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D70 newbie

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:44 pm
by naasif
Hi all,

I'd just like to say as a new user what a great site this is!

After many months of research I finally bought a D70 as my entry into amateur photography AND found a web site with like minded enthusiasts :D

Having not "noticed" the world around me as much before I can understand why photographer friends now tell me you look at things differently.

Personally I've found digital photography to be a great way to learn photography although I'm still trying to read as much as possible and shoot everything!

Now I just have to get through the thounsands of articles before hopefully contributing myself ;-)

Naasif

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:46 pm
by sirhc55
Welcome Naasif to the best D70 forum in the world - no matter how much you know or don’t know you will find help here.

Post some pics soon

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:01 pm
by Nnnnsic
Hey, you made one post... that's more than some of the people here. :)

Welcome, btw.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:11 pm
by Mj
And don't what till you've read all the posts here before commencing some contribution... otherwise you might find your second post happening some time in 2007 :roll: :roll: :roll:

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:12 pm
by stubbsy
Naasif

Welcome. As you say we're a friendly bunch. Don't be afraid to ask any question as we're also pretty gentle!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:23 pm
by fozzie
naasif - welcome :) .

As you can see members are spread around the country.

Fire in the questions and some shots, and you are sure to receive a response.

Cheerio,

Website to post pictures to

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:29 pm
by naasif
Here's my first question :)

I've seen a few people host their photos on pixspot and pbase.

Can anyone recommend a good site to post my pics to ?

Thanks
Naasif

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:36 pm
by phillipb
Pixspot is free and run by one of our members - Kristine. Can't beat that!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:38 pm
by Oneputt
naasiff I am new here as well and can guarantee that you will find it a very friendly place. :D

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:41 pm
by fozzie

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:45 pm
by Onyx
G'ay Naasif and welcome to the forum. I notice you've got Kellyville in your location. I'm not far from there, and there are a fair few Sydney members in the hills district too. Perhaps we'll have enough numbers to hold a meet of our own one day. ;)

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:49 pm
by huynhie
Naasif,

You have just entered yourself into a very expensive hobby, hope you know what you are doing :shock:

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:38 pm
by BBJ
Welcome Naasif to the clan, the worst is over first couple of post to forum, D70 in hand it's all up hill now till the lens lust kicks in but yeh great place here to learn and share experinces.
Cheers
John
BBJ

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:47 pm
by meicw
Hi Naasif. Would like to add my welcome. The guys and gals here are very friendly and helpful.
Looking forward to seeing your first pics.

Regards
Meic

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:32 pm
by Manta
Hi naasif and welcome.Image

Don't make my mistake and leave too many days between visits here - you may never catch up with the new posts!

Cheers,
Simon.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:36 pm
by birddog114
Onyx wrote:G'ay Naasif and welcome to the forum. I notice you've got Kellyville in your location. I'm not far from there, and there are a fair few Sydney members in the hills district too. Perhaps we'll have enough numbers to hold a meet of our own one day. ;)


nassif, Onyx, MJ and Woody + Woody senior "The gangs of the Hills":wink:
Make up a banner of D70users.com with the Gangs of the Hills :D

Another Newbie

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:26 pm
by SteveB
Hi everyone, I am also a newbie to both the D70 and this website. I am extremely impressed with both. I have only had the D70 for a few months and cannot stop raving about it.

My question is, I had a look at the Pixspot site(which I joined up) that you have been discussing and unless I am missing something, could not find my way to the section on specifications for uploading(file size etc.) can someone point me in the right direction.

Regards
Steve

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:04 pm
by Manta
Hi Steve.

When you sign into Pixspot, hover your cursor over the @ symbol along the top. You'll see some more navigation options pop up in orange under the symbol. Click on "Upload File" and you'll be tqaken to a new page. The instructions are written in black in the dark grey section - a little hard to read!

From there... I just click on "Browse" and find the images on my hard drive. I would have already resized them for uploading. I generally size them down to fit full size on the screen and bring the file size down to no more than 250kb - even less if you can without losing too much.

Hope this helps.
Simon

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:09 pm
by SteveB
Thanks for that Simon, I will have to go through the files now and find some to put up.

Regards
Steve

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:35 pm
by phillipb
Simon is right about the instructions being hard to see, I find it a lot easier to read if I higlight the text with the mouse.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:07 am
by gstark
Nassif

fozzie wrote:naasif - welcome :) .

As you can see members are spread around the country.

Fire in the questions and some shots, and you are sure to receive a response.

Cheerio,


As others have said, welcome.

Fozzies a tad off here - we actually have members all over the world now. :)

As Leigh said, you've made one more post than maybe half of the membership here, which is great for you, and sad for them, in that those people won't get the same benefits from here as you're llikely to enjoy. Kick your shoes off, tell us more about yourself, why you chose a D70, what do you do in your other lives, and basically make yourself at home.

And remember, the only silly question is the one you fail to ask.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:09 am
by gstark
Onyx wrote:G'ay Naasif and welcome to the forum. I notice you've got Kellyville in your location. I'm not far from there, and there are a fair few Sydney members in the hills district too. Perhaps we'll have enough numbers to hold a meet of our own one day. ;)


OMG!

A Kellyville subgroup!

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:11 am
by gstark
Birddog114 wrote:
Onyx wrote:G'ay Naasif and welcome to the forum. I notice you've got Kellyville in your location. I'm not far from there, and there are a fair few Sydney members in the hills district too. Perhaps we'll have enough numbers to hold a meet of our own one day. ;)


nassif, Onyx, MJ and Woody + Woody senior "The gangs of the Hills":wink:
Make up a banner of D70users.com with the Gangs of the Hills :D



to the tune of "The Sound of Music"
The Hills are alive,
To the sound of D70 shutters ...

D70 newbie

PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:30 am
by naasif
gstark wrote:
As others have said, welcome.

Fozzies a tad off here - we actually have members all over the world now. Smile

As Leigh said, you've made one more post than maybe half of the membership here, which is great for you, and sad for them, in that those people won't get the same benefits from here as you're llikely to enjoy. Kick your shoes off, tell us more about yourself, why you chose a D70, what do you do in your other lives, and basically make yourself at home.

And remember, the only silly question is the one you fail to ask.


Well, I work in IT. I got the photography bug from my wife but found it frustrating at first because on a normal SLR I had to wait for the film to get developed before seeing the results :)

Choosing a digital SLR was kind of the next step for me, being able to see the results immediately both good and bad. I had a rough budget in mind, around $2000 so when Canon released the 300D I had almost made up my mind.

I read many reviews on the net, one site which I found very extensive, being http://www.dpreview.com. Then Nikon released the D70 and the general consensus was that it was an exceptional product giving Canon a run for its money. I ummed and aared but decided on the Nikon and I'm not sorry I did. :)

Naasif

Re: D70 newbie

PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:52 am
by gstark
naasif wrote:Well, I work in IT. I got the photography bug from my wife but found it frustrating at first because on a normal SLR I had to wait for the film to get developed before seeing the results :)



Then you probably need to look at this thread too..

Choosing a digital SLR was kind of the next step for me, being able to see the results immediately both good and bad. I had a rough budget in mind, around $2000 so when Canon released the 300D I had almost made up my mind.

I read many reviews on the net, one site which I found very extensive, being http://www.dpreview.com. Then Nikon released the D70 and the general consensus was that it was an exceptional product giving Canon a run for its money. I ummed and aared but decided on the Nikon and I'm not sorry I did. :)


I think you'll find you're in the company of many like minded people, and that's especially true of the reasoning underpinning your decision, as well as the decision itself.