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Was actually looking for D2X but came across this wonderful example of D1X and picked it up on Ebay UK for 169 pounds only about two months ago. A very skilled and keen private photographer had taken well care of this camera and it came with all original boxing etc... I did not expect more than another nice old Nikon object for my collection - but after trying it out I discovered that this almost vintage digital pro body takes really good pictures. Furthermore one can use almost any old lense just as well as the film camera F4 is able to. having a number of really good pre-AI, AI ans AI-s lenses it was really nice to try them out on a digital body with good results. We have all become so used to shoot and watch the result on PC even within minutes. With F2S and F4 the wait to have film processed and scanned with varying result can sometime be too much. My normal picture making is made on D300S, D90 and/or D80 as it fits the purpose so I became digitalized years ago. D1X delivers color better than all and it is a treat to handle the body in every way. Battery time is low compared to D300S and D90 - but I do not use D1X as primary body. I can only recommend a good condition D1X as extra digital pro line body with hardly no investment. Enjoy...Read full review
This camera has all the functions to take photo's beyond just Program mode. It's a little on the heavy side for most people and you will need large hands to hold the grip. For an old camera this still produces the goods. But you must know something about photography. Have plenty of the battery packs, as they get older so does the charge become less and less. I bought this camera, as an entry level Pro DSLR. If you have the money and don't like a big heavy camera then don't buy this. It's for the NIKON user who LOVES Nikon. The megapixel rating is low by today's standards, and I wouldn't use it for professional "paying" events because of this. I love Nikon, and will go from this camera to the D3, if and when I start using my photo skills to make a living. Right now it's just a camera to have some FUN with. And look Professional.Read full review
Brought D1X as it fitted my budget. I had been given good reports and I thought I would give it a try. I have only had it for a short while so I have not really tested it to full capacity. As I say the "price was right " for that type of camera. I would recommend to a friend if they wanted the same as me otherwise providing that had the funds I would advise them to get the D2X.
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Bought a Nikon and I’m very happy with it so far hopefully to be using it a lot.
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The Nikon D1x is, in my opinion, an outstanding camera. Being a photography teacher I have always liked to have good camera equipment. My Nikon journey has seen me owning the FM2 and FM2n, then the F90x, F4, F5 and my first digital SLR, the mighty D1x. When I pick up a camera I want to feel it, I want to know that I am holding a mechanical work of art and with the D1x you get that. Yes it is a little on the weighty side, but when you consider the build quality it has to be. This was built as a pro camera and has to deal with all the abuse a pro camera receives. For Media photographers this camera is nothing more than a tool for the job, and when you are in a cut throat dog eat dog line of work, then you want to know you have the right equipment to see you through. Pro photographers will not be sourcing these cameras now that the D2x and D3x are on the market, but for an amateur like myself who wants a Ferrari for the price of a fiesta there are some really good examples still out there. I have bought 2 D1x's. My first had a circuit blow from an old studio flash head sending a power surge down the PC chord. A film camera would not have even noticed it, but the electronics of my D1x did and it was not an economic repair as you can now pick up a really good amateur used D1x for £320, as I did. An aesthetically pleasing D1x has almost certainly never seen the front seat of a media photographers car or been up-close-and- personal with the rest of his kit thrown into a bag. Whilst I am sure that mechanically the ex-pro camera would be sound, it's comforting to know that the used camera you buy has been pampered by someone who appreciates the quality of such a beast. The reason for going with the D1x was so that my old collection of Nikon Lenses would still be compatible, as I still use my F90x and my F5 (a D1x with film). All the controls are useable and viewable whilst still looking through the viewfinder. In manual you can change the F-stop dial with one finger and the shutter speed dial with your thumb, or visa versa depending on how you set them up in your preferences. The outstanding Image quality is a combination of the excellent metering, the processor and naturally the lens. I am not one of these overtly fussy people who will find fault with something just for the sake of it and so I view the D1x this way, it looks every inch a quality pro camera, its build quality is second to none, the Images are (if you have any talent in this area) all that you could have hoped for and in to-days market - for less than a new entry level DSLR. IF I am to be totally honest, at my age I would have appreciated a larger LCD playback screen, the eyes not being all they once were, which reminds me there is an adjustment in the viewfinder to compensate for glasses wearers.Read full review
