Nikon D800 - Page 5

MsSuzieQ · 06-18-2012, 01:27 PM

That is too funny! and yes, I have always had the "point and shoot" digitals up until this one... I remember when 24.2mp was considered medium format and cost tens of thousands of dollars... So when this one came out (D3200) I decided that for once, I was going to be completely current on my technology for once in my life LOL... I love this thing!

The biggest drawback being size... the point and shoots are great for long road trips due to the lack of "luggage" effect but I WILL find a way to on board everything. Including the tripod

LOL.. I will even take a picture of it fully loaded before we roll out!

klb1122 · 06-18-2012, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by M38A1

Found it. Dear George...... Click HERE

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Agh, it's blocked at work. I'll check it out tonight. It wouldn't be a journey though if you didn't take the long way. Maybe I should just make my next purchase a D4. I'm sure the wife will agree.

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Originally Posted by MsSuzieQ

That is too funny! and yes, I have always had the "point and shoot" digitals up until this one... I remember when 24.2mp was considered medium format and cost tens of thousands of dollars... So when this one came out (D3200) I decided that for once, I was going to be completely current on my technology for once in my life LOL... I love this thing!

The biggest drawback being size... the point and shoots are great for long road trips due to the lack of "luggage" effect but I WILL find a way to on board everything. Including the tripod

LOL.. I will even take a picture of it fully loaded before we roll out!

I lucked out that my tripod fits in my top box... just barely and it only goes in and out one way, but it works.

**jimculver** · 06-18-2012, 03:22 PM

Everything fits in my Tailwind trailer so I don't worry about the size.

**jimculver** · 06-18-2012, 04:15 PM

I started my digital journey in 2000 with an Olympus 2020Z 2 mpix camera and I don't even want to think about my journey to what I shall soon have. Kinda like not keeping track of all of the farkles that I have put in the wing.

**bluedogok** · 06-18-2012, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jimculver

I started my digital journey in 2000 with an Olympus 2020Z 2 mpix camera and I don't even want to think about my journey to what I shall soon have. Kinda like not keeping track of all of the farkles that I have put in the wing.

Yep, some things we are better of just not adding up.

I started off in digital with a 2m Panasonic P-N-S, that was a little over $300, then another Panasonic DMZ-FC7 with a fixed, long zoom lens and now have a Nikon D3000. We also have a couple of Nikon P-N-S that my wife has had, her old one I keep in my bag for work type of use or to leave on the bike for quick shots.

klb1122 · 06-18-2012, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by M38A1

Found it. Dear George...... Click HERE

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This hobby is just as bad as motorcycling, as my wife likes to say.

**jimculver** · 06-19-2012, 10:40 AM

Actually that is not totally true. I make money from the photography, nobody ever pays me to ride.

klb1122 · 06-19-2012, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jimculver

Actually that is not totally true. I make money from the photography, nobody ever pays me to ride.

Very true. My dream would be to combine the two and make money.

**1TallTXn** · 06-26-2012, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by klb1122

Very true. My dream would be to cominbe the two and make money.

you figure that out, and I'll be your wingman!

**jimculver** · 06-28-2012, 01:58 PM

Here I sit at my desk watching the battery of my new D800 charge. And even when it is finished, I can't do a thing as I don't have a lens here at work. Can't wait to see what this thing will do this evening!

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Duke · 06-28-2012, 04:01 PM

Be sure to post up some of your images!

**M38A1** · 06-28-2012, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jimculver

....Can't wait to see what this thing will do this evening!

Go find a barbershop pole.

http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74139

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**STScott** · 06-30-2012, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsSuzieQ

That is too funny! and yes, I have always had the "point and shoot" digitals up until this one... I remember when 24.2mp was considered medium format and cost tens of thousands of dollars... So when this one came out (D3200) I decided that for once, I was going to be completely current on my technology for once in my life LOL... I love this thing!

The biggest drawback being size... the point and shoots are great for long road trips due to the lack of "luggage" effect but I WILL find a way to on board everything. Including the tripod

LOL.. I will even take a picture of it fully loaded before we roll out!

When I leave for my Alaska trip, not only am I packing my tripod, I am going to do my darndest to pack a lightstand, two flashes and a softbox!

**Tracker** · 06-30-2012, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by STScott

When I leave for my Alaska trip, not only am I packing my tripod, I am going to do my darndest to pack a lightstand, two flashes and a softbox!

I'm thinking the grizzlies won't hold still that long.

Duke · 10-28-2012, 12:03 AM

I found another surprise from the D800 tonight. I am currently going through the photos I took a few weeks ago. I came across this one.

I was about to hit the X key to delete it, and for grins I slid several of the the exposure adjust sliders over to the right.

This is what came out of it,

No way my D90 would have captured that much information when I gaffed the exposure so badly. I joked before as "my lame purchase justification" to Dianne that the camera can "see in the dark", well, it just might.

**M38A1** · 10-28-2012, 07:40 AM

Five stops worth of exposure. Wow.

And what appears to be a quite usable image as well. That does have some performance to it.

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**1TallTXn** · 10-28-2012, 10:35 AM

Alright, I need you folks with the the D800s to stop showing me cool things. I can't afford one, and you keep posting things that make me "need" one

klb1122 · 10-28-2012, 02:54 PM

Wow! That is absolutely insane. ISO 100 at what appears to be night? Did a flash not go off, or maybe it was set up for earlier in the day? Either way, that's too cool.

