Forum: Photography


Subject: Camera decision day

leighp1 opened this issue on Mar 03, 2001 ยท 7 posts


leighp1 posted Sat, 03 March 2001 at 5:58 AM

My dad called me last night and also sent me two urls with photos of the cameras he is looking into buying me. He wanted to know which one I liked, I wished I could have came here and asked for your opinions, but he needed to know by this morning so he could go out and buy it. I had to chose between the Nikon 800, which I believe is what Colm and Syyd uses right? and the other one is the Nikon 950. For some reason the 950 kept drawing me in, I am not sure why, so I told him I wanted the 950. I am so excited. He will probably buy it today, play with it over the weekend and mail it out on Monday. I am really excited about this and will let you all know any details I find out when he contacts me. Leigh


ARADTech posted Sat, 03 March 2001 at 9:46 AM

I have and love my Nikon 950 :)) I really LOVE IT!! So welcome to the 950 club , its a fantastic machine :) Peace and Creativity Chris


Colm_Jackson posted Sat, 03 March 2001 at 10:53 AM

That's great Leigh. Chris is right. The Nikon range are just fantastic. You are going to love it. Congrats, Colm... PS: It's the Nikon 880, not the 800 that Syyd and myself have. There is a one megapixel difference but then again there will be a difference in the price. That Camera you are getting will take superb quality photographs.


Colm_Jackson posted Sat, 03 March 2001 at 10:57 AM

Leigh. For a really indepth look at the 950, go here. There is also about 100 high quality example photographs to view that were taken with this camera. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp950/ It should really wet your appetite...


Syyd posted Sat, 03 March 2001 at 11:32 AM

Go for it, it was Chris that got me interested in Nikons in the first place, take a look in the photo galleries at his work....You cannot beat the lenses. The 880 is an incredible little camera. The only peeve I have with digital cameras is their size. I have camera shake, and it is difficult for me to learn to be so still, I see things, and jump quickly to photograph, there is also a lesson in that too. To stop camera shake, and to really evaluate a photographic scene from all angles. Im thrilled for you Leigh and cannot wait to see what you will photograph. Syyd


a1000standard posted Sat, 03 March 2001 at 1:18 PM

Welcome to the 950 club, you'll love your new camera (and don't let people with 990's tell you otherwise ;-) )


Jack Casement posted Sat, 03 March 2001 at 3:12 PM

Likewise on the 950. I love mine to bits. I even have a page on my website dedicated to the E950. You might like to check it out. By the way another good review site is www.Steves-Digicams.com. They review all cameras an add-ons. Enjoy