Second hand nikon d700 how much to pay?

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Was in my local camera shop today to order a few bits and they had just taken in a Nikon d700 in p/x for a canon d5. They sold the 700 to the fellow a few months ago but he could not get on with it, he had always used canon. The staff in the shop were not to sure about the price it only came in this morning but said come back tomorrow when the owner of the shop was in. I have had a look on the net for a price but there are not to many second hand ones around. The shop is selling a new one for £1800 so what is a good price for the second hand one it looks in 1st class nick but of course the warranty can not be transferred. So any help on a price before i go back tomorrow would be of help, cheers.
 
Agree with PD, and I know new have been down to £1670 although the norm seem to be around £1730. Secondhand I would expect to see at least 20% off but realistically this has barely translated to 10 or 12% even with some private sellers who offer little legal comeback if the chips were down. At that, I'd sooner buy new.

However, recently a glimmer of hope from one or two people letting them go at a more appropriate £1300 ish is encouraging for a downward trend. Price must drop on the D700's soon anyway and I still think it is an overpriced camera despite how good it is. only my opinion of course and I'd put up a counter argument if I were a seller! :)

Shame you couldn't meet the guy about to trade in outside the shop! :)
 
Cheers guys this might have come a bit early for me was looking at buying just before xmas but no harm popping back tomorrow you never know the price might be to good to turn-down.
 
Mifsuds are selling a 2nd hand D700 for £1529, presumably with their usual 3 month warranty.
 
If you are travelling anywhere you can get a D700 from Dixons aiside at Stanstead for £1592 inc 2 year wrnt.
 
Is this true that the manufacturers warranty does not transfer to successive owners until the original warranty expires? That seems to be different to other objects in life:thinking::thinking:
 
Gary, I was going to order a 700 just before Christmas, price from Warehouse Ex £1754 + P&P.
A guy called Pete put one up on here £1450 immaculate, 1 year warranty (never registered) extra battery and NX2.
I can write this off against tax so really I get an early Christmas present.
There are ways around this Nikon warranty thing.
This will be the seventh Nikon camera I have owned (and maybe the last) all my lenses are Nikon and as yet (fingers crossed) have never had a problem.
All my gear apart from one lens has come from WHE, the odd one I bought from Mifsuds.
I will now be changing my DXes for a couple of FX ones (a point to consider when going full frame). I shall keep my 70-200 and 300 for my D300.
When is the right time to up-grade? I don’t think there is especially in a recession. If you want it and it’s a fair price, go for it. No point hanging around :shrug:
 
I know this is an old thread but today I looked in the window of my local LCE store (where I got my D700 new) and they had a s/h D700 on display for only £1300.

This would seem a bargain when you consider there is much less risk buying s/h from a store. We are talking about the best part of 33% off the new price!
 
That is cheap unless it's been heavily used. I've seen lightly used ones selling on eBay for around £1400 recently and obviously no warranty.

The whole second camera market is very hard to fathom...people seem willing to pay 80% plus of new prices for equipment which has no warranty. Seems to much to me.
 
Beardy said:
That is cheap unless it's been heavily used. I've seen lightly used ones selling on eBay for around £1400 recently and obviously no warranty.

The whole second camera market is very hard to fathom...people seem willing to pay 80% plus of new prices for equipment which has no warranty. Seems to much to me.
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Yep I could not believe the price, as I've seen s/h bodies on ebay (with little in the way of comeback if anything is wrong) for around the £1500 mark. Luckily I had the money to buy new, but if I was a student on a budget then this could make the difference between having one and not having one.
 
Don't know about the UK market, but in the US these types of items (hobby/semiprofessional) have a trade-in value about 40-50% of new retail and a used retail price at about 75-80% of new retail. The older the product is in its cycle, the lower the trade-in and used-retail prices go. There are exceptions, of course, when an item is highly sought after. Generally, though, above 80% you get too close to "new" and everyone with the scratch just jumps the gap and buys new.

