D50 Discontinued?

[D2XDeb]

my niece is going to be taling a photo class next year in high school. I want to get her a camera but don't want to spend a lot in case she doesn't like it. Is the D50 discontinued?
Forget the D40 or D40x-don't like it since it won't work with all the lenses

 

[italy74]

Ciao Deb,
I guess the D50 OR the D70s could be the right choice, althought I have no idea on what will happen to the D50.
Best wishes to your niece.. I hope she will enjoy the photographic course as I do with mine in Milan.. I couldn't live without... all my week is waiting for it while (greyly) working and I'd like to learn more and more..

 

[dsp921]

The D50 is discontinued. You still might be able to find a shop that still has stock. Otherwise you'll have to look for a used one.

 

[NitRam Den Gale]

Yes the D50 is discontinued, at least here in Norway. It's nearly impossible to find one. The D70s does seem to persist though, has anyone seen a decline in D70s anywhere else in the world?

 

[W.Ditto]

they are both discontinued, but easy to find -

 

[Wild Style]

my niece is going to be taling a photo class next year in high school. I want to get her a camera but don't want to spend a lot in case she doesn't like it. Is the D50 discontinued?
Forget the D40 or D40x-don't like it since it won't work with all the lenses

Are lenses moving toward AF? I mean to say will the older ones be slowly phased out? If so I guess you can look at it as the D40 is future proof? *shrugs*

 

[headstand]

Are lenses moving toward AF? I mean to say will the older ones be slowly phased out? If so I guess you can look at it as the D40 is future proof? *shrugs*

I went to a shop on saturday, and they suddenly had one D50, and 2 D70s lying around,... yeah the salesman said, we sell the stuff other shops in the country can't sell, and they where damm right about that...
so i bought the D50 (First i bought the d70s, but the lens 28-80 was not in a good range and it would cost me to much money go get a decent set of lenses so i traded it yesterday for a D50 with a 15-55 dx lens.) so i am happy to get into the dslr with the d50.

But what i want to say, is now you can still find some leftover new d50-d70s camera's if you look for them and if you are lucky, in holland one web shop that still have them, but there getting less and less....

 

[DJ Matt]

my niece is going to be taling a photo class next year in high school. I want to get her a camera but don't want to spend a lot in case she doesn't like it. Is the D50 discontinued?
Forget the D40 or D40x-don't like it since it won't work with all the lenses

I'm pretty sure that the d40 replaced the d50, not 100% though