Wohoo! Just bought a D2X.

MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
edited September 5, 2005 in Cameras
After months of deliberation, I finally bought a D2X. Found a good deal on a lightly used body owned by a pro.

Now I've got a lot of reading ahead of me. What an amateur hack like me is going to do with this professional 12mp camera should be interesting.:scratch

I feel like a kid on the first night of Hannukah!:clap
Mitch
http://clearwaterphotography.smugmug.com/

Comments

  • marlofmarlof Registered Users Posts: 1,833 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2005
    Congrats! That's some serious camera. Can't wait to see your first results.
    enjoy being here while getting there
  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2005
    Good luck with it Mitchell. Don't make me look too bad..
  • XO-StudiosXO-Studios Registered Users Posts: 457 Major grins
    edited September 2, 2005
    Mitchell wrote:
    After months of deliberation, I finally bought a D2X. Found a good deal on a lightly used body owned by a pro.

    Now I've got a lot of reading ahead of me. What an amateur hack like me is going to do with this professional 12mp camera should be interesting.headscratch.gif

    I feel like a kid on the first night of Hannukah!clap.gif
    You are living my dream, congrats.

    XO,
    You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
    Mark Twain


    Some times I get lucky and when that happens I show the results here: http://www.xo-studios.com
  • JohnRJohnR Registered Users Posts: 732 Major grins
    edited September 2, 2005
    Congrats! I wouldn't mind having a D2X myself....
  • Matthew SavilleMatthew Saville Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,352 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2005
    JohnR wrote:
    Congrats! I wouldn't mind having a D2X myself....
    I'm sure if I had a D2x instead of a stupid car, I wouldn't have to spend $1800 every time the "check engine" light comes on now, would I? Hmmmm.... I guess I'd probably be spending even more when the "NAS" light comes on... rolleyes1.gif

    Take care and happy trails,
    -Matt-
    “My first thought is always of light.” – Galen Rowell
    My SmugMug Portfolio • My Astro-Landscape Photo Blog • Dgrin Weddings Forum
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited September 3, 2005
    Congrats! Enjoy your new camera.

    What lenses are you going to look at?

    ian
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2005
    Nice try, Ian.
    I don't have any money left to buy any lenses. I thought I would just try using the body alone without a lens for a while.:D

    ian408 wrote:
    Congrats! Enjoy your new camera.

    What lenses are you going to look at?

    ian
    Mitch
    http://clearwaterphotography.smugmug.com/
  • Matthew SavilleMatthew Saville Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,352 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2005
    Mitchell wrote:
    Nice try, Ian.
    I don't have any money left to buy any lenses. I thought I would just try using the body alone without a lens for a while.:D
    Okay then here's what you need to do: Take a pocket knife, and shave down the body cap until it's paper thin. then, take a needle and poke a tiny hole in it, taking care to clean up any fringey excess with that pocket knife again. and Voila! You have a pinhole camera, the image sharpness of which will vary depending on how good you were at poking that hole...

    Good luck!

    -Matt-
    “My first thought is always of light.” – Galen Rowell
    My SmugMug Portfolio • My Astro-Landscape Photo Blog • Dgrin Weddings Forum
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited September 5, 2005
    Matthew Saville wrote:
    Okay then here's what you need to do: Take a pocket knife, and shave down the body cap until it's paper thin. then, take a needle and poke a tiny hole in it, taking care to clean up any fringey excess with that pocket knife again. and Voila! You have a pinhole camera, the image sharpness of which will vary depending on how good you were at poking that hole...

    Good luck!

    -Matt-

    That's pretty good Matt (I bet it would work too) :D

    See, the problem with dSLRs is that the body is just a tiny part of the big
    picture...kinda like crack. Once you've got the body, you'll need glass :D

    Just hope you're not like Andy buying and selling and buying :wow

    Ian
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
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