I'm not sure what it's worth but could you sell or trade it and take that money to get a used DSLR?
I would do it if I could, and although I've bough it for 500$ about 4-5 years ago I wouldn't sell it for 100$ now, as it have few broken buttons, and some bugs appear right after taking photo(now even in burst mode it show me preview of what pictures I've did), and few other minor glitches.
Like the others said, a Canon 10D is about $200-$250.
not here, if camera is working it's most likely to be sold at same price as new one... I even sees on local auctions old cameras which cost more than newer models, which is ridiculous!(it's happen because people bought them for higher money and now prices are drop a bit, but people still wish to return their old investment...). Service centers are sucks here so if equipment get broken you'll need to send it to other city(or even country for certain brands as many companies doesn't have representation here) so it's better to take camera with warranty.
And remember that my country is much smaller than states or Europe so there are not much sellers here.
We have no such prices like 250$, the cheapest dSLR I've seen was D40 for around 600$-700$(depending if you order it on shop or internet).
Just did the search on two local internet auctions like Ebay, the only second hand camera which is sold are some pentax with broken LCD, no dSLRs or even lens)
And now about good news
It seems that not only troubles come together but good news also, today was very good day for me because:
1. 3 images were reviewed on DT and one was approved after three days of waiting. So there is hope that not all images have excessive noise which would be the reason for rejection.
2. IStock approved my inital application today, all 3 photos were accepted
3. I've got approval from PhotoShelter, they reject 3 and approved 7 photos which I've submitted, not sure why 3 was rejected as they wasn't noisy as this one, maybe they just don't need something like this in collection.(BTW does anyone work with them except me?).
That's all news for now, so there is tiny hope that if at least I wouldn't make enough bucks with stocks to buy dSLR it would be enough to buy some better compact if mine would gone dead
