What would you buy?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:34 pmWhat would you buy if you had $5000 to play with and only owned a kit d70 with no other extras?
Curious to what others would buy
Tim
Curious to what others would buy
Tim
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:34 pmPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:42 pmtrade-in for a d2x plus cash adjustment
Re: What would you buy?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:47 pmZeeke wrote:What would you buy if you had $5000 to play with and only owned a kit d70 with no other extras?
Curious to what others would buy
Tim
Tim,
Me? take a trip to New Caledonia and do the shooting + enjoying with the camera for a week.
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:49 pmA sigma 300mm F2.8 and corporate tickets to the Supercheap 1000 (which aint so supercheap coincidentally). 
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:54 pmya might be somewhere with the trip to New Cal... wouldnt mind going there and doing some flyfishing for bonefish on the flats there..
is a d2x all its cracked up to be? i know it is.. for a shoddy amateur like myself.. would i really need it? cept for people to go "Wow, thats a big camera, are you a photographer?"
Tim
is a d2x all its cracked up to be? i know it is.. for a shoddy amateur like myself.. would i really need it? cept for people to go "Wow, thats a big camera, are you a photographer?"
Tim
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:58 pmZeeke wrote:ya might be somewhere with the trip to New Cal... wouldnt mind going there and doing some flyfishing for bonefish on the flats there..
is a d2x all its cracked up to be? i know it is.. for a shoddy amateur like myself.. would i really need it? cept for people to go "Wow, thats a big camera, are you a photographer?"
Tim
Me too! NC is my famous destination in the past few years, I'm not fishing but "fish" nudist on the beach
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:58 pm8 shots a second is very handy.... Beats the hell outa 3 (if your lucky)
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:00 pmwith $5000 you may be able to get a pre-release D200 
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:02 pmRaskill wrote:8 shots a second is very handy.... Beats the hell outa 3 (if your lucky)
Nah! not really!
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:14 pmA Canon 5D 
Seriously, I would buy a fast wide angle zoom, and a fast mid tele zoom. Get rid of the slow kit lens
Seriously, I would buy a fast wide angle zoom, and a fast mid tele zoom. Get rid of the slow kit lens
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:21 pmI'd buy a nice wide angle, a 70-200 Sigma + 2x TC, possibly a fast mid range zoom (24-70? - maybe a 24-120). Lots of storage, upgrade computer a bit, and so on.
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:29 pmSome good replys so far... my personal comp is already packed up with storage page.. having 3 120gig hard drives and 1gig of ram..
ive thought about buying a laptop.. but also considered just a small personal file storage device i can transfer images onto, ive also looked at macro lenses.... very tempting.. and some tele zooms.. this is where it all has me really confused... i want to do macro photos.. but also have a lense to do some zoom photos on birds.. then wide angle lens for portraits and fishing fotos.. which are often in a small boat and with the kit lense.. i dont find it shows as much detail as i want.. and doesnt show the surroundings as much either.. So really.. im confused.. and then a sb800 would be nice too..
Tim
ive thought about buying a laptop.. but also considered just a small personal file storage device i can transfer images onto, ive also looked at macro lenses.... very tempting.. and some tele zooms.. this is where it all has me really confused... i want to do macro photos.. but also have a lense to do some zoom photos on birds.. then wide angle lens for portraits and fishing fotos.. which are often in a small boat and with the kit lense.. i dont find it shows as much detail as i want.. and doesnt show the surroundings as much either.. So really.. im confused.. and then a sb800 would be nice too..
Tim
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:27 pmInteresting thread! Really depends on your shooting needs I suppose. Must haves for me would be:
1. SB600/SB800
2. WA lens (Sigma/Tokina/Nikkor, whatever is the best compromise for you)
3. Fast tele-zoom (maybe with VR)
4. CF cards (but they're cheap).
If you're sorted on the computer side of things:
Sigma 12-24 (or maybe the Tokina, haven't played with the Tokina enough) $890
24-120 VR $750
Sigma 70-200 2.8 $1070
Sigma 1.7x TC $300?
SB800 $500
LightsphereII $60-80
Then ~$1400 worth of primes: 50/1.4, 35/2 etc, or substitute the Sigma 70-200 2.8 with the Nikkor VR-flavoured version, or substitute some dedicated macro lenses in there, or... Plenty of options!
1. SB600/SB800
2. WA lens (Sigma/Tokina/Nikkor, whatever is the best compromise for you)
3. Fast tele-zoom (maybe with VR)
4. CF cards (but they're cheap).
If you're sorted on the computer side of things:
Sigma 12-24 (or maybe the Tokina, haven't played with the Tokina enough) $890
24-120 VR $750
Sigma 70-200 2.8 $1070
Sigma 1.7x TC $300?
