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My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:28 am
by tasadam
And so far I have taken a grand total of ONE image.
Here it is...

Image

D700, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f5.6 ISO 200, a bit of wind about.
Minimal post processing from 14 bit RAW.

No doubt, many more to follow.

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:46 am
by surenj
No doubt you will enjoy!

keep em coming.

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:36 pm
by big pix
........ what no DUCK :wink:

great buy

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:04 pm
by Alpha_7
SANS Duck and/or brickwall. Your upping the standard for the 1st shot fired :)

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:32 pm
by biggerry
looks like a lemon.... let me take it off ya hands.. :roll:

simply put, enjoy. :cheers:

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:57 pm
by chasem
I am SO jealous. i wnat one.

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:55 pm
by Geoff
Congrats Tasadam, you will be very happy with your new purchase!
The D700 and the 24-70 together is a great combination!

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:52 pm
by aim54x
I look forward to seeing more stuff from this camera....Congratulations

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:31 pm
by Matt. K
I'm weakening....dammit!

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:58 pm
by ozimax
Matt. K wrote:I'm weakening....


The ultimate weakening: Canon 7D. 8fps. Dual Digic IV processors. HD video.

:biglaugh:

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:15 pm
by chrisk
ozimax wrote:
Matt. K wrote:I'm weakening....


The ultimate weakening: Canon 7D. 8fps. Dual Digic IV processors. HD video.

:biglaugh:


then you realise its aps-c and you cool off real quick. lol

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:53 pm
by ozimax
Rooz wrote:
ozimax wrote:
Matt. K wrote:I'm weakening....


The ultimate weakening: Canon 7D. 8fps. Dual Digic IV processors. HD video.

:biglaugh:


then you realise its aps-c and you cool off real quick. lol


Yeah, I know. I would like a D700 too if anyone has a spare, or a 5D for that matter!

Back to my Voightlander... :lol:

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:23 pm
by gstark
ozimax wrote:
Rooz wrote:
ozimax wrote:
Matt. K wrote:I'm weakening....


The ultimate weakening: Canon 7D. 8fps. Dual Digic IV processors. HD video.

:biglaugh:


then you realise its aps-c and you cool off real quick. lol


Yeah, I know. I would like a D700 too if anyone has a spare, or a 5D for that matter!

Back to my Voightlander... :lol:


I have a shoebox and a pin, if that helps?

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:44 pm
by surenj
Gary, just add a CMOS to your shoebox and pin. Then you have a contender. You will also need LARGE prints and space in an art gallery. :mrgreen:

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:52 pm
by ozimax
gstark wrote:
ozimax wrote:
Rooz wrote:
ozimax wrote:
Matt. K wrote:I'm weakening....


The ultimate weakening: Canon 7D. 8fps. Dual Digic IV processors. HD video.

:biglaugh:


then you realise its aps-c and you cool off real quick. lol


Yeah, I know. I would like a D700 too if anyone has a spare, or a 5D for that matter!

Back to my Voightlander... :lol:


I have a shoebox and a pin, if that helps?


What happened to the shoes? They would be more useful to me. :)

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:27 pm
by colin_12
You will love it Adam. :up:

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:50 pm
by tasadam
Crikey, the manual is thick! :shock:

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:58 pm
by LaurieE
very jealous :bowdown:

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:53 am
by agriffiths
Fantastic mate. How long did delivery take?

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:08 am
by tasadam
Paid with internet banking Saturday, payment received and item shipped Tuesday, item received Monday. It was in Melbourne awaiting clearance Friday but Aus post don't work weekends. Gotta love online tracking.

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:40 pm
by agriffiths
Brilliant. I just paid for mine so hopefully should have it in hand by next week :) .

Still looking to try a D3x though.

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:39 pm
by agriffiths
Tasadam, at what point did you receive the tracking info? I don't think I've ever received tracking info with a Poon order.

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:32 pm
by tasadam
agriffiths wrote:Tasadam, at what point did you receive the tracking info? I don't think I've ever received tracking info with a Poon order.

The online tracking number was not updated on the Bargains page (the order link there). I received an email about 5 days after payment, advising me of a tracking number, by which time the lens had already left HK.
This may be a separate procedure, as mine was a split order, having paid for a lens and a D300, but the D300 wasn't available so just the lens was sent, a week later I paid the balance for the D700.
If you have further questions on this issue, I recommend perhaps asking Gary. But, so long as it arrives within 10 days as per FAQ or wherever that was stated, all should be fine.

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:52 pm
by gstark
agriffiths wrote:Tasadam, at what point did you receive the tracking info? I don't think I've ever received tracking info with a Poon order.


If it's through the forum, then normally you should expect to receive an email with the tracking info, and I generally pass those on immediately I have the information from Poon.

If I don't have this information after around seven days, then I ask Poon for a status update. Anything earlier than this sort of timeframe is simply not a workable practical proposition, hence the stipulations in the FAQ. Usually the whole system works so that you will have your equipment delivered within that timeframe, but that is all dependent upon stocks in HK being available to ship immediately your payment clears and is reconciled to your order.

But my working goal is that I can keep you appraised of your order's status within those sorts of timeframes, and I think that mostly, I achieve those outcomes.

FWIW, I'm awaiting a status update on your order, and one other as well.

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:23 pm
by agriffiths
Thanks Gary,

I wasn't trying to rush things. I had read th FAQ and was just curious re the tracking number since I've not seen one on my previous orders :) .

Not trying to go OT but I had a play with the D3x today and was mighty impressed. I've managed to hire one for a few days for a current job and it looks like this will have to be the next order to Poon :) .

Cheers
Andrew

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:45 pm
by gstark
agriffiths wrote:I wasn't trying to rush things


I didn't think that you were; I was just throwing that in for your information.

I had a play with the D3x today and was mighty impressed.


It's a most impressive camera.

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:23 pm
by agriffiths
Thanks mate, very much appreciated :) .

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:26 pm
by tasadam
gstark wrote:
I had a play with the D3x today and was mighty impressed.


It's a most impressive camera.

So is my new D700 :mrgreen: :up:

I've programmed the function button to show the camera level feature. Pretty darn useful feature, that! Good for testing myself on how good a job I do by eye.

I really like that snazzy switch on the eyepiece to activate a shutter & block it off. I can see that being used for the type of stuff I do.

Can't wait to go on a big walk and put it through its paces properly.

I've been spending a bit of time setting up my gallery, link in my signature. Nothing from the D700 there though... YET!

Re: My D700 arrived today

PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:02 pm
by MATT
Welcome to the club.... :cheers:

MATT