my christmas present!!! [Archive]

Pappy

12-19-2003, 10:39 AM

well it arrived today:D a nikon d100 digital slr camera...im stoked!!! thanks so much to my darling wife for buying it for me:p

RiPPiNiTuP7

12-19-2003, 11:05 AM

i think someone is spoiled:eek2:

Pappy

12-19-2003, 11:09 AM

Originally posted by RiPPiNiTuP7
i think someone is spoiled:eek2:

i tell her everyday how lucky she is to have me:D

gibson400ex

12-19-2003, 11:10 AM

Originally posted by Pappy
i tell her everyday how lucky she is to have me:D

haha!

LTandRaptorider

12-19-2003, 11:13 AM

Originally posted by Pappy
well it arrived today:D a nikon d100 digital slr camera...im stoked!!! thanks so much to my darling wife for buying it for me:p

Let's see a picture of it! :devil:

Pappy

12-19-2003, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by LTandRaptorider
Let's see a picture of it! :devil:

i may have enough juice in my other camera to take a pic tonight. im more anxious to post some pics that IT took:p now i have the digital that i can use all my nikon lenses with!!!

now i dont feel so bad having $2500 lenses collect dust for the llast year:eek2:

gibson400ex

12-19-2003, 11:18 AM

Originally posted by Pappy
i may have enough juice in my other camera to take a pic tonight. im more anxious to post some pics that IT took:p now i have the digital that i can use all my nikon lenses with!!!

now i dont feel so bad having $2500 lenses collect dust for the llast year:eek2:

2500 dollar lenses!:eek2: Holy Chit

Pappy

12-19-2003, 11:20 AM

lol...$2500 is pretty cheap really. the digital i wanted was $25,000:eek:

here is a pic of the camera body i have now
http://www.mydigitalgear.com/shop/ebay/image_resize2.asp?path=/ebay/D100_VERTICAL.jpg

LTandRaptorider

12-19-2003, 11:25 AM

Originally posted by Pappy
lol...$2500 is pretty cheap really. the digital i wanted was $25,000:eek:

here is a pic of the camera body i have now
http://www.mydigitalgear.com/shop/ebay/image_resize2.asp?path=/ebay/D100_VERTICAL.jpg

Nice!

My Fujifilm S3000 don't look so good now... :(

gibson400ex

12-19-2003, 11:28 AM

Nvm pappy i thoguht you meant somthing else ya my uncle is into all that stuff he researches everythign before he buys it becasue he lives in NY and works for Leemann Brothers and he is very very rich! and he resercad a towel before he bought it:eek2:

Pappy

12-19-2003, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by gibson400ex
Nvm pappy i thoguht you meant somthing else ya my uncle is into all that stuff he researches everythign before he buys it becasue he lives in NY and works for Leemann Brothers and he is very very rich! and he resercad a towel before he bought it:eek2:

he must know harlen. harlen researches everything ...then shops around for the best value. i wish i had that skill...i just buy things..lmfao

gibson400ex

12-19-2003, 12:21 PM

Originally posted by Pappy
he must know harlen. harlen researches everything ...then shops around for the best value. i wish i had that skill...i just buy things..lmfao

haha!:p

Pappy

12-19-2003, 12:23 PM

speaking of harlen:o i wouldnt ***** if you got me that $600 card for this camera:D ( i about flipped when they told me how much the best card was for it...$600:p dayu,mmmm)

gibson400ex

12-19-2003, 12:27 PM

Pappy i read somewhere you were gonan build or you are building a blaster/400ex??? if you are do you have pcis of it??? or if you are building one will you sell it after??? I really want to buy oen for Mx next year!

Pappy

12-19-2003, 12:36 PM

im just powdercoating it. it is supposed to be a christmas present for a very close friends daughter. he even made the removable clutch cover say her name on it:p it should be pretty trick. ill be sure to get alot of pics and hopefully they will have it ready for her at christmas if all the parts arrive

gibson400ex

12-19-2003, 12:37 PM

nice i think im gonna build one or buy a trick 400ex with everythign aftermarket and build it outta that. ya post soem pics when done so i will have some ideas...

400EXrider#91

12-19-2003, 12:46 PM

i know why you bought that new high tech camara, you want a high qaulity pictures of you jumping my backyard jump:devil:

Pappy

12-19-2003, 03:43 PM

first pic from the new camera. i like it ...pretty hard to figure all these bells and whistles!!!

KASCHAK

12-19-2003, 05:09 PM

hey ive seen that kid at the bar!! lol jk. nice pictures. i bet there really sweet when you print them out. lol now you need a 30000$ printer!!

Pappy

12-19-2003, 05:11 PM

i wish i had gotten home a bit earlier so some daylight was still around. looks like the flash is dead on with no red eye and equal color balance

Pappy

12-19-2003, 05:14 PM

the kids won a 3 foot tall candy cane saturday:eek2: i geuss ill get my hammer and zawsall out so they can eat it:p

Quadfather

12-19-2003, 07:25 PM

here's my Xmas present, from me, to me.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/pff5f28302d34fde990d8e3801b551c03/fa432348.jpg

Pappy

12-19-2003, 07:27 PM

is that a sign of old age or just the need to hit 4wd and rip chit up:devil: congrats!!! now go get it muddy:D

Quadfather

12-19-2003, 07:45 PM

A little of both. Everyone was showing up at deer camp this year with new quads, and I got the bug. The Kodiak was getting beat up from being my loaner quad.