So the shop you're dealing with probably has a pretty good margin on that D700 unless the original owner was a friend or loyal customer who got treated very well by the shop owner. The D700 is certainly in the second half of the product cycle, and new ones are easy to come by. Even if it is in "like new" condition, I would be looking at buying it for no more than 65% of new retail.
 
I bought my 2nd D700 about 3 months ago for £1400 2nd hand with 3k actuations. Ive seen £1250 the lowest with 80K and about £1500 tops.

I bought my original D700 brand new with 2 years warranty for £1450 about 3 years ago! :bang:
 
they have gone on here as low as £1175 in the past 2-3 months,at least two went for around £1200 both with less than 30,000 acuations.
its all about how much people are willing to pay.
on ebay people get mad with bidding,ive been watching two,one with 600 shots taken,un regestered and one with 20,000 shots taken,the later went for £1500 the first £1450.
 
I sold mine a few months back for around £1400 with less than 2000 clicks and jessops extended warranty, regret it now as d3 does feel a bit big and heavy, may sell my d3 and get another d700, I've seen mint ones go for less than £1400 but you gotta be quick as most at these price get sold a few hours after being listed
 
mjjiva said:
I sold mine a few months back for around £1400 with less than 2000 clicks and jessops extended warranty, regret it now as d3 does feel a bit big and heavy, may sell my d3 and get another d700, I've seen mint ones go for less than £1400 but you gotta be quick as most at these price get sold a few hours after being listed
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I would have thought it would be difficult to "downgrade" from a D3 to a D700 when the D3 has so many benefits like vertical grip, much better build quality, weatherproofing, 100% viewfinder, dual card slots. I'd imagine it would balance far better if you ever put a pro quality 2.8 zoom on it.
 
wouldn't really call it a downgrade, all depends what you use the camera for, I don't use the camera in extreme conditions so not too bothered about the better build quality saying that the d700 is solidly built too, and as for the vertical grip you can always attach one on the d700, I did have the grip for the d700 and preferred this over the d700 as you can easily move the focus points with the small joystick. yes the dual card slots are a nice addition but the best feature I like about the d3 is the 100% frame coverage.
 
The D700 + grip is bigger and heavier than the D3 is it not? So I read anyway. I also like the dust removal system of the D700 and the pop up flash is handy when I can't be bothered getting the SB-900 out. Horses for courses.
 
true it is heavier but you do have the option when you'd like it on , on a long shoot it's handy but for general use just the d700 without the grip should do
 
£1300 private sale boxed good condition

from a shop with warranty at least a £100 more
 
Laudrup said:
The D700 + grip is bigger and heavier than the D3 is it not? So I read anyway. I also like the dust removal system of the D700 and the pop up flash is handy when I can't be bothered getting the SB-900 out. Horses for courses.
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Let's not forget, the pop-up flash on the D700 can also be used to trigger your SB-900 when it's off the camera :naughty: (i.e. where it probably should be to get the most out of it ;)). Useful!

Still, the two cameras are clearly (I think) aimed at different users and shouldn't be seen as 'interchangeable according to budget' :shrug:. The D3 is a camera for heavy use, where battery and memory capacity are an issue and where it needs to be operated quickly and without fuss in a range of challenging conditions. It's not dainty, it's not light and it doesn't make any concessions to price.

The D700, on the other hand, is better suited to 'hobby' shooting, or events where extreme battery life and super-fast handling are not pre-requisites (IMO). It's more compact than a D3 and even pretty well priced, when you compare it to it's smaller, plastic, DX brethren (as opposed to the professional D3 class). Sure, you can dress it up like a D3 using the MDB-10 grip and get a bit of added functionality (and a fair amount of weight), but it's not as ergonomic, the viewfinder image isn't as big and there aren't (I believe) as many direct access function buttons available - so, it's not really comparable :|.

As for prices, the D700 went up by nearly 20% last March (along with a lot of other stuff), so any examples that are older than that (like mine) were bought for less than the price that a few used ones have fetched recently :(.

