Conversion to Nikon

[Skulker]

I'm not much impressed by all the doom and gloom some people talk about Canon on this site. My view is if they really think what they say on here they would be best going out and using what ever it is they think is so fantastic. It would be a lot less stresfull for them.

Having said that I will soon be a Nikon user. My 1Dx is such a great camera it has taken a picture that won me first prize in a national competition, well its in a national paper anyway , and the first prize is a Nikon.

Well I'll be happily getting the best I can out of that camera now, accepting it for what it is and enjoying my hobby.

 

[distant.star]

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That's rich.

Congratulations on your achievement.

 

[eric]

 

[opelio]

I think neither Canon or Nikon are the prize winner.
YOU are the winner and YOU have done the right click, not the 1DX.

 

[bchernicoff]

POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT!
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[AdamJ]

If it were me, I'd immediately sell the Nikon on Ebay and buy a new lens or two for your 1DX.

 

[JohanCruyff]

POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT!
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+1

 

[NormanBates]

POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT!
</CrowdCheering>

+1

+1

 

[rpt]

POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT!
</CrowdCheering>

+1

+1

What are you waiting for? Post it already!
Congratulations!

 

[Razor2012]

Heh ya, a person can't really make a claim like that without showing the goods.

 

[Skulker]

POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT!
</CrowdCheering>

+1

+1

What are you waiting for? Post it already!
Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone for the positive comments - I was expecting some stick.

Here's the link to the competition. For those not from UK the Telegraph is one of the bigger serious papers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/9677199/The-Big-Picture-photography-competition-round-230.html#

 

[eric]

soooo, you're switching from a 1dx to a point-and-shoot?

someone, please give me the 3 minutes back i spent on this thread -- :-\

 

[westr70]

soooo, you're switching from a 1dx to a point-and-shoot?

someone, please give me the 3 minutes back i spent on this thread -- :-\

+1

 

[Razor2012]

I'm not much impressed by all the doom and gloom some people talk about Canon on this site. My view is if they really think what they say on here they would be best going out and using what ever it is they think is so fantastic. It would be a lot less stresfull for them.

Having said that I will soon be a Nikon user. My 1Dx is such a great camera it has taken a picture that won me first prize in a national competition, well its in a national paper anyway , and the first prize is a Nikon.

Well I'll be happily getting the best I can out of that camera now, accepting it for what it is and enjoying my hobby.

What can you do, haters will always hate. Btw which Nikon did you get? Personally if I were you I'd keep the 1DX unless it was a top-of-the-line Nikon (even then I'd keep it ), but that's your decision to make. Just remember it's the person behind the camera.

 

[westr70]

By the way, nice shot too. Nicely done.

 

[DrDeano]

Congrats on winning! I love the shot.

Back to your regularly scheduled irony....

May want to get a waterproof case for that S9300 if you plan to photograph any more bears in the rain!

 

[etg9]

Great shot. Congratz on winning.

Since you have that nice new Nikon and that junk Canon (I read the forums, I know the DxO scores) if you just don't want that Canon anymore send me a PM and I will take it off your hands. ;-)

//he's not switching
///it's a Nikon P&S

 

[iaind]

Congratulations. Keep the Coolpix in the car. You wont be without a camera while you travel.

 

[insanitybeard]

Thanks to everyone for the positive comments - I was expecting some stick.

Here's the link to the competition. For those not from UK the Telegraph is one of the bigger serious papers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/9677199/The-Big-Picture-photography-competition-round-230.html#

Ha, it lists your location as Shillingford Devon, that's the Shillingford out near Bampton and not Shillingford St George near Exeter I take it? I live in Exeter, not a million miles away!

 

[Warninglabel]

"This week's Big Picture winner – and recipient of a Nikon Coolpix S9300 camera worth £299.99 – is Tom Wielkopolski of Shillingford, Devon, with this image of a "spirit" bear negotiating a log in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada."

Nikon Coolpix S9300? for a 1Dx