It's confirmed.....

• jOhO

  27 Jan 04, 20:35

  
  
  i'll be acquiring this piece of meat sometime by the end of this week hopefully, from a second hand seller.
  
  now i'm shopping for my lens...
  
  *foamZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*
  
  
• the Bear

  27 Jan 04, 20:38

  thought you were going for a D100 or something like that?
  
  good cam this?
  
  anyway, someone was flogging a 5700 brand new for $1,200
• Parka

  27 Jan 04, 20:43

  What happened to the D100?
• jOhO

  27 Jan 04, 20:50

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  thought you were going for a D100 or something like that?
  
  good cam this?
  
  anyway, someone was flogging a 5700 brand new for $1,200

  yeah the s2 and d100 are very similar..
• jOhO

  27 Jan 04, 20:51

  Originally posted by Parka:

  What happened to the D100?

  was tossing between d100 and this one.
• bismarck

  27 Jan 04, 20:53

  IF....in the god-knows-when-if-ever-possible-in-this-lifetime i would wanna get d100
  
  of course...it's just a fantasy....
  sigh...
• the Bear

  27 Jan 04, 20:54

  price?
  
  

  Originally posted by jOhO:

  was tossing between d100 and this one.

• jOhO

  27 Jan 04, 20:54

  Originally posted by bismarck:

  IF....in the god-knows-when-if-ever-possible-in-this-lifetime i would wanna get d100
  
  of course...it's just a fantasy....
  sigh...

  u can have a look at my photos from s2 b4 u make that decision... both using F mount.
• jOhO

  27 Jan 04, 20:56

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  price?
  
  

  about the same brand new around 2700-2800
• bismarck

  27 Jan 04, 20:56

  Originally posted by jOhO:

  u can have a look at my photos from s2 b4 u make that decision... both using F mount.

  erm...
  ok...
  
  anyway
  i am in no position to advice u....
  damn..shld have shut the hell up (sounds familiar) on this....
  
  *points gun at head and shoots*
• jOhO

  27 Jan 04, 20:58

  Originally posted by bismarck:

  erm...
  ok...
  i am in no position to advice u....
  damn..shld have shut the hell up (sounds familiar) on this....
  
  *points gun at head and shoots*

  eheh most pple "prefer" the d100 till they hold an s2, and see the photos from it. i was like that too.
  
  but either way, the photographer takes the pictures, not the camera.
• the Bear

  27 Jan 04, 21:04

  think i'll stick to my 717
  
  i have no idea what the heck to do with an SLR or dSLR
• jOhO

  27 Jan 04, 21:10

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  think i'll stick to my 717
  
  i have no idea what the heck to do with an SLR or dSLR

  yeah i'm gonna have to start climbing a learning curve again... FUN!!!
  
  btw.. i'm in for some serious sh[/i]it... i will only get the cam late this week and i have a full INDIAN wedding shoot at an indian temple on sunday.
  
  great... unfamiliar equipment, unfamiliar surroundings, unfamiliar race..
  
  but!
  
  one passion, GREAT challenge!
• laurence82

  27 Jan 04, 21:17

  Originally posted by jOhO:

  yeah i'm gonna have to start climbing a learning curve again... FUN!!!
  
  btw.. i'm in for some serious sh[/i]it... i will only get the cam late this week and i have a full INDIAN wedding shoot at an indian temple on sunday.
  
  great... unfamiliar equipment, unfamiliar surroundings, unfamiliar race..
  
  but!
  
  one passion, GREAT challenge!

  Yes for your passion and your desire for challenge........
  
  Click Me
• bismarck

  27 Jan 04, 21:19

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  think i'll stick to my 717
  
  i have no idea what the heck to do with an SLR or dSLR

  care to fund me for a entry-level nikon d70 ?
  
  *prepares to be mauled by the bear*
• jOhO

  27 Jan 04, 21:37

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  Yes for your passion and your desire for challenge........
  
  Click Me

  mauhha yeah seems like u're more excited than me in that thread..