Anyone still using a Nikon D50? I was offered one in excellent condition with <20K shutter count and an 18-55mm (Non-VR) lens for $90. Do I need it, no. But for $90 it seems like a decent deal. I'll be able to let my nieces use it when we go out shooting together. Your thoughts?

I still have one and it still takes great pics. $90 is a real deal.

Yep, still got mine - mostly used by the wife on days out to visit gardens etc. Still takes great pictures. For the price I think you've got a great deal.================================ Gary Neville http://www.gpnphotography.smugmug.com

theopwildebeest wrote:Anyone still using a Nikon D50? I was offered one in excellent condition with <20K shutter count and an 18-55mm (Non-VR) lens for $90. Do I need it, no. But for $90 it seems like a decent deal. I'll be able to let my nieces use it when we go out shooting together. Your thoughts?If you really think about it still less than the price of a good lens filter.PierreDhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/8450532@N04/

theopwildebeest wrote:Anyone still using a Nikon D50? I was offered one in excellent condition with <20K shutter count and an 18-55mm (Non-VR) lens for $90. Do I need it, no. But for $90 it seems like a decent deal. I'll be able to let my nieces use it when we go out shooting together. Your thoughts?On keh.com, that's roughly the going price for excellent condition D50s. It's a great starter body and is considerably less disabled than current starters and has excellent ergonomics. Iso performance compared to 2014 bodies is the main downside.msc

msc1 wrote:Iso performance compared to 2014 bodies is the main downside.On the upside, its color sensitivity likely beats every Nikon made in the past six years — and that’s one of the reasons it has poor high ISO performance. Lots of folks use their old Nikons for portraiture for this reason.

I loved my D50. Only one caveat: a noisy low light shooter it is. (As Yoda would put it).

Hi  I have a D300 and D50 - D50 was a 50th birthday present to myself, I took the 2 photos below in 2012 on holiday in Nortumberland - UK. The harbour picture with an ancient 50mm F2 AI lens, the castle using the Sigma 10-20mm I think.It is a very capable camera still, you need to use RAW to get the best out of it, but its great when you want to travel light.Here is a late evening shot of the Harbour at Seahouses. ISO was 200

Even though I recently got a D7000, I still have my D50 from 2006.  It has served me well, especially when I had to send the D7000 in to Nikon have its autofocus fixed (under warranty, and now it's perfect). For most situations in good light, the D50 is a great camera, and if the camera is in good shape, $90 is a great price.  Here are a few photos I took while the D7000 was in the shop:

I really liked mine and wish I had kept it when I moved to a D300. I think it is a sleeper in the Nikon history of DSLRs. It still handled legacy screwdriver lenses. I think it was discontinued as too competitive with the D70 and the D40 and D40x took it's place at the bottom of the pecking order.http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond50compares it to the D70.  It lost capability to become the D40.

for $90 with a kit lens you don't even have to think about it.  The kit lens performs really well on the D50.  I still have mine, and while I have other newer cameras, I won't hesitate to use my D50 when I feel like it.  It is still a very good camera that just works, and 6mp is almost always enough for most uses.

I would go for it if I were you. I had one for several years and really loved it. I bought a few other lenses for it other than the kit lens. Its lowest ISO is 200. Also, there is no intrinsic  capability of making black-and white shots, so you would have to convert using Photoshop Elements or some other post-processing system if you want B&W. As I said, I really loved mine, but I gave it and associated paraphernalia to my son when I bought a new D3200 last year.JimCo

Thanks all- I'm going to go for it.

theopwildebeest wrote:Thanks all- I'm going to go for it.Good move on your part............Still have mine from 2006 and on occasions I hand it to my wife.She took a photo of me [ D50-Nikkor 50mm 1.8] a few monthsago with my Think Tank Belt System on, it ended up on theirweb site. And she isn't even a photographer...;-)Enjoy your D50 .....

I too have a d-50 which I have been really happy with. I got a D-7000 a  year ago and still use the D-50 as my pack around general purpose camera.Be aware that the D-50 only supports SD cards up[ to 2gb, it does NOT support higher capacity SDHC cards. I don't know if any new  plain SD cards are still available.

Good point. I had forgotten that small caveat. I remember that for myself I mentally listed 3 weak points for this camera: minimum ISO of only 200, no setting for making direct B&W shots, and the 2 Gbyte limitation for the SD card.