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Cletus enters the dSLR age

cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
edited March 23, 2007 in Cameras
It's finaly here :clap

After years of dSLR lust I now the proud owner of a mint condition D70!

Now I can start using some of my glass thats been just sitting around!
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    cletus wrote:
    It's finaly here clap.gif

    After years of dSLR lust I now the proud owner of a mint condition D70!

    Now I can start using some of my glass thats been just sitting around!

    clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif Another Mod with a Nikon (our numbers are growing by leaps and bounds). You will love it.
    Harry
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    DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited March 9, 2006
    Way to go Cletus!!! I have to say, that D70 is such a great camera. After all the Canon's I had, and even after my D2H, when my own used/mint D70 arrived in the mail just a few weeks ago, I was impressed with it. Still am. Just feels so solid and well thought out. Doesn't hurt that the image quality is great too.

    Does this mean you might actually post a photo or two? lol3.gif
    Erik
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    cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    DoctorIt wrote:
    Does this mean you might actually post a photo or two? lol3.gif

    I'm sure by late May you'll be saying "Cletus, when are you going to stop posting baby pictures???" :D
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    DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited March 9, 2006
    cletus wrote:
    I'm sure by late May you'll be saying "Cletus, when are you going to stop posting baby pictures???" :D
    You give me that long? Thanks! lol3.gif
    Erik
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    Wow. I'm actually more impressed that you got 'lecticity to charge the battry!

    lol3.gif
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    cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    DoctorIt wrote:
    You give me that long? Thanks! lol3.gif

    Remember, the baby isn't due until early May.
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    wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    Congratulations, Cletus. Welcome to the money pit. naughty.gif
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    pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,699 moderator
    edited March 9, 2006
    Harry will be SO happy to have another black camera devil here:):

    Congrats Cletus.

    You really don't have to wait until May to post new images, ya know.
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    DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited March 9, 2006
    cletus wrote:
    Remember, the baby isn't due until early May.
    Ah yes, in that case, you got me pegged! :D
    Erik
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    OwenOwen Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    Congratulations. I just bought the 20D myself.
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    Great...
    Owen wrote:
    Congratulations. I just bought the 20D myself.
    More fellow dgrinners on their way to the poorhouse...:):
    Congrats!clap.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    OwenOwen Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    Not only that, but I got the 24-70 f/2.8L and the 70-200 f/2.8L.

    Now THAT's poor house material.
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    cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    Owen wrote:
    Not only that, but I got the 24-70 f/2.8L and the 70-200 f/2.8L.


    :wow :yikes :eek1

    I'm without a wide angle right now. The Tokina 12-24 looks pretty nice naughty.gif
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    Wow!
    Owen wrote:
    Not only that, but I got the 24-70 f/2.8L and the 70-200 f/2.8L.

    Now THAT's poor house material.

    I'm still saving for those... bowdown.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    W.W. WebsterW.W. Webster Registered Users Posts: 3,204 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    Owen wrote:
    Not only that, but I got the 24-70 f/2.8L and the 70-200 f/2.8L.
    Now THAT's poor house material.
    But it's undoubtedly top drawer material, and they say that nobody regretted buying quality!
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    OwenOwen Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    I was originally going to buy the 5D, 50 f/1.4 and 70-200 f/2.8L.

    Then I thought.. hmm, do I just WANT the 5D or do I /need/ the 5D? There's an explicit difference. So I said, okay, no 5D, instead, I'll get the 20D, 17-40 f/4L, 50 f/1.4 and the 70-200 f/2.8L. But then I realiased, I don't EVER shoot wide angle and don't prefer to shoot landscapes... so why not scrap the 50 and 17-40 and just get the 24-70 f/2.8L, one of Canon's best lenses.

    So for $1000 less I got the 20D, 4gb CF, the 24-70 f/2.8L and the 70-200 f/2.8L with protective filters. I figure the lenses are an investment for life if I stick with the Canon lineup and don't turn into an elitist fashion Mamiya shooter, and the body is temporary until I can justify - as a working professional - a higher end model. I didn't want to wait for the 30D, because I couldn't see any signifigant difference, so I saved some cash and got a mint, tried, tested and true highly successful body that will serve my purpose tremendously.
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    And if you need a portrait prime...
    keep in mind that 50mm f/1.8 is less than a hundred $. And f/1.8 is not THAT different from f/1.4 speedwise...:-)
    I'd say you have a fabulos choice of lenses thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    neilzhangneilzhang Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
    edited March 10, 2006
    Owen wrote:
    I was originally going to buy the 5D, 50 f/1.4 and 70-200 f/2.8L.

    Then I thought.. hmm, do I just WANT the 5D or do I /need/ the 5D? There's an explicit difference. So I said, okay, no 5D, instead, I'll get the 20D, 17-40 f/4L, 50 f/1.4 and the 70-200 f/2.8L. But then I realiased, I don't EVER shoot wide angle and don't prefer to shoot landscapes... so why not scrap the 50 and 17-40 and just get the 24-70 f/2.8L, one of Canon's best lenses.

    So for $1000 less I got the 20D, 4gb CF, the 24-70 f/2.8L and the 70-200 f/2.8L with protective filters. I figure the lenses are an investment for life if I stick with the Canon lineup and don't turn into an elitist fashion Mamiya shooter, and the body is temporary until I can justify - as a working professional - a higher end model. I didn't want to wait for the 30D, because I couldn't see any signifigant difference, so I saved some cash and got a mint, tried, tested and true highly successful body that will serve my purpose tremendously.

    clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    I have just got Nikon D50+AF28-105D 3.5-4.5+1G SDcard~~
    cost me RMB7000... ...
    PS: I am a chinese~~~~:)

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    cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2007
    Cletus temporarily leaves the dSLR age
    My D70 caught the dreaded BGLOD bug. She's now on her way back to Nikon.

    See ya soon wave.gif

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    DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited March 23, 2007
    that's some serious packaging! you can send me stuff anytime! lol3.gif
    Erik
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    cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
    that's some serious packaging! you can send me stuff anytime! lol3.gif
    Yeah, we've got one of these at work. I'm always looking for stuff to box up :D
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    ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2007
    Congrats, Cletus wings.gif
    Harryb wrote:
    clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif Another Mod with a Nikon (our numbers are growing by leaps and bounds). You will love it.
    Your numbers have no where to go, but up.








    (I know I'm late, but I just saw this and couldn't believe no one had said it lol3.gif)
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