New Camera: Nikon D3000

I’ve got fed up of late using a very cheap (< £40) point and shoot camera, and whilst it produces ok shots there just not the best. So after a lot of um’ing and ar’ing I decided on a DSLR. Now, having 2 kids funds are pretty tight so I could’nt go out and spend more that £400 on a kit really. So scoured eBay and other sites for a few weeks and finally settled on a Nikon D3000.

The going rate on eBay was around £300 for the camera and 18-55mm kit lense. I had a random thought and just googled Nikon D3000 for sale. I then came across a thread posted a week back on a reptile forum from a user selling a D3000 with the 18-55mm lense and also a 50-200mm lense. The camera had taken less than 30 shots and came complete with receipt and warranty from Jessops. So after a bit of negoation I ended up paying just under £300 for the camera and lenses . . . Bargin!

So here it is, this photo obviously crap was taked on my HTC Legend but my first set of shots can be seen at my Flickr Gallery