In a fit of madness

[Deleted member 68495]

I noticed that the various camera suppliers are doing a promotion on Nikon gear and that £200 has come off the D850. I also note that after nearly two years of use, my Fuji X100V has only lost £200 over what I paid for it so that, combined with the trade in on my D810, has brought the D850 down to a level where I can just about justify it to myself. I briefly considered mirrorless but it just doesn't appeal, I like the clunk of a mirror and my experience with the Fuji's silent almost shutter leaves me cold for silent cameras (although I expect there is a way of making them produce a mirror noise but it won't be the same). If Nikon had seen fit to give the F adapter away with a new mirrorless it might have been a different matter but I'm not going to pay two hundred and fifty quid for a small metal tube that doesn't even have any glass in it.

Hopefully, I am about to buy my last ever camera (I am 69 this year after all).

 

[lindsay]

You have justified it to me. Totally agree about the adapter thing.

 

[lindsay]

In fact I've just had an email from Carmarthen Cameras with the D850 reduced from £2749 to £2429.
I bought mine grey though...

 

[Sky]

The D850 is an amazing camera - I just wish I could give mine the use it deserves (mobility issues).

I bought mine from Panamoz eighteen months ago (because of the three year warranty) and as you'd expect the price has dropped - now only £1,790.00.

I'm with you on mirrorless - they don't appeal to me in the slightest as I hate EVFs.

I sold my D810 soon afterwards, but wish I didn't. I've since picked up a D800E (nowhere near as good) to have as a spare . . .

 

[Deleted member 68495]

I'm wondering about the D810 and whether or not to keep it, but then these things are pretty heavy and I'm unlikely to cart two large bodies around with me. If I have a 80-400mm on one and a 14-24mm on the other I'd be carrying about 6kgs, not exactly practical. If I need a spare, my wife has a perfectly good D5000, in fact I'm taking it out tomorrow as I won't have a camera at all by then.

 

[Deleted member 68495]

In fact I've just had an email from Carmarthen Cameras with the D850 reduced from £2749 to £2429.
I bought mine grey though...

WEX, who I'm trading with have it at £2529 but I'm going to ask them if they'll price match as LCE have it at £2429 as well, if not, I'll take the cash (strangely, the same amount) and buy it from them.

 

[NCV]

I have both the Z7 that excels at certain things and a D850 that I use for tripod mounted use, where weight does not bother me. I do a lot of Architectural photography with F mount shift and I prefer the more button led experience of the D850, which is still an amazing camera. It is totally silent in the live view mode, which can be a good thing where noise can disturb.

 

[welshwizard645]

I bought my D850 used on here about a year ago and do not regret buying it, it is a tremendous kit but does highlight the limitations of me as a pretend photographer...

it made my D810 redundant.... but not the D500 (which is another tremendous camera)

I have a bit too much invested in F-glass and dithering on a 200-400/4VR2 or 500/4G for birding so I am in no rush to go for Z - I will wait for dust to settle on the Z8 line before making a move but it would be nice to have an ZTF adapter so that I could opt for the Z400/4.5.

Grays have the D850 for £2399.

 

[SFTPhotography]

The D850 is an amazing camera - I just wish I could give mine the use it deserves (mobility issues).

I bought mine from Panamoz eighteen months ago (because of the three year warranty) and as you'd expect the price has dropped - now only £1,790.00.

I'm with you on mirrorless - they don't appeal to me in the slightest as I hate EVFs.

I sold my D810 soon afterwards, but wish I didn't. I've since picked up a D800E (nowhere near as good) to have as a spare . . .

Just get another D850 as a spare.

Echo the thoughts here entirely. Not sold on the mirrorless yet and the D850s I have do everything I need and do it very well indeed.

I just buy grey though like you. The UK prices seem very high.

 

[Deleted member 68495]

Went to LCE in Plymouth today and part-ex'd my D810 and my Fuji X100V so I 'only' had to add another £900 to get the D850. It's coming from Holland so it should be here in about five days. LCE have it at £2429. Can't bring myself to do grey import. I liked the X100V but I found I was only using it to take opportune snaps rather than serious photography and I can do that with my old Panasonic or my phone so since the trade-in prices are pretty high for the X100V I thought I'd let it go sooner rather than later.