Goodbye D70 .... Hello ??????????

icepics wrote: A light-tight box with some type of media??! - I can loan you one of my box Brownies!

I've done well with KEH. Good luck w/your final, keep plugging away, sounds like it will be worth the time and work.

Does the brownie box camera have a DOF preview feature? lol.

Thanks Sharon, it is quite a challenge. I had to memorize and use lots of algebraic formulas this term for the final exam. Like this formula for computing the total resistance of a parallel electrical circuit,



Good times!

Goodbye D70 .... Hello D200!

My "new to me" D200 will arrive on Thursday! I am looking forward to using the D200, and then, after the remainder of medical bills are paid off, I'll be looking at full-frame bodies!!!!

I just want to shoot something, now that my 2 years of night school is finished (4.0 GPA!!!) I can get serious about photography once more!

McBeth Photography wrote: Goodbye D70 .... Hello D200!

My "new to me" D200 will arrive on Thursday! I am looking forward to using the D200 and then after the remainder of medical bills are paid off, I'll be looking at full-frame bodies!!!!

I just want to shoot something, now that my 2 years of night school is finished (4.0 GPA!!!) I can get serious about photography once more!

D600 or D700 would be a great buy. Congrats on the schooling. I'm going back myself and know how much work it can be.

Nice grades on the school. It shows you were passionate about the subject. I can't wait to see what you produce with the new camera.

I went from D70 to the D7000, The D7000 is an excellent camera and has several options that I like over the D300, double mem cards, and much improved ISO. The price is also great....

Scotty wrote:

McBeth Photography wrote: Goodbye D70 .... Hello D200!

My "new to me" D200 will arrive on Thursday! I am looking forward to using the D200 and then after the remainder of medical bills are paid off, I'll be looking at full-frame bodies!!!!

I just want to shoot something, now that my 2 years of night school is finished (4.0 GPA!!!) I can get serious about photography once more!

D600 or D700 would be a great buy. Congrats on the schooling. I'm going back myself and know how much work it can be.

I'm really looking at the D600, although I love the construction specs on the D700, I'm sure either one will give me 2-3 stops of usable ISO over the D200.

But in the meantime, we have a little over 7k left in medical bills, that we are gladly paying off first. We are very thankful for the care that Jennifer has received, and she is doing so much better after her two brain surgeries....she finally has her life back!

Night school was a LOT of work for me, mainly because I viewed it as a great distraction from photography, lol. Good luck in your classes!

Darrell wrote: I went from D70 to the D7000, The D7000 is an excellent camera and has several options that I like over the D300, double mem cards, and much improved ISO. The price is also great....

My brother in law has a D7000 and loves it! The D7000 might be my next body if I decide to get one more crop body before going full-frame. I did some film shooting to bridge the gap between digital bodies and I love how all my lenses are wider shooting film. I got the D200 because it is a tough body and it will get me through the year and then I think it'll be sent out for an IR conversion.

I can vouch for the qual;ity of the D200- it's been my backup body for two years.now, and has worked flawlessly with the 70-200 and the 75-300.

I just found out something interesting, Nikon is still honoring the EN-EL3 battery recall from 2005! I called Nikon last night and one of my batteries from my D70 is listed in the recall and Nikon wants to replace it with the EN-EL3e which happens to fit the D200!

support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/...n-el3-battery-recall

Thank you Nikon!

Lucky you on the battery recall...congrats on your school and Jennifer getting better.
The D200 is still awesome after all these years!!!Got the D7000 and it`s going great,one of the treats is that for wildlife you can crop and still have a large file size.
Have fun Barry but sometimes the ec will change by itself and mess up your shoot so be careful.
You can get a Ir converted camera from keh at a better price than having it converted.

robbie wrote: Lucky you on the battery recall...congrats on your school and Jennifer getting better.
The D200 is still awesome after all these years!!!Got the D7000 and it`s going great,one of the treats is that for wildlife you can crop and still have a large file size.
Have fun Barry but sometimes the ec will change by itself and mess up your shoot so be careful.
You can get a Ir converted camera from keh at a better price than having it converted.

I Do think that I'll get a D7000 eventually, I'm glad to hear that it is working well for you! Thanks for the heads up about the ec, I had not heard that....good to know. I also hadn't even thought about getting a IR converted body from keh, makes a lot of sense though, get the IR body and the 6 month warranty....good deal!

Thanks again Robbie! Cheers!

Its here! Its here! Here is the first shot.

Imperfect Beauty




Just because the rose isn't perfect doesn't make it a bad rose, its all in your perspective!

D200 - 50mm 1.8 Ai - shot in Aperture Priority, JPEG

Nice Barrry !!!... Enjoy your new (to you) camera. Nice to be able to meter with the old MF lenses isn't it?

Screamin Scott wrote: Nice Barrry !!!... Enjoy your new (to you) camera. Nice to be able to meter with the old MF lenses isn't it?

Thanks Scott! LOVE the metering ability with old lenses!

Beautifully done Barry,your new toy gonna be fun...Enjoy!!