Between D100 and D1x...

[roygoh]

OK, I bought the D1x.:gbounce:

$3000 for the entire package plus an extra battery and a D-2 eye cap (or whatever you call it). The camera turned out to be 15 months old, and 3500 shots taken. Condition is very good. Hand was shaking when I wrote the cheque.

Love the feel of it, though a little dissapointed by the smaller view in the viewfinder compared to a film SLR. Also, kind of dissapointed that it will not support TTL flash on SB24. Everything else has been great so far.

Had been admiring it the whole evening until now I have a sprained wrist and have to type this post with my left hand only. That thing IS heavy!

Thanks to all your feedback and advice. I am sure I will enjoy this camera very much.

- Roy

 

[Kho King]

is that S$300 or US$3000? Congratulation!

 

[Larry]

Originally posted by roygoh
$3000 for the entire package plus an extra battery and a D-2 eye cap (or whatever you call it). The camera turned out to be 15 months old, and 3500 shots taken. Condition is very good. Hand was shaking when I wrote the cheque.

wah that's a damn good price for the condition you described... 3500 shots where to find, esp for a digital body?

good for you man!!! now show us what you can do with it with more photos of Keven!!!!

 

[roygoh]

Originally posted by Kho King
is that S$300 or US$3000? Congratulation!

$300???;p

For a moment I thought I really made such a big blunder in my typing....if $300 I don't think he will have to wait 2 weeks and still no offer until I came along.

Thanks!

-Roy

 

[Kho King]

Oops, my typo. Should be S$3000 or US$3000...;p

 

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by roygoh
OK, I bought the D1x.

$3000 for the entire package plus an extra battery and a D-2 eye cap (or whatever you call it). The camera turned out to be 15 months old, and 3500 shots taken. Condition is very good. Hand was shaking when I wrote the cheque.

Love the feel of it, though a little dissapointed by the smaller view in the viewfinder compared to a film SLR. Also, kind of dissapointed that it will not support TTL flash on SB24. Everything else has been great so far.

Had been admiring it the whole evening until now I have a sprained wrist and have to type this post with my left hand only. That thing IS heavy!

Thanks to all your feedback and advice. I am sure I will enjoy this camera very much.

- Roy

Glad to see that you have settled on the camera and have already bought it. Now, all you've got to do is to start shooting!

Hope your wrist heals soon.

PS: How did you sprain it anyway? :devil:

 

[roygoh]

Originally posted by Larry
wah that's a damn good price for the condition you described... 3500 shots where to find, esp for a digital body?

good for you man!!! now show us what you can do with it with more photos of Keven!!!!

Took a few family snapshots tonight as it is my dad's birthday. The feel of this camera is so great.

With only a 192MB CF card, I can only take about 70 shots at JPEG FINE. SInce I do not have a 1394 interface card on my PC yet, I am using my CP995 as a card reader!

Will post some pictures once I have more presentable work from this camera.

Thanks!

Roy

 

[roygoh]

Originally posted by Kho King
Oops, my typo. Should be S$3000 or US$3000...;p

Haha...it's US$3000.

Maybe Larry will not say that it is such a good deal now, if he also thought it was S$3000.

 

[roygoh]

Originally posted by Wolfgang
Hope your wrist heals soon.

PS: How did you sprain it anyway?

Heehee...I spent the entire evening doing the following:

1. pick up the camera
2. fiddle with the controls, look in the view finder, take a shot, and then admire it for a while
3. put the camera down
4. flip through the user manual
5. goto sptep 1

I had to stop after about 3 hours when I felt my wrist huriting from the repeated stress injury!

Some time ago there was a thread talking about the different types of photographers and I remember one of them is called "equipment masterXX":bsmilie:

 

[Larry]

Originally posted by roygoh
Haha...it's US$3000.

Maybe Larry will not say that it is such a good deal now, if he also thought it was S$3000.

not what, i always thought it was US$...

anyway at US$3K, that would make it approx S$5200, which is still a good price, given the condition as roygoh described. :thumbsup:

don't think you can find that kinda price here now...

 

[ckiang]

Originally posted by roygoh
Took a few family snapshots tonight as it is my dad's birthday. The feel of this camera is so great.

With only a 192MB CF card, I can only take about 70 shots at JPEG FINE. SInce I do not have a 1394 interface card on my PC yet, I am using my CP995 as a card reader!

Will post some pictures once I have more presentable work from this camera.

Thanks!

Roy

Why so primitive? Buy a Sound Blaster Audigy 2. :devil: Great sounds + FireWire.

Regards
CK

 

[roygoh]

Originally posted by ckiang
Why so primitive? Buy a Sound Blaster Audigy 2. :devil: Great sounds + FireWire.

Regards
CK

Bo lui liao.
Pok kai liao.
Jia chow laio.

 

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by roygoh
Bo lui liao.
Pok kai liao.
Jia chow laio.

:bsmilie: :bsmilie: :bsmilie:

 

[Larry]

Originally posted by roygoh
Bo lui liao.
Pok kai liao.
Jia chow laio.

come back and eat grass lah... like they say, "The grass is always greener on the other side". :devil:

 

[Dagger]

Originally posted by roygoh
Haha...it's US$3000.

Maybe Larry will not say that it is such a good deal now, if he also thought it was S$3000.

Super Deal!!!:thumbsup:

Congrats!

 

[Goondu]

Congratulations, roy!! Guess it's the 2nd best thing that happened to you this year (The first, being a Dad). ;p

 

[roygoh]

Originally posted by Larry
come back and eat grass lah... like they say, "The grass is always greener on the other side". :devil:

Hey isn't that the reason I came over to "this" side because it was the "other" side for me 2 years ago?