I would predict than when Nikon bring out their replacement (D800 :shrug:?) next year (or whenever), featuring HD video, dual memory card slots and possibly a different sensor (or whatever they have planned), we will see the prices of the D700 take an immediate hit and that will be the time for those who've hankered after one, but couldn't justify the 1,400-1,600GBP asking price for a used one, to pounce on one of the many that come onto the market at around the 1,000-1,200GBP mark :naughty:.

That said, I won't be selling mine, whatever improvements Nikon make next time round (unless of course they halved the size, weight and price :bonk:).
 
i disagree totally

the D700 is used by a lot of pros and is more ergonomic without the winder and quicker to use than a D3.
so far with my D3s the battery doesnt last as long as the D700 in the same conditions.
£ for £ the D700 is a bargain
any new version will not necessarily be better [but i expect it will] prices wont drop much if at all its still a great tool
 
and if you keep waiting for the next best thing you wont buy anything.
 
I'm selling mine with less than 10K for £1100 - 18 months old or so - cant find the box but the price includes the battery charger. Had this offered in p/x from a dealer. Any takers?
 
straycat said:
i disagree totally

the D700 is used by a lot of pros and is more ergonomic without the winder and quicker to use than a D3.
so far with my D3s the battery doesnt last as long as the D700 in the same conditions.
£ for £ the D700 is a bargain
any new version will not necessarily be better [but i expect it will] prices wont drop much if at all its still a great tool
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Well, not totally disagree - I said that the D700 was "pretty well priced", which is part way to describing it as a bargain :D.

Also, not sure what you meant by the bit in bold above though :thinking:, unless you mean battery grip when you say "winder"!? Even so, 'ergonomic' in the sense that I wrote it, meant that the camera handles more comfortably and securely when changing from landscape to portrait modes (as anyone who wants their pictures published is likely to alternate between quickly). It might be quicker to flip an un-gripped D700 vertical and shoot with a bent wrist, but I wouldn't describe that as 'ergonomically' better :shrug:.

Just wanted to clarify what I wrote, BTW - I'm not taking issue with your opinion at all, straycat :).
 
sorry bud,winders what they used to be called of course its called a battery grip now my mistake.i prefer without.

i hold my camera in a different way to most which enables me with a wrist strap to go from horizontal to portrait and back very quick [i just drop it into my palm].this way i dont have my wrist hooked over.
in portrait i have the shutter button underneath i dont use the extra one on the grip.i hold it the same way without a grip as well.
 
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Naboo32 said:
I would predict than when Nikon bring out their replacement (D800 :shrug:?) next year (or whenever), featuring HD video,
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I think HD video on a D800 will be a bit of a white elephant, people are already paranoid about buying a second hand camera with more than 30k on the clock

Video at 25fps would run that figure up in 20 minutes :lol:
 
wack61 said:
I think HD video on a D800 will be a bit of a white elephant, people are already paranoid about buying a second hand camera with more than 30k on the clock

Video at 25fps would run that figure up in 20 minutes :lol:
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Er, it would do if the video mode opened and closed the shutter 25 times a second, but it doesn't :shrug:
 
wack61 said:
I think HD video on a D800 will be a bit of a white elephant, people are already paranoid about buying a second hand camera with more than 30k on the clock

Video at 25fps would run that figure up in 20 minutes :lol:
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:D True, as far as the 'knowledgeable' buyers are concerned. The thing is (going off on a bit of a tangent ;)), even with a high end model like the D700 (and its replacement), enough buyers will be looking at buying one as their first DSLR, that Nikon can use a feature like HD video (I have to say, a seldom used gimmick, IMHO :shrug:) to keep their product on the same buyer's short list as the Canon EOS 5 MK?? and the Jappon X257 ZD mk III (sorry, I don't keep up with the current DSLR market ;)), simply due to having that feature.

My D90 has HD video; my D700 doesn't :shrug:! Which one would I (as a budding photographer) rescue from a house fire :naughty: ... I think we al know :D.
 
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