Replace Olympus D-40 with ? on ebay?

External Since: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 54

I gave my daughter my pocket-size Olympus D-40 last year and I've been
missing it ever since. The canon 1D with 17-40 is just too big for carrying
in the briefcase/backpack. Smile

I was hoping I could replace it for about $150 on ebay but at the moment I
can't find any worth buying, and I'd really like my new pocket model to use
CF.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

External Since: Nov 07, 2005 Posts: 14

>I gave my daughter my pocket-size Olympus D-40 last year and I've been
>missing it ever since. The canon 1D with 17-40 is just too big for carrying
>in the briefcase/backpack. Smile

>
> I was hoping I could replace it for about $150 on ebay but at the moment I
> can't find any worth buying, and I'd really like my new pocket model to
> use CF.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!

The D40 is an interesting camera. I didn't realize how nice it was until I
(ironically, given your situation) gave it to my daughter. It's good pretty
darned good color, exceptional auto white balance, very sharp lens, and the
custom-setting mode is pretty cool. Downsides are short battery life and
purple fringing on wide-angle shots.

I picked up a Fuji F10 which isn't bad; in particular, it's low-light
sensititivy (with low noise) is such that you can shoot routinely at ISO-400
with pretty nice results. But... the lack of manual control is annoying, and
it really seems like the Olympus had a better lens.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA