Whoot!! just became the proud owner

Art Scott

Just became the proud owner of a lightly Used Nikon D300 + MB10 GRIP and 18-200 VR lens.......just a tad over 1k actuation's...............

sORRY Jonathan.....Oly just did not have the high iso / low light ability I neeeded orthe GPS input............

Awais Yaqub

clap Enjoy your new Machine

Snowgirl

Sweet deal (on the dark side)

Canon-girl here!

ziggy53

Congratulations Art.

The Nikon D300 is a very nice ride and should serve you well.

Now you just need a collection of sweet glass to go with the camera. (Nikon, Sigma, I bet you're scouring the Internet as we speak. )

swintonphoto

Art Scott wrote:

sORRY Jonathan.....Oly just did not have the high iso / low light ability I neeeded orthe GPS input............

It's ok. I will just be crying myself to sleep tonight:cry
Just kidding. I am very excited for you. The D300 is a fantastic camera. Great news.

Art Scott

ziggy53 wrote:

Congratulations Art.

The Nikon D300 is a very nice ride and should serve you well.

Now you just need a collection of sweet glass to go with the camera. (Nikon, Sigma, I bet you're scouring the Internet as we speak. )

Actually I have been scouring for quite some time.....found what i want / need now I just need more MOOOOOLA!!:D

Art Scott

swintonphoto wrote:

It's ok. I will just be crying myself to sleep tonight:cry
Just kidding. I am very excited for you. The D300 is a fantastic camera. Great news.

I really wanted that E30 but from all the tests I found the E620 actually had the best results at high iso but it was high iso - high noise and the independent testers (just from googling) said if the high iso/low light was going to be a big factor then it was either canon or Nikon and since I still Nikon film body it kinda helpped make the decision........

Manfr3d

Holy cannoli! How many systems do you own now? Minolta, Nikon, .. and?

amg2833

I'm interested in all the systems you own also. In the short time I've been around here, I was under the impression that you were an "other guys" man.

Let us know how you like the camera!

Art Scott

Manfr3d wrote:

Holy cannoli! How many systems do you own now? Minolta, Nikon, .. and?

AND Kiev Medium format 2 1/4 square with several backs and 3 lenses.....lenses are going to be mated with m42 type adapters for manual lenses (they are primes of the 200 / 400 mm type)
A Contax 35mm with I believe a 35mm or 50mm fixed lens (circa 1960's still works )and a 1960's Ricoh Flex 2 1/4 sq twin lens that the shutter just roze up on me a few days ago..........HpC200 1mp P/S about 6 yrs old.......The Nkon F70will get new batteries and stuffed back in a bag for emergencies now.............

amg2833 wrote:

I'm interested in all the systems you own also. In the short time I've been around here, I was under the impression that you were an "other guys" man.

Let us know how you like the camera!

roflroflI was from the "OTHER GUYS" camp with my Konica Minolta 7D(x2) and KM A2......but Sony did not do as well as I had hoped with the knowledge they acquired from Konica Minolta.....at this stage of the game all of the cameras with live view should also have a true floating focus/meter point......it seems to have died with the buy out.......that was one of the reasons I bought my A2.....that meant I never had to focus and re-frame a shot.....I could just mover that focus point (+) anywhere I wanted....friggin' fantastic for fine art shots of min dof and specific focus........also Sony is laggin' in the FPS field and a lot of other areas when I printed of specs on comparable cameras.......also their prices went thru the roof on lenses....their lenses are more expensive than Canon "L" lenses......but I shoot mostly SIGMA lenses any way......always have.
2 things I really needed was high iso/low light capability with low noise.....My KM 7D is really good to about iso 1000 or 1600 depending but I shoot a lot of stage stuff and needed more.......
secondly I was tired of hunting down decent software for geo tagging my photos.....I guess not of enuff people like me to get sony or canon to add it to their camera.....so back to Nikon.

swintonphoto

So what lenses are you going to get?

Art Scott

swintonphoto wrote:

So what lenses are you going to get?

cam comes with an 18-200 vr lens....gonna try it out and see how it does.....buuuut I will be getting another Sigma 70-200 2.8.....my current 24-70 is just not wide enuff, so I am gonna try the 17-70 2.8-4.5 ........I am also trying to decide on the BigMa or Little Ma(150-500) or maybe an 80-400.......next sundayI should be able to try out the cam and lens at my friends church that i run sound at most sundays.....from the sound booth which is at back of church and almost dead center I couldshoot just like I would for a wedding andsee how it reacts....I also control the lights from the soundbooth:D.....we be talking par cans and fresnel lighting (stage lighting):D...........with some incandesents thrown in.........nice church tho. feels funny being Buddhist and working in a penecostal church

swintonphoto

I think you should get the Sigma 300-800

Art Scott

swintonphoto wrote:

I think you should get the Sigma 300-800

yeah me too....but I really thought YOU wouldhave it delivered as a gift the next time we have a shoot out.........:D:Drofl

I will also be needing a 10-20 for the wild side.....

swintonphoto

Art Scott wrote:

yeah me too....but I really thought YOU wouldhave it delivered as a gift the next time we have a shoot out.........:D:Drofl

No problem, I will just sell my car...

Art Scott

swintonphoto wrote:

No problem, I will just sell my car...

Now you want me to be intrpuble with YOUR wife.:D As nice as she was when I met her, I know that would be the wrong thing to do

That lens cost alsmost as much as my house. rofl

Art Scott

Holy Moly......lordie Lordie...........
I just got my D300 today....the cam is nice and fits hand real well....liking the MB-10 for portrait orientation shooting.......went out and shot appox 100 frames before I atarted checking settings.....OOOOOhhhhhh No it wasn't set of raw....so I have some jpgs to try and fix one day this winter when I am snowed in rofl .........did not realize the manual was dang near the size of Sir James Frazer's "Golden Bough":D ....... all my previous cams have had maybe 100 pages in the enlish manual......dang.....gotta get ta swappin' neck straps from the KM's.....da Nikon strap gotta go and the SMUGGY strap gotta appear.......

Took me 20 minutes to figure out how to get into the card slot.....but the card is definitely secure....

Now to learn to shoot with a VR lens and the difference betwix normal and active VR:D

This is gonna be fun.....yesssssireeee!!