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Nikon Gear CameraPorn? Hell Must Have Frozen Over…

No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. What you see above is Nikon gear and a LOT of it, courtesy of a friend (thanks Scott!) who had the whole kit basically sitting in a closet collecting dust. Yes, I know, sacreligious to let this much gear to sit idle, so your friends at CameraPorn have come to the rescue! Kit breakdown after the jump…

• Camera Body: Nikon D1x
• Lenses:
  • AF Fisheye Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8
  • AF Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8
  • AF-S Nikkor 12-24mm f/4
  • AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8
  • AF-S Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8
  • AF-S Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8
  • Noct-Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 Manual
  • PC Micro Nikkor 85mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift
• Accessories:
  • AS-10 TTL Multi-Flash Adapter
  • AS-E900 Multi Flash Adapter
  • Kaiser Optical Flash Trigger
  • Nikon TC-14E 1.4x Teleconverter
  • Nikon TC-20E 2x Teleconverter
  • SB-28 Speedlight
  • SB-28DX Speedlight
  • SC-17 TTL Remote Cord

Thus far, I’ve used the gear walking around casually, and I haven’t even used all the lenses yet! In the coming weeks, I plan to do a lot of shooting, and I’ll let you all know how its working out, but in the meantime, I have some first impressions of the D1x and lenses.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The Nikon D1x

The first thing I should mention is that in camera years, the thing is a grandpa (released in 2001), but don’t tell the D1X! For a 6 year old camera this thing takes surprisingly quality shots. Lets not forget, that back in 2001, this was the flagship on the Nikon line with a 5.74 Megapixel sensor. In 2001, most of us didn’t even have point and shoot digital cameras, and if we did, they were probably kickin out about 2 megapixels, giving you an idea of where this camera stood back then. All this being said, there’s no real point in doing a full review of the camera because the technology today is so much more advanced. After using it a bit more, I’ll probably post a bit about the vast advances in technology this camera lacks. But, so far, its been interesting, and I would venture to say if you picked up this camera with no pre-knowledge, you would be hard-pressed to guess its true age.

The Lenses

If you have ever gotten into the Nikon vs. Canon discussion, the Nikon-heads can’t stop talking about their superior glass. Can i agree with that statement? I don’t think I’m there yet or ever will be. I’d venture to say it would be hard for even the most discerning eye to spot the difference between Canon ‘L’ glass and Nikon Nikkor glass, because optically they are both ridiculous. I will say I’ve been very happy with the Nikon lenses I’ve used thus far. Stay tuned for a look at each of the lenses…