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Rickoshea171

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I purchased a used(duh) Nikon D1 for my collection of important digital cameras of the past.
What was your experience with this, Nikon's 1st Pro Digital DSLR? in 1999 2.7mpx was pretty impressive.
Crude by today's standards, even my crop sensor DX camera has a bigger sensor. But I love owning a small yet important piece of innovation.
 
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Blacktop

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Rickoshea171 said:
I purchased a used(duh) Nikon D1 for my collection of important digital cameras of the past.
What was your experience with this, Nikon's 1st Pro Digital DSLR? in 1999 2.7mpx was pretty impressive.
Crude by today's standards, even my crop sensor DX camera has a bigger sensor. But I love owning a small yet important piece of innovation.
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It's a DX camera . Same size sensor
 
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Bill16

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Welcome to our Nikonites family! I have considered collecting Nikon's myself, with the D1X being one of them that I'd get! :)
 
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pforsell

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The menu system is primitive and in single shot mode there's long delay between images as the camera waits that previous file gets to the card before you can shoot the next one. Put it into continuous mode and problem solved.

I still have and use a D1H and two D1X (one with buffer upgrade). Image quality is adequate but the body is much more responsive and ergonomic than the small plastic cameras (D3x00, D5x00 ...) that have much better sensors. I would never trade though.

I had a D2H too but switched back to D1H since the IQ and noise of a D2H was abysmal. It has the worst sensor of any Nikon DSLR, probably worst by anyone ever. D2X fixed all that and I still shoot mine too.

You should shoot with your D1 and not just store it away in a cabinet. You'll love it.

Beware, the full sized pro bodies can be quite addictive. You'll never be satisfied by a half size camera again (better controls, better balance). From this family portrait are missing my second D1X an the newcomer D4S.

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