A generous offer

Teabag_Terry2 · 16 Jul 2016 at 19:11

My (very well-off) father in law has made a proposition to me:

I give him my D3300 plus all my lenses (kit lens, nikon 35mm prime, cheap tamron zoom 70-300 and fisheye lens)

And he buys me a D810 with 50mm Nikkor prime (£350) only.

Should I be biting his whole arm off?

GTRacer · 16 Jul 2016 at 19:53

Jono · 16 Jul 2016 at 20:06

Very yes.

Schizo · 16 Jul 2016 at 20:28

And you needed to ask the question

Jase · 16 Jul 2016 at 20:28

You should be able to work out the value for yourself.

But yes, the D810 is an amazing camera.

GAC · 17 Jul 2016 at 08:00

noooo, but give me his number

Steve M · 17 Jul 2016 at 09:57

Is he mad?

Rannoch · 17 Jul 2016 at 09:59

What else has he asked for in return lol

Holst1981 · 17 Jul 2016 at 10:04

Remember that full frame lenses will be expensive.

To buy the same lenses in full frame will cost you lots of money.

I wouldn't swap my crop camera for full frame, as I couldn't afford to replace my lenses.

But as an upgrade the 810 is very good.
But being stuck with only 50mm would be no good for me.

Teabag_Terry2 · 17 Jul 2016 at 13:55

Balls I knew it. There's a catch. And it would involve me taking a week off work to do it so it's a no. Gonna carry on with my nice little crop sensor for a bit.

niko · 17 Jul 2016 at 14:13

Teabag_Terry2 said:
Balls I knew it. There's a catch. And it would involve me taking a week off work to do it so it's a no. Gonna carry on with my nice little crop sensor for a bit.

you are very odd,

Teabag_Terry2 · 17 Jul 2016 at 14:42

niko said:
you are very odd,

No - I earn enough in a week to pay for the D810, so it's pointless.

Schizo · 17 Jul 2016 at 14:44

Teabag_Terry2 said:
No - I earn enough in a week to pay for the D810, so it's pointless.

So if you earn that much then you can afford the lens,strange opening question if this is the case.

niko · 17 Jul 2016 at 14:49

as above, and someone offers you a lovely gift and your worried about a catch.thats a bit odd. just say wow thank you to the chap and spend your high income elsewhere

Teabag_Terry2 · 17 Jul 2016 at 14:53

My actual income isnt that high because it all goes into sharesave schemes and iinvestments. I just couldn't be bothered to do someone a big favour which would involve a week off work and a few days on a plane.

niko · 17 Jul 2016 at 15:01

how on earth is someone giving you a high end camera doing them a favour? as i said really odd, and where on this planet does it take a few days on a plane to fly between?
i really am struggling to understand why you posted this thread. i must admit i cant help wandering if the whole lot is just made up

Teabag_Terry2 · 17 Jul 2016 at 15:08

Lol yeah I've got nothing better to do lol

Cosimo · 17 Jul 2016 at 15:15

Looks like this thread isn't doing anyone a favour.

Schizo · 17 Jul 2016 at 15:36

Cosimo said:
Looks like this thread isn't doing anyone a favour.

I second this,just a thread about boasting if you ask me.

darreny · 18 Jul 2016 at 09:15

No one found the opening post strange?