Originally Posted by Paul Markham

NEVER BUY A SECOND HAND DIGITAL CAMERA.

Did you get that?

You could be buying trouble, Digital cameras can go wrong all the time, in fact they do go wrong all the time. You might be buying cheap to keep paying out.

And never buy one from a pro shooter. They have given it a good whacking.

Film camera lasted for years, in fact I still use one over ten years old. Digital last two years if used a lot. Everything can go wrong.