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 11/08/2007 03:38:57 PM · #1
woohooooo!
doing the happy dance!

How long does the battery take to charge? Now I'm waiting again!

I have a friend sending an extra battery home with hubby tomorrow morning. I'll have 2 batteries for our camping trip this weekend.

This this camera is HUGE! Going to feel like I'm carrying a monster for a while.

I even went out and bought a new camera bag. Will add a lens a month- only 2 more I really want to get before Christmas but hubby told me to pick one.
11/08/2007 03:41:28 PM · #2
Congrats!!!! It's always fun to get the new stuff.
 11/08/2007 03:47:30 PM · #3
woohoo! congratulations, and hope you get a BUNCH of shots you like this weekend! Be sure to post your new works next week, k?
 11/08/2007 03:47:36 PM · #4
congratulations, you will love this beast :) btw the battery only takes a few hours to charge.
 11/08/2007 03:49:34 PM · #5
Originally posted by Shadowi6:
congratulations, you will love this beast :) btw the battery only takes a few hours to charge.


Nah, you're wrong. It takes at least three days. [huge grin]

Congratulations!
 11/08/2007 03:58:53 PM · #6
Lucky you! Hope you share some of the results.
 11/08/2007 04:20:08 PM · #7
Congratulations but at the same time sooo sad for the Olympus EVolt500.
 11/08/2007 04:44:09 PM · #8
you won't like it ;-p
 11/08/2007 04:56:22 PM · #9
Originally posted by NstiG8tr:
you won't like it ;-p


you're right she'll love it!!! ;p

now whens that d300 coming out again??? lol Patience...
 11/08/2007 05:09:53 PM · #10
congrats on the new equipment, and have fun this weekend!!

I am patiently awaiting my pre-ordered 300. Ok, not patiently, but ya know I gotta try to look patient :)

I am heading out of the house here in a few minutes to pick up my 70-200 2.8. My daughter is playing in a state soccer tourney Saturday and I can't wait to play with the lens!
 11/08/2007 05:22:20 PM · #11
You will love the camera. Keep your eye on your 18-200mm lense it is prone to zoom creep although it is a wonderful lense for what it can do.

Best of luck with your trip and post lots of photos when you get back.

BTW I don't know what you are using for memory but I have found the SanDisk Extreme IV to be well worth its salt. It has no trouble what-so-ever keeping up to our camera speed.

Hope you enjoy your new camera.

MAX!

Message edited by author 2007-11-08 17:24:41.
 11/08/2007 05:24:00 PM · #12
Originally posted by picturesbykim:
congrats on the new equipment, and have fun this weekend!!

I am patiently awaiting my pre-ordered 300. Ok, not patiently, but ya know I gotta try to look patient :)

I am heading out of the house here in a few minutes to pick up my 70-200 2.8. My daughter is playing in a state soccer tourney Saturday and I can't wait to play with the lens!


You are going to LOVE,LOVE,LOVE this lense it is SAWEEEEEET!!!
 11/08/2007 05:28:43 PM · #13
man my hubby never tells me to pick up a new lens - you got a keeper there ;}

have fun !


11/08/2007 05:30:53 PM · #14
The battery is charged. Now I need a textbook to figure out how to set everything. My Olympus I had down to a science- took me a good 3 months to remember it all. Everything was pretty much written out for me ON the camera. This so much different.

So after my daughter goes to bed tonight I'm going to go through the manual. Hubby has duty tonight so I have the whole night to mess around with it with in peace.

Thanks for the heads up on the lens Quigly. Had I read everything you'd written about it before I ordered it last week, I probably would have gone with something else. I had posted asking about it, but quite a few loved it. I'll be buying another lens next month hopefully so I'll probably be posting to ask what to get again.
 11/08/2007 06:23:14 PM · #15
Congrats on your new setup!

:D

11/08/2007 06:24:32 PM · #16
Awesome, congrats on the new camera, i think you'll love it, also welcome to Nikon ;-)
 11/08/2007 07:27:26 PM · #17
Congrats on the new camera. I am still getting to know mine. It's exciting! Good shooting this weekend.
 11/08/2007 07:40:09 PM · #18
If you're talking about the 70-200 2.8 VR, I concur. It's magic. You're never going to put up with a lower-level lens again. It's the only lens I've used where 100% crops are still sharp.
 11/08/2007 07:42:58 PM · #19
Originally posted by missinseattle:
The battery is charged. Now I need a textbook to figure out how to set everything. My Olympus I had down to a science- took me a good 3 months to remember it all. Everything was pretty much written out for me ON the camera. This so much different.

So after my daughter goes to bed tonight I'm going to go through the manual. Hubby has duty tonight so I have the whole night to mess around with it with in peace.

Thanks for the heads up on the lens Quigly. Had I read everything you'd written about it before I ordered it last week, I probably would have gone with something else. I had posted asking about it, but quite a few loved it. I'll be buying another lens next month hopefully so I'll probably be posting to ask what to get again.

i would say do not touch the manual for a little while. Just take the camera and go through every menu and every setting yourself and try them out, do this multiple times. Then after a week of doing that, if you still want to read the manual, do it. Doing this will give you a MUCH better understanding of the camera and how to go through everything. It will also speed up the process of getting everything down to a "science"
 11/08/2007 07:44:12 PM · #20
I love this camera. It's effortless. I can fly through setting changes so easily.

I spend a good buck on it, and haven't had enough for that 18-200mmVR. I'd love to get that for christmas!

This camera needs a power plant!! If you take long exposures like I do, you have to charge that battery every session. But the battery is good for a good 5 hours of continuous shooting in the day.

Enjoy your new machine, congrats.

Message edited by author 2007-11-08 19:45:47.
 11/08/2007 07:44:19 PM · #21
What fun! You'll love it and find it easy to learn. Almost every adjustment you will want to make is availblabe with a button so you seldom need the menu.

Have fun.
 11/08/2007 08:04:19 PM · #22
Enjoy! Are you keeping the Olympus? I hope you LOVE LOVE LOVE the new one. Have a great trip too.
 11/08/2007 09:19:39 PM · #23
I seriously need some help lol. I knew it was going to be a steep learning curve going from an entry level to prosumer, but I am totally lost. I can turn it on, I can take a picture in Auto. I don't want to take pictures in Auto. That's so booooooooooring.

But I'm looking through the manual and I can't figure out how to change the shutter speed or aperture lol.

11/08/2007 09:25:07 PM · #24
Press mode go to "A" Apeture mode or "S" for shutter mode.The letter will show on the display on top. Press shutter release halfway and use dial in front to adjust Aperture.

Message edited by author 2007-11-08 21:25:56.
 11/08/2007 09:55:39 PM · #25
Originally posted by noisemaker:
Originally posted by missinseattle:
The battery is charged. Now I need a textbook to figure out how to set everything. My Olympus I had down to a science- took me a good 3 months to remember it all. Everything was pretty much written out for me ON the camera. This so much different.

So after my daughter goes to bed tonight I'm going to go through the manual. Hubby has duty tonight so I have the whole night to mess around with it with in peace.

Thanks for the heads up on the lens Quigly. Had I read everything you'd written about it before I ordered it last week, I probably would have gone with something else. I had posted asking about it, but quite a few loved it. I'll be buying another lens next month hopefully so I'll probably be posting to ask what to get again.

i would say do not touch the manual for a little while. Just take the camera and go through every menu and every setting yourself and try them out, do this multiple times. Then after a week of doing that, if you still want to read the manual, do it. Doing this will give you a MUCH better understanding of the camera and how to go through everything. It will also speed up the process of getting everything down to a "science"

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