I've been given a Nikon D200 with battery grip, which is a nicely made camera, but of course only 10MP. Now that's OK for many things, especially the web, so perfectly usable. maybe a bit slower than cameras are now, but not agonisingly so, and maybe the screen is a bit small as well. No Live View of course and no weather sealing and not such good high ISO performance. In fact, quite a few things that have left it behind, which in one sense is a great shame because it's a lovely bit of kit. But no takers for it. Still, at a price of Zero not at all to be refused and certainly not as there was a Sigma 105mm f/2.8D DG Macro lens attached to it.
So I have had a bit of a play with it and can share a couple of images. The only thing I would say really is that it's great in many ways, holds its head up high, but why would we use it when we have newer, faster, better handling DSLRs that we could use instead? WEll, it's now in my loan stock that I use when any of the younger family members or friends need a camera for school or college or whatever other purpose, sometimes just to come along on trips to places like Martin Mere and have a go. So not totally defunct, but it does seem a shame that there must be just masses of obsolete kit out there that is really good stuff, just limited by its ageing performance.
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