Just bought a 40d used, a few questions

[mag2001]

i just bought a 40d on craigslist that came with the Canon 40d, 18-55mm IS lens,Grip, 75-300mm IIII lens and 2 batteries for $940. Did i get a good deal? Also he said it has around 7k clicks. How many clicks is to much? Is there anything else to check for?

 

[toxic]

first off, you should be asking this before buying it...

as far as price goes, i think it's ok...not sure how much everything is, though. 7000 actuations is relatively low. the shutter i think is rated for 100000.

 

[flinch13]

You'll like it if you're a beginner. It's a nice package.

You could have done better though. Check out this forum:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=14

Lots of stuff from reliable people in this forum. Great photography forum for Canon users too.

Good luck!!

 

[FX120]

I wouldn't say that it was a good deal, and the two lenses you got with it aren't anything to write home about, but it's a good camera.

Edit: I missed the part about the grip, then yeah it's a fairly good price.

 

[jbernie]

Given the amount of equipment, and assuming the grip & batteries are Canon you would appear to have a good deal. As to the lenses, you can always sell those when trading up to better ones later on. The pro is you have multiple lenses right now that you can use/try out.

I have around 3400 actuations on my 40D since late March 08, alot of those were when in Seattle in September.

Did you ask why they were selling? Upgrade to a 5D Mark II maybe? Only the EF lenses could carry over on that upgrade.

 

[jampat]

It's unlikely that someone that had those lenses will be going to a 5D II unless maybe they kept their good ones and sold off the ones they bought with the camera. I have ~30000 shots on my 20D with no problems yet. There are reports of needing shutter replacement, but you won't have to worry about that for quite a while.

 

[mag2001]

He was selling because he already had a d80 and d300 but need to sell the d80 and 40d because he needed the money for a down payment on a house. I think his wife mad him do it. And yes 2 canon batteries and canon grip with the insert for use of AA batteries. I bought this cause my father in-law is buying my d40x

Given the amount of equipment, and assuming the grip & batteries are Canon you would appear to have a good deal. As to the lenses, you can always sell those when trading up to better ones later on. The pro is you have multiple lenses right now that you can use/try out.

I have around 3400 actuations on my 40D since late March 08, alot of those were when in Seattle in September.

Did you ask why they were selling? Upgrade to a 5D Mark II maybe? Only the EF lenses could carry over on that upgrade.