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Cattledog

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1. Depends on $$$$

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2019, 01:50 PM

May 2019

You can get a used D3s for around $800-900. A used D4s $1,8000 and a used D5 is gonna set you back $4,000.

The D3s is a 10 yr old camera. The D4s is 5 yrs old.

I'd go for the D4s. It's the best bang for the buck.

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Need advice on high-end DSLR purchase [View all] jmowreader May 2019 OP

Depends on $$$$ Cattledog May 2019 #1

Any camera will give you the best-looking photographs: read Cartier-Bresson's The fierywoman May 2019 #2

You do it by adjusting development times jmowreader May 2019 #9

Have you thought about a 4/3 camera? UpInArms May 2019 #3

No. jmowreader May 2019 #5

I used a T2I for the newspaper UpInArms May 2019 #6

My wife has a Nikon D-40 she would like to sell. we can do it May 2019 #4

Screw DSLR. Come into the 20th century. flamin lib May 2019 #7

No can do, but thanks for the suggestion jmowreader May 2019 #8

For low-light sports, ManiacJoe May 2019 #10

Most of them are lit pretty well jmowreader May 2019 #11

Rumor has it ManiacJoe May 2019 #12