i got one at last

by **British_Bulldog** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:59 am

hi guys..and gals of course

i actually went out today and bought a nikon D40 with the lense kit,a bag,and a 1gb sd card...it now replaces a olympus 2 mega pixal point and shoot.....after being here for a few weeks now and picking up all the tips and looking at all the shows and playing around and doing test shows...i will be putting together a show soon....im going over to see my girlfriend in NY U.S.A in october and going to her sons wedding...and taking the d40 with me....so when i get back i hope to have some great pics to use...i dont expect my first show to be A+ but will look forward to any comments on it so i can progress and correct where i went wrong.....thanks to nannybear for her help and everyone else.....cheers and beers all

thanks Dave

( Nikon d40,psp,adobe photoshop cs2 and cs 3,photoshop elements 5&7 )

by **gpsmikey** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:03 am

Congratulations on the new toy -- a man after my own heart !!

One thing you might want to consider is the expanded ebook on
the D40 by Thom Hogan -- I have the one for my D70s and there is
LOTS of stuff in there not in the regular Nikon users guide and it
is much better written. Very reasonable price.
http://www.bythom.com/

mikey

by **lostdutchman** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:09 am

I think I may have to put one on my Christmas wish list for Santa.

I love my little Canon Powershot, but last week Mikey commented
that one of the reasons he got his Nikon was to get away from the
delay in shutter release on the point-and-shoots. I totally
agree.

Ken

by **gpsmikey** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:27 am

Well, the newer P/S cameras are getting better than the old
3 seconds to power up and 1 second after the shutter release
is pressed, it takes the picture

(but I really do love my
D70s -- got it about this time last year - just looking at the
images, and I noticed I have shot 6693 pictures with it in that
time (I discovered a while back that that number is embedded
in the EXIF info in the picture). That said, I'm not about to
trade my D70 for a P/S

mikey

by **nannybear** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:24 pm

Talk about a Long Distance relationship!! Have fun and we await your show!! Cheers and wine to you :lol:

Jan

by **57Corvette** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:01 pm

Dave
The new Nikon Man .......... way to go.

Bob

by **Lavina Molnar** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:35 pm

Good Luck with your new camera - will look forward to seeing your results once you get a show put together. Enjoy your trip over 'that wide expanse of water'! come October.

Talk of a new camera has me thinking 'will I or won't I?'. No way can I complain about results from my main digi - a now ancient Minolta, but it is SO slow compared to modern digis - many a time it has me pulling my hair out!

Lavina

i got one at last

i got one at last

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