I've been going away all sorts of places purely to take pictures lol. Just got back from climbing snowdon yesterday - got great pics, lovely weather too! honestly, give it another month, then see how you feel. i think you're asking too much for it to. I paid £100 less retail from a local camera shop for a used one with 6 months warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6891_seb Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I also have this camera - its really great! Anybody wanting to buy it, just go for it! Perfect starter for beginners wanting to get into dslrs.... Proffitt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 (edited) See im in a predicament (sp) with this!! I want to keep it and start taking pics of things BUT its literally sitting in the box on my chair in my room and I just see it as a waste of money but I want to keep it lol Take the Panasonic back and buy mine No, I'm mostly happy with the Panasonic I think your biggest problem here is you keep putting it back in the box. I got a camera bag for mine as soon as I got it. In fact I left the box in Currys and got them to charge the battery for me while I went to the cinema, and took it straight out to use. Only went back for the box the next day. It's been with me to the Paralympics Opening Ceremony, Table Tennis, Basketball (twice), Goalball, Sitting Volleyball, Wheelchair marathon road race and Closing Ceremony. If I'd have kept putting it back in the box I would never have used it. For now I'm mostly using mine like a point and shoot, i.e. take lots of photos and discard the rubbish ones, but even those are coming out a lot better than my small point and shoot would have done. Starting to fiddle with settings to get better results, but the only way to get better is to practice. Edited September 10, 2012 by mit Cannockwolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Yep totally agree, hide the box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffitt Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 well do it then! I've been going away all sorts of places purely to take pictures lol. Just got back from climbing snowdon yesterday - got great pics, lovely weather too! honestly, give it another month, then see how you feel. i think you're asking too much for it to. I paid £100 less retail from a local camera shop for a used one with 6 months warranty. I live not too far from Snowdon, Im in Conwy. Lovely place isnt it I know you could get it cheaper like you have but this is still practically new and it's still under warrenty I also have this camera - its really great! Anybody wanting to buy it, just go for it! Perfect starter for beginners wanting to get into dslrs.... Thanks, it really is a great camera. No, I'm mostly happy with the Panasonic I think your biggest problem here is you keep putting it back in the box. I got a camera bag for mine as soon as I got it. In fact I left the box in Currys and got them to charge the battery for me while I went to the cinema, and took it straight out to use. Only went back for the box the next day. It's been with me to the Paralympics Opening Ceremony, Table Tennis, Basketball (twice), Goalball, Sitting Volleyball, Wheelchair marathon road race and Closing Ceremony. If I'd have kept putting it back in the box I would never have used it. For now I'm mostly using mine like a point and shoot, i.e. take lots of photos and discard the rubbish ones, but even those are coming out a lot better than my small point and shoot would have done. Starting to fiddle with settings to get better results, but the only way to get better is to practice. Wow, im not jealous! I would of loved to go the Opening Ceremony and to watch some of the sport! You get some good pics? Yes I need to hide the box and leave it out so I play on it more. Yep totally agree, hide the box! Yes will have to do this. If it doesn't sell them im not too fussed as I have things coming up in the upcomming 4 weeks so the camera will get used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Man Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Set it to RAW+Basic mode and then take a look at the NEF files. You'll see a whole new level of detail that any point&shoot will miss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffitt Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Set it to RAW+Basic mode and then take a look at the NEF files. You'll see a whole new level of detail that any point&shoot will miss! Thanks, will have a play with RAM mode. NEF files? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Man Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 NEF is the file extension for the RAW files and once you have a bit of a play, it's amazing what can be achieved with the RAW data in a small amount of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 (edited) Wow, im not jealous! I would of loved to go the Opening Ceremony and to watch some of the sport! You get some good pics? Yes I need to hide the box and leave it out so I play on it more. I've probably taken about 1500 photos of the Paralympics, some good, some bad. Haven't had time to go through them yet. Would love to get to a point where I can just take a few great photos and not have to eliminate any bad ones, but with this kind of thing you almost miss out on the moment if you try to set things up for the perfect shot! Ironically it's instagram on my phone that has rekindled my interest in photography Edited September 11, 2012 by mit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Man Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 You see, in my opinion, that's one of the benefits of a DSLR is the ability to quickly take lots of pics and get the right one. Practice will reduce the number of discarded ones and improve the framing and setting but you will always need to take more than the one you want.. We had a family photo shoot just the other week, the photographer took just over 300 shots in 90 minutes but we only got to see about 80 of those presumably due to the other 220 not being quite right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hmm, in that case I was doing it right. Going off topic though. Except it's kind of on topic as we all seem to want Profitt to keep his camera! Proffitt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