SB800 $500
LightsphereII $60-80
Then ~$1400 worth of primes: 50/1.4, 35/2 etc, or substitute the Sigma 70-200 2.8 with the Nikkor VR-flavoured version, or substitute some dedicated macro lenses in there, or... Plenty of options!
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:56 pmI think $5000 in Oz is about $3750 US so I would probably do this based on MY shooting desires. Your mileage may vary.
You already have the D70 kit.
Nikkor 17-55 f2.8
Nikkor 80-200 f2.8 AF-S
Nikkor 300 f4 AF-S
Nikkor TC-17e II
This suite would do anyone well for many years.
You already have the D70 kit.
Nikkor 17-55 f2.8
Nikkor 80-200 f2.8 AF-S
Nikkor 300 f4 AF-S
Nikkor TC-17e II
This suite would do anyone well for many years.
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:26 pmI'd buy a one way ticket to Tokyo, walk through the nearest subway and give the rest of the money to a poor looking vagrant who would then have enough money to stop his father's company from going into liquidation, make his fortune, remember me, and introduce me to Mr Nikon, his uncle, who would let me have eleven free lenses.
I think it happens like that...or is it 8 free lenses and 3 new cameras including the new Nikon D200s, D3x and D4xFF prototype with in built 160gig card.
The I woke up.
I think it happens like that...or is it 8 free lenses and 3 new cameras including the new Nikon D200s, D3x and D4xFF prototype with in built 160gig card.
The I woke up.
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:43 pmActually a mate of mine got Married last night in Japan.. went over there for work and to teach english.. ended up meeting a young girl.. and getting married.. lucky bugger.. might need to do that myself lol
Tim
Tim
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:45 pmZeeke wrote:Actually a mate of mine got Married last night in Japan.. went over there for work and to teach english.. ended up meeting a young girl.. and getting married.. lucky bugger.. might need to do that myself lol
Tim
Zeeke,
The fish here will cry loud if you do that!
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:54 pmActually, if i did.. the fish here wouldnt be so scared and fisherman around here might actually have a chance of catching the next big one
Tim
Tim
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:20 pmI think if I had a few $k to spend, I'd spend it on photographic workshop tours so I could learn how to get good results with the stuff I already have
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:24 pmmudder wrote:I think if I had a few $k to spend, I'd spend it on photographic workshop tours so I could learn how to get good results with the stuff I already have
mudder,
When you have few $k to spend , pls come up here and we fly to NC for a joyful workshop
Re: What would you buy?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:37 pmZeeke wrote:What would you buy if you had $5000 to play with and only owned a kit d70 with no other extras?
I only own a kit.
I'd either fund a film or buy a Canon XL2s (around $5000 AU) from Hong Kong.
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:50 pmPointless bloody question.
But 2 tix to EU.
But 2 tix to EU.
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:03 pmOne tick for yourself and one for your new telephoto to travel in first class. You can have its drinks as well.
gstark wrote:Pointless bloody question.
But 2 tix to EU.
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:50 pmWell, if someone handed me a D70s with kit lens (18-70 DX) & $5000 to spend, I'd email Birdy and order the following (in no particular order):
Sigma 70-200 2.8 HSM
Sigma x1.4 TC
Nikon 50 1.4D
Nikon 12-24
Nikon SB800
Transcend 80x 2Gb CF card
Lowepro Mini Trekker AWII Backpack
Benro C227 Tripod
Benro KB-2 head
Benro MC80 Monopod
Copperhill dSLR Cleaning Kit
That should come in just under $5K.
With another $10K, I'd look at adding to my PC and getting a good laptop.
All I need now is for someone to give me $5000 - $15,000
Sigma 70-200 2.8 HSM
Sigma x1.4 TC
Nikon 50 1.4D
Nikon 12-24
Nikon SB800
Transcend 80x 2Gb CF card
Lowepro Mini Trekker AWII Backpack
Benro C227 Tripod
Benro KB-2 head
Benro MC80 Monopod
Copperhill dSLR Cleaning Kit
That should come in just under $5K.
With another $10K, I'd look at adding to my PC and getting a good laptop.
All I need now is for someone to give me $5000 - $15,000
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:02 pmBirdy might get a email from me next week.. if ive reached full member status i think thats right?
Tim
p.s. he might get to go to New Cal too!
Tim
p.s. he might get to go to New Cal too!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:33 pmSigma 70-200/2.8
Sb-800
Nikkor 28-70/2.8
50/1.4
sell kit lens
Sb-800
Nikkor 28-70/2.8
50/1.4
sell kit lens
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:06 pmI'd get myself a plasma television. I've thought about selling all my camera gear and getting one... hmmm what to do...