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Yesterday my pic was taken for the Campinas main newspaper, an article on our student selection process (I work at the admissions office). I saw this guy coming into my office with this heavily used, full of scratches and old looking camera, it was a Nikon, large body, with a SB-800 on top. He took a few pics and I asked him if it was a film camera, he said, no, it's an old digital slr, model, then I saw the D1 logo, just that. He said he still uses it for the newspaper job, it works perfectly (he shot many bursts of 3-5 pics), for pics that they use it's more than enough.

It looked great, rugged, worn out, one that has taken many, many thousand pics.

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shouldn't suprise you . . . . many of us prefer the 1 series over the new, higher mp cameras. I have 2 D1X cameras because I prefer the look of the images I get.

In the past the 1X etc took many photos that ended up in books, covers of magazine etc etc . . . just because there are new models out, doesn't mean they can't still do it! smile
rhlpetrus said:
Yesterday my pic was taken for the Campinas main newspaper, an
article on our student selection process (I work at the admissions
office). I saw this guy coming into my office with this heavily used,
full of scratches and old looking camera, it was a Nikon, large body,
with a SB-800 on top. He took a few pics and I asked him if it was a
film camera, he said, no, it's an old digital slr, model, then I saw
the D1 logo, just that. He said he still uses it for the newspaper
job, it works perfectly (he shot many bursts of 3-5 pics), for pics
that they use it's more than enough.

It looked great, rugged, worn out, one that has taken many, many
thousand pics.

Regards.
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The D1 is the only digital one I've ever used. It has never failed me.
I'm thinking of upgrading to the D1x sometime next year.

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Pretty camera (the one I saw yesterday looked even more worn out, corners were completely devoid of black finish), beautiful pic!
rriveros said:
The D1 is the only digital one I've ever used. It has never failed me.
I'm thinking of upgrading to the D1x sometime next year.

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I had one of the first D1 cameras which were released in the UK in November 1999. Now, almost exactly 8 years later, I'm waiting for the D3.

When my D1 was stolen some time later, I used the insurance money to buy the excellent D1x. But I really missed having a copy of the first 'real' DSLR to keep.

Recently I bought on eBay an absolutely untouched and unused D1 body, for £250. It even has the protective clear tape on the LCDs. I took one or two shots, which confirmed how far we have come in those 8 years, then put it safely away as a 20th century antique. Twenty year from now it will be like owning an unused Ford Model T. A great milestone in photographic history.

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--I did get D1 after about a 8 months I had D70 to see how much better VF and AF was in CAM1300 and still use it for past 2.5 years its very good camera I like AF better than my D2H I shut only Jpegs and D1 delivers exellent pictures there are few from that antic DSLR











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Great pics. BTW: is build quality improving or not? I only have had my present D80, so no way to compare. Since these days ususally BQ tends to decay, I wonder if newer models will last that long.
Mironv said:
--I did get D1 after about a 8 months I had D70 to see how much
better VF and AF was in CAM1300 and still use it for past 2.5 years
its very good camera I like AF better than my D2H I shut only Jpegs
and D1 delivers exellent pictures there are few from that antic DSLR











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--D1 and D80 are in 2 different BQ zones but from D70 d50 d80 d40 they all build at level they shod be and shod last a good amount of time. after more than 3 years with D70 and about 25K pics on it its still is in top notch condition better than my N90s that only had 7K on it. I still think of getting D1X whit in next 6 months as I'm not a fan of gazilions AF points that have less and less light sensativity when use mainly as one central point. For what people sale this retros why not pick one or two.
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rriveros said:
The D1 is the only digital one I've ever used. It has never failed me.
I'm thinking of upgrading to the D1x sometime next year.

Here she is:



Sample pic:

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just being curious, why have you blacked out the "nikon" logo on the viewfinder? theftprotection?

i see lots of people an pros do that, though it was never quite clear to my why.

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I feel like I'm advertising for Nikon if I point the camera at someone with a huge "Nikon" facing them.

No real reason, I guess, just more of a personal preference. Note that I've even blacked out the front of the lens.
 
It's looking a bit sorry for itself, the LCD backlight has failed and you have to leave the batteries out of it otherwise it'll flatten them in 2 days but it takes pin sharp pics and AFs bang on



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Very nice pic. I'll try to get the pic which appeared in the paper, it's not in the internet version, and post it here.
Adam-T said:
It's looking a bit sorry for itself, the LCD backlight has failed and
you have to leave the batteries out of it otherwise it'll flatten
them in 2 days but it takes pin sharp pics and AFs bang on



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Regards, RHLPetrus
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knox said:
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just because there are new models out, doesn't mean they can't still do it! smile
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This from my D1x last month: (downsized prior to posting in LightRoom)



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