PROS: Built like a tank (cost nearly £4K when it first came out)and very hard to wear out! Autofocus is deadly accurate and faster than many consumer cameras like D70 - viewfinder is also a huge improvement over any consumer Nikon digital that I've looked through (D100, D70 etc). Total lens compatability allowing older AIS or AI manual focus lenses to be used. Very customisable - though it takes a while to learn! Metering is superb, with choice of Matrix, Spot, or Centre-weighted. The 6 megapixel sensor records more detail than you would think, and responds superbly to interpolation when shooting RAW files - producing excellent 10 megapixel images via Nikon Capture 4 or (my choice) Bibble Labs software. Colour is superb (best skin tones I've ever had!) and very film-like. Camera is fast and responsive, with manual focusing being easy and positive (AF focus assist light useful with fast lenses like 105mm F1.8) With AF lenses it's very speedy indeed. Auto fill flash with accessory SB80DX flash unit is relaible and versatile. Shoot RAW for the best from this camera, interpolate to 10MP and the results (in my view) compare very well with current 8 to 10 MP cameras. Ergonomics are superb with vertical shutter release, AF switch and command dial - wonderful for portraiture and studio work in portrait format (which is what I mainly use it for). CONS: D1X is BIG and HEAVY! - not a camera to stick in your pocket....It's also quite noisy, though the weight works well for handholding at slow speeds. Battery technology is a bit old (NiMH) and batteries vary. Some will do 300 shots, some only 200. I always carry a spare battery. Good news is that they go on Ebay for about £18-22. Digital noise on higher ISO settings (above about 500 ISO) is much higher than the latest cameras. However the noise is very linear (unbanded, much like film grain) and software such as Neat Image filters it out really well. Your can get D1X custom noise profiles for Neat Image which work very effectively. If you buy a D1X make sure you get a manual. The camera is very customisable (you can store 4 profiles, each almost a different camera, and switch between them) but you have to read the book! If you're used to an F5 or F100 Nikon film camera you'll find the controls very intuitive - but the Custom Settings Menu is complex and you need the handbook to fully understand what you're setting. Reaction times on playback are a tad slower than the latest cameras (zoom playback, for example, may take 3 or 4 seconds). The D1X was replaced by the D2X in Oct 2003 so it's now an 'obsolete' camera - however this is the second I've bought (I like to work with two bodies with different lenses on each) and I would still recommend it. I rate it for print sizes up to 11" X 14", but I've seen 20" X 16" prints that were superb. The colour and detail are still excellent, and with current prices falling I regard it as a real alternative to the mainstream Nikon consumer cameras - especially if you work cameras hard or have a collection of manual focus lenses.Read full review
I've been 'into' photography for many years and its always been a low-key hobby with the consequential low-price equipment. Personally I could never justify spending £2-3000 on a camera for the amount of use it gets so I would never have bought the Nikon D1X Pro from new. Looking through eBay I had seen a number of these cameras available for sale and clearly they varied considerably in age and condition, not that that was a major problem as the camera has a good pedigree, is built like a tank and if properly cleaned and serviced makes a great secondhand bargain. My joy came in winning an auction for a 'new' ex-display D1X body with buffer upgrade which effectively gave me a new camera for the fraction of the cost of new. The D1X is a solid piece of equipment, heavy - and yet that seems to give it greater stability than the lighter, cheaper cameras that I have used. The menu is easy to get started with, you can be taking pictures in no time at all but with the option of personalising the camera to your own needs. I was able to use all of my old 35mm SLR lenses on the D1X and happily use a manual 500mm Mirror Lens, a new VR lens though does spoil me! An optional DC adapter allows use in a studio setting without worrying about batteries and there is a video out socket if needed. The D1X uses CF media cards (or a 1GB Microdrive) and keeps it 'locked' behind a card door - open one small door to press a button release to access the card! Options for single-shot or continuous shooting gives flexibility of use and the usual options of auto/shutter-priority/aperture-priority are available. Image quality allows saving in jpeg, tiff or raw (NEF), the latter being excellent when used in conjunction with Nikon Capture to manipulate the photos if needed. There are many reviews of the Nikon D1X available on the Internet but if you are looking for a professional quality camera at a budget quality price you could do no worse than keeping an eye out for a good D1X here at eBay - you neve know you might get one 'as new' just like me!Read full review
This camera was £3999 when it was released, I bought mine a few years later for considerably less. Just picked up one from ebay for £250 to use as a second body to replace my Fuji Finepix S2 Pro. Solid build, fast AF even with non AFS or HSM lenses, great low light performance, 10MP RAW output, excellent colour, good card write speeds, weather sealed, Excellent BW jpegs, film like 'grain'. Excellent to ISO800 then noise creeps up a bit. Excellent metering, Excellent recovery of data from shadow areas. Beutiful blues in skies, fantastic skin tones. In fact, talking to D2X photographers you don't get much for a whole lot more cash. The D3 another proposition, but, what I do (wedding, portraits, personal stuff) I don't think I'll benefit much from the D3 either. I don't use high ISO and I don't do action or print larger that A3 so why upgrade. If I feel like making Nikon shareholders even more rich, then, YES. Remember, magazine reviews often run adverts by the same manufactures whoose cameras the publication reviews. You don't think they want to loose advert revenue buy giving a camera a bad review???? Think about it! You're a professional (or amateur for that matter) and buy your new camