My Nikon D1X Arrived!

[sfu_engineer]

So I recently ran into some financial difficulty problems and ended up having to sell my beloved D200 for a song! But today my temporary replacement camera came. It was a Nikon D1X for $400. It feels really really nice in my hands but the ease of use of the D200 is lightyears ahead of the D1X.

Tonight I am taking photos for a charity fashion show and will be using BOTH cameras at the event. Hopefully if some of the photos are good I will post one or two and let everyone know how my experiences are.

Wish me luck.

[goofball]

Good luck, I don't think you really need it though. Please post some photos!

[najibs]

D1x for $400? That's a steal of a deal, assuming it's in good shape.

[sfu_engineer]

D1x for $400? That's a steal of a deal, assuming it's in good shape.

The shape is surprisingly good! No marks on the body, rubber still intact. The only thing is the LCD is oily/scratched a bit. But once the screen is on it looks fine.

Photos of the camera and the night are coming soon! I am surprised at how the photos turned out! They look much much better than on the computer than on the camera screen.

I thought battery life was going to suck but I still managed 392 RAW photos on one used battery. My D200 can do only 300-400 RAW photos with its battery so I am happy.

[sfu_engineer]

Good luck, I don't think you really need it though. Please post some photos!

I find the RAW noise of the D1X to be less than the D200. Which is great! Cause I only shoot RAW.

Pictures of the camera:





Pictures taken BY the camera:

[calcuu]

congrats, nice pictures you taken.

For $400? Good deal.

[isom3tric]

nice pictures

I envy your skills, haha no matter what I do my pictures coming out of the D40 still look like P&S quality. I know its not the camera, I just need to learn how to take proper shots/post-processing?.

[goofball]

Nice pictures.
FWIW, I don't think the D200 has "that bad" ISO performance. Maybe noise just doesn't bug me as much as it does other's?

[PQpine413]

congrats on the new camera

sadly, the D1x the university paper at waterloo owns along with a d40 was both stolen. i guess that guy got an even better deal..

[THINKPADT61]

Looks like you a having fun already!

[frogger]

nice pictures

I envy your skills, haha no matter what I do my pictures coming out of the D40 still look like P&S quality. I know its not the camera, I just need to learn how to take proper shots/post-processing?.

Have you moved beyond the kit lens to a fast prime?

[THINKPADT61]

85mm on a D1X, nice!

[sfu_engineer]

85mm on a D1X, nice!

Glad you noticed! ;-)

I wish I had the 85mm F1.4 though. Shallow depth of field is lots of fun.

[Whitewind]

Love the shots

I am still trying to decide between d200 and the d1x as an upgrade from my d50. I absolutely love the colours comming from the d1x but also worried about the weight, LCD quality and interface. With the d200 I am worried about noise and colour in comparison w/ d50; What is drawing me towards the d200 are the interface, lcd and weight.

SFU, what would you recommend for an amateur?

Thanks

[2000fordfocus]

Love the shots

I am still trying to decide between d200 and the d1x as an upgrade from my d50. I absolutely love the colours comming from the d1x but also worried about the weight, LCD quality and interface. With the d200 I am worried about noise and colour in comparison w/ d50; What is drawing me towards the d200 are the interface, lcd and weight.

SFU, what would you recommend for an amateur?

Thanks

I am still using a D50, LoL...