BackdoorArts
Senior Member
Bleeding edge, that is.
Did some pondering and cyphering today (just wish it was by a cement pond). There's lots of time for it when you're in a 40 mile funeral procession. With almost $100 in B&H dollars in my account I decided to pull the trigger on a D7100 pre-order. Went back and forth with the Mrs. (I love her to death) on the "What I Want" vs. "What I Need" stuff, and the specs on the new DX camera match the needs almost to a tee, and at less than half the price of the wants of a D800 it just makes plain sense to give this one a go.
I debated on waiting for the first round of these to shake out, but if the timelines of the last 3 releases are anything to measure things by it's going to be 6 months until any real bugs are shaken out, and the truth is that I have some things I want this new second camera for by May, so buying the first batch or in April will likely not make a difference - I'll just cross my fingers and pray there's nothing I need to send it back to Nikon for in the first couple months. The savings over a D800 leaves some $$ in my pocket as well to play with the idea of a nice telephoto as well. That's something I can wait on, and given that my 12 year old Nissan sounds ready to give up the ghost any day now I suspect something with wheels will come first.
So, you have your first official tester registered. I'll just call this my golden easter egg. LOL
Did some pondering and cyphering today (just wish it was by a cement pond). There's lots of time for it when you're in a 40 mile funeral procession. With almost $100 in B&H dollars in my account I decided to pull the trigger on a D7100 pre-order. Went back and forth with the Mrs. (I love her to death) on the "What I Want" vs. "What I Need" stuff, and the specs on the new DX camera match the needs almost to a tee, and at less than half the price of the wants of a D800 it just makes plain sense to give this one a go.
I debated on waiting for the first round of these to shake out, but if the timelines of the last 3 releases are anything to measure things by it's going to be 6 months until any real bugs are shaken out, and the truth is that I have some things I want this new second camera for by May, so buying the first batch or in April will likely not make a difference - I'll just cross my fingers and pray there's nothing I need to send it back to Nikon for in the first couple months. The savings over a D800 leaves some $$ in my pocket as well to play with the idea of a nice telephoto as well. That's something I can wait on, and given that my 12 year old Nissan sounds ready to give up the ghost any day now I suspect something with wheels will come first.
So, you have your first official tester registered. I'll just call this my golden easter egg. LOL