DFW_Warrior · 10-28-2012, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 1TallTXn

Alright, I need you folks with the the D800s to stop showing me cool things. I can't afford one, and you keep posting things that make me "need" one

If it makes you feel any better, the d7000 (and the 5100 which shares the same sensor) isn't far behind for a crop body. Oh the good things that come from having a Sony sensor.

**1TallTXn** · 10-28-2012, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DFW_Warrior

If it makes you feel any better, the d7000 (and the 5100 which shares the same sensor) isn't far behind for a crop body. Oh the good things that come from having a Sony sensor.

As much as I'd like a FF, the D7000 is probably (the current) camera I'd get. The flip screen on the 5100 moved all the buttons around weird, plus it's a great reason to go the next step up

06-18-2012, 01:27 PM	#81
MsSuzieQ Forum Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Burleson, TX Posts: 55	Re: It's Coming! That is too funny! and yes, I have always had the "point and shoot" digitals up until this one... I remember when 24.2mp was considered medium format and cost tens of thousands of dollars... So when this one came out (D3200) I decided that for once, I was going to be completely current on my technology for once in my life LOL... I love this thing! The biggest drawback being size... the point and shoots are great for long road trips due to the lack of "luggage" effect but I WILL find a way to on board everything. Including the tripod LOL.. I will even take a picture of it fully loaded before we roll out! __________________ "There's a place I travel when I want to roam, and nobody knows it but me. The roads don't go there and the signs stay home, and nobody knows it but me. It's far, far away and way, way afar, it's over the moon and the sea, and wherever you're going that's wherever you are, and nobody knows it but me........ Patrick O'Leary 2000 V-Star 650 1999 HD Road King 2006 Road Star

06-18-2012, 03:22 PM	#83
jimculver Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Burleson Posts: 228	Re: It's Coming! Everything fits in my Tailwind trailer so I don't worry about the size. __________________ Jim "Redwing" '08 GL1800 Comfort/Navi '10 Tailwind XTc cargo trailer Darksider #626 Kumho 195/55/16 @35 psi Once you go Mac, you'll NEVER go back!

06-18-2012, 04:15 PM	#84
jimculver Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Burleson Posts: 228	Re: It's Coming! I started my digital journey in 2000 with an Olympus 2020Z 2 mpix camera and I don't even want to think about my journey to what I shall soon have. Kinda like not keeping track of all of the farkles that I have put in the wing. __________________ Jim "Redwing" '08 GL1800 Comfort/Navi '10 Tailwind XTc cargo trailer Darksider #626 Kumho 195/55/16 @35 psi Once you go Mac, you'll NEVER go back!

06-19-2012, 10:40 AM	#87
jimculver Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Burleson Posts: 228	Re: It's Coming! Actually that is not totally true. I make money from the photography, nobody ever pays me to ride. __________________ Jim "Redwing" '08 GL1800 Comfort/Navi '10 Tailwind XTc cargo trailer Darksider #626 Kumho 195/55/16 @35 psi Once you go Mac, you'll NEVER go back!

06-28-2012, 01:58 PM	#90
jimculver Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Burleson Posts: 228	Here I sit at my desk watching the battery of my new D800 charge. And even when it is finished, I can't do a thing as I don't have a lens here at work. Can't wait to see what this thing will do this evening! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD __________________ Jim "Redwing" '08 GL1800 Comfort/Navi '10 Tailwind XTc cargo trailer Darksider #626 Kumho 195/55/16 @35 psi Once you go Mac, you'll NEVER go back!

06-28-2012, 04:01 PM	#91
Duke Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Woodlands & Woden, TX Posts: 3,689	Re: It's Coming! Be sure to post up some of your images!

10-28-2012, 12:03 AM	#95
Duke Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Woodlands & Woden, TX Posts: 3,689	Re: It's Coming! Nikon D800 I found another surprise from the D800 tonight. I am currently going through the photos I took a few weeks ago. I came across this one. I was about to hit the X key to delete it, and for grins I slid several of the the exposure adjust sliders over to the right. This is what came out of it, No way my D90 would have captured that much information when I gaffed the exposure so badly. I joked before as "my lame purchase justification" to Dianne that the camera can "see in the dark", well, it just might.

10-28-2012, 07:40 AM	#96
M38A1 Administrator Forum Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Capitol of Weirdness Posts: 12,165	Re: Nikon D800 Five stops worth of exposure. Wow. And what appears to be a quite usable image as well. That does have some performance to it. . __________________ Scott 2002 R1150GS (I think I'm 'gonna just call it "Number 5") "I've been everywhere, man" 100K miles of smiles "Everyone should have something in their life that requires a helmet" - Ann Sweeney

10-28-2012, 10:35 AM	#97
1TallTXn Skinny guy on a bike Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cleburne, TX Posts: 10,418	Alright, I need you folks with the the D800s to stop showing me cool things. I can't afford one, and you keep posting things that make me "need" one __________________ Nathan Burleson Mafia Hitman 2002 VFR800STi \| 1982 XR200R \| 1983 GL1100 Aspencade \| 1985 GL1200 Aspencade -Earl IBA# 31895 -------- "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin "...what is the militia? It is the whole people, except a few public officials." - George Mason 1788

10-28-2012, 02:54 PM	#98
klb1122 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,626	Re: Nikon D800 Wow! That is absolutely insane. ISO 100 at what appears to be night? Did a flash not go off, or maybe it was set up for earlier in the day? Either way, that's too cool. __________________ -- Kory -- 2003 Kawasaki ZZR1200 2008 Kawasaki C-14

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