I’m perplexed by the huge range of prices quoted for a new D7100…

Chris says… The internet means that you can shop for the most attractive prices in a way we could only dream about a few years ago. But you must shop with your eyes wide open. You say you have seen D7100 bodies on sale from between £809 down to a tantalising £536. I did my own trawl to see what I could find. I use www.camerapricebuster.co.uk to find the best UK prices for kit. It only uses well-established dealers, and on the day I looked the best price I could find was £759. But on eBay I found a new body available for £539.99. The catch? If you read all the details carefully, it clearly tells you that you are buying from Hong Kong. The risk with this is that you could have to pay import duties and VAT on the parcel when it arrives – and although you would get a guarantee, it would be with the retailer and not Nikon UK.