Customer Reviews

NIKON D2HS SLR 4.1 Megapixel Digital Camera - BODY ONLY (Refurbished by Nikon U.S.A.)

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Most of my friends suggest that I buy a camera by Canon. It would be only 1/3 the price, maybe half the price. But they spend most of the time correcting the RAW files in Aperture or Lightroom and I have always perfect pictures. No corrections, no electronic image retouche. Just great pictures!

And yes, it's worth the price. You save countless hours and tons of GB harddisc space. Don't accept a second best solution. If you can afford a Nikon D2HS SLR go for it!

I just thought I'd point out that this is a sports camera with an amazing buffer + continuous shooting mode. Here are the specs:

* Continuous High [CH] - 8 fps
* Continuous Low [CL] -1 to 7 fps (programmable)
* Buffer size 50 JPEG frames, 40 NEF (RAW) frames *

THIS is the only reason to buy this camera over the D1X or D70. But if you're looking for a great studio camera, the D1X won't let you down, and if you're just getting into DSLR's, the D50/ D70 are great bodies to get started on.

Thanks for reading!

-Jason

Added to D2X, D70 and Fuji S3 collection. Image quality is much better than the 4.1 MP suggests. Equal to or better than D70 (better at iso 400 and above than D70), Slightly less resolution than S3 and about same noise up to 800, Fuji pulls ahead at 1600 but you have to look at a 100% crop to see it. Much less noise than D2X.

Speed in continuous shooting, saving files and focus is much faster than S3 - no contest. Focus is much faster than D70.

D2X advantage is solely a result of the 12MP sensor - higher resolution, however, it is visible only very slightly in 8X10 print.

Battery life is stellar, like D70 and D2X - all day or two shooting.

This is a great camera but Amazon has lost their mind selling it at 5,900+

heck you can buy a NEW D700 with a great lens for less....

Buyer beware...

This is the second factory refurbished camera I have purchased from Cameta Auctions (this time through Amazon.com). Both cameras have been in perfect condition 10/10 and have performed flawlessly. As a result, I have been able to upgrade my equipment to professional level camera bodies at a cost of $[...] on the dollar. I have no hesitation recommending the purchase of factory refurbished cameras, either through Cameta or any of the other vendors with which Amazon is connected.

This camera has been discontinued by Nikon and supersceded by the Nikon D2x which in turn was discontinued and superceded by the Nikon D3 and later the D3x. Both the D3 and D3x are current production models. The D3 has 12MP and the D3x has 24.5MP. This camera has a puny 4.1MP, which is less than my new cell phone camera. You can purchase a new Nikon D3 from Amazon for considerably less than the $5,987 being asked for this long since discontinued camera.

This camera is designed for journalists and journalists alone. 4 MP means that the maximum size you can make prints at 300 DPI is roughly 6" x 8". That's fine if you're submitting images to a newspaper, but if you have any chance of wanting enlargements you'll be better off with something with more resolution.

Funny thing is that the Canon sports camera is roughly the same price and shoots 8.5 fps at 8.2 MP. I'm sure Nikon could do better, but perhaps there just isn't a market for Nikon sports cameras, I mean, look at the amount of white lenses on any mayor sporting event!