Nikon N65 Pictures

On Monday, April 16, 2012  I posted about the Nikon N65 camera I won on an Ebay auction.  Below are some of the pictures I've taken with that camera.  Because Nikon has such a good reputation for making quality equipment, I wanted to take a few shots under different lighting conditions, using no additional lighting except the flash (when necessary) that comes with the camera.

The picture above was taken in broad daylight, around 10:00am.  Obviously there is lots of sunshine, and no lighting challenge.

 This shot of the flag was taken later the same day around 7:00pm.  Again, good lighting, and no challenge.

These last two pictures are the real reason for this post.  Even after sundown, (around 10:00pm) with only the aid of the camera flash, the pictures came out well.  I did use the "auto" setting for all of these pictures.  There is an optional "manual" setting as well, for those who prefer more control of the camera. 

Before I sat down to make this blog entry I did check Ebay to see if I could find anymore Nikon N65 cameras for sale.  The good news is that I did find them.  The bad news is that the prices are all over the place.  If you have the cash and don't like competition, try asking the Ebay Seller if He / She would consider giving you a "buy it now" price.  This approach works best if the item is for sale via an auction, but has not yet received any offers.   Another option is to offer a higher than opening bid price to the Seller if the auction closes and the item received NO offers.  Obviously the Seller wants (or needs) to sell the item.  Your offer just might be a welcome relief, if the item had no other interested Buyers.  And last but not least is my favorite approach, sniping!  When you snipe, you decide days before the auction ends what the item is worth to you.  You then watch the item to see how many other interested potential Buyers make offers.  If the buyer interest seems to be low, for example; there have been 3 bids on the item and the highest bid is $9.99.  I would then place a "my highest bid" of $38.99 (I do this about 13 minutes before the bidding is scheduled to end).  The auction will not show that I bid that high.  It will usually only show that I've outbid the last bidder by 50 cents.  The closer you get toward the end of the auction, the more other interested bidders raise the bid.  They are trying to nickle and dime their way to the highest bid, and still keep the price low enough to get a good deal.  What they don't know is that you and I have already outbid them.  In my experience, I usually get the camera or whatever the item is that I'm bidding on.  If the price goes over $40.00 or whatever the upper limit is that I've already decided on for that item - I'm out!  That buyer can have that item, I'll get the next one.  I hope this helps if you've been wanting to buy a camera (or anything else) on Ebay, but weren't sure how to proceed.  'til next time, happy shutter bugging.          


Photos by: Darryl Turner