Pappy

12-20-2003, 07:05 AM

tested out the new unit with a few of my lenses today. only bug so far is that continuous focus doesnt like to work fast enough at 400mm focal length....and that leads to a blurry pic:grr: :p

Pappy

12-20-2003, 07:10 AM

it worked a bit better when the subject had a bit more light in the focus area(and cody aint as fast as the dog...lmao)

Pappy

12-20-2003, 07:11 AM

switching to the 80 - 200 lens did the trick with the focus and color balance

Pappy

12-20-2003, 07:12 AM

what a ham:p

Pappy

12-20-2003, 07:14 AM

sorry for the dog pics but he was the only one awake with me at daylight. as you can see he is easy to feed:devil:

popo

12-20-2003, 07:15 AM

Originally posted by Pappy
tested out the new unit with a few of my lenses today. only bug so far is that continuous focus doesnt like to work fast enough at 400mm focal length....and that leads to a blurry pic:grr: :p

Yikes, my wife looks like that in the morning when she wakes up.:eek:

p.s. "God please don't let wife read this post" or I get a whooo-pish....

Pappy

12-20-2003, 07:19 AM

i would have stayed in photography if digital was out 10 years ago

Pappy

12-20-2003, 07:23 AM

actually the camera is doing great...one of the hardest subjects to expose is black on white background

dirtmomma

12-20-2003, 08:40 AM

Originally posted by Pappy
tested out the new unit with a few of my lenses today. only bug so far is that continuous focus doesnt like to work fast enough at 400mm focal length....and that leads to a blurry pic:grr: :p

HAPPY DOG HAPPY DOG HAPPY DOG
LMFAO He looks like CUJO!!!! I'm sure he's a pal though ;)

Pappy

12-20-2003, 08:44 AM

lol..yeah that pic makes him look damn right mean...but he isnt unless i tell him to be :devil: hard headed thats for sure.

AlaskaSpeed

12-20-2003, 09:43 AM

Damn, Kenny...I might have found my next digital camera....JIM

PHAT400

12-20-2003, 09:51 AM

Man, that's so sweet..... :eek2: great pix.

Z400central

12-20-2003, 10:22 AM

Pappy,

What settings are you using on the camera? those inside pictures are WAY to dark, especially with the onboard flash from the d100. Also, what do you have the internal settings set to? Put it on auto and start from there.

Also, have you been to www.dpreview.com yet? They have a excellent forum!

Take care! Its a great camera once you get it to work right.

Pappy

12-20-2003, 10:27 AM

yeah the inside pics i let the camera have full control. it sets the iso to 200. i use manly in full manual (put some of my schoolin to work) the outside pictures i will set up depending on the lighting and what depth of field i want to achieve. camera technology has come so far that a first timer can go on full auto and get awesome results.

once i get comfortable with the controls ill play more. i like being able to change every variable with the digital like i could on my 35mm.

Ralph

12-20-2003, 11:15 AM

Originally posted by Pappy
yeah the inside pics i let the camera have full control. it sets the iso to 200. i use manly in full manual (put some of my schoolin to work) the outside pictures i will set up depending on the lighting and what depth of field i want to achieve. camera technology has come so far that a first timer can go on full auto and get awesome results.

once i get comfortable with the controls ill play more. i like being able to change every variable with the digital like i could on my 35mm.

im acutaly taking photography right now in school and it takes me forever to setup a shot. meter it, adjust aperature, sometimes change the shutter... PETA... im getting a 97% in it though

12-20-2003, 11:21 AM

Chanman420q

12-20-2003, 11:47 AM

Originally posted by dirtmomma
HAPPY DOG HAPPY DOG HAPPY DOG
LMFAO He looks like CUJO!!!! I'm sure he's a pal though ;)

LOL! i was thinking that too when i was clickin threw the pages:p

nice camera... especially that last one were ur talking about the black on white. I thought my kodak DC290 Zoom was hot stuff. lol

Pappy

12-20-2003, 11:48 AM

Originally posted by Ralph
im acutaly taking photography right now in school and it takes me forever to setup a shot. meter it, adjust aperature, sometimes change the shutter... PETA... im getting a 97% in it though

hopefully they are teaching you on a full manual 35mm. todays TTL are damn near spot on but in certain situations they just wont get the metering correct.

i cheat...i use a handheld light meter and usually nail the exposure im after. with action shots TTL 3d matrix metering seems to get the most use unless its dark, then i switch to center weighted.

good pictures have always made me smile...no matter who took them:)

Admin

12-20-2003, 01:46 PM

Here some I took experimenting with my Canon:macho

Admin

12-20-2003, 01:47 PM

Another

Admin

12-20-2003, 01:48 PM

More Ice!!!

Pappy

12-20-2003, 01:50 PM

lol...anything with ice around hee got icemelt thrown on it:grr:

LTandRaptorider

12-20-2003, 03:05 PM

Originally posted by EXriders Admin
More Ice!!!

Now those are some cool pics!

Z400central

12-20-2003, 04:29 PM

To close harlen...Back away a little! :eek2:

Ralph

12-20-2003, 05:02 PM

full adjustable as too, films speed, shutter, aperture, focus. And we also develope our own pics...

Z400central

12-20-2003, 07:56 PM

test

Z400central

12-20-2003, 08:01 PM

test2

Pappy

12-20-2003, 08:13 PM

thanks a ton steve....i can see clearly now. much better screen resolution!!!

DillonTMNT

12-21-2003, 12:11 AM

very nice camera Pappy. I just picked me up a Nikon N70 with a sigma 70-300mm DL Macro Super zoom lense. should be very good. My first good camera. I plan on getting a digital slr camera once the price goes down a bit..:)

-Dillon

Pappy

12-21-2003, 07:20 AM

Originally posted by DillonTMNT
very nice camera Pappy. I just picked me up a Nikon N70 with a sigma 70-300mm DL Macro Super zoom lense. should be very good. My first good camera. I plan on getting a digital slr camera once the price goes down a bit..:)

-Dillon

i have a N70 and love it. it served me well and even to this day it gets the call if 35mm work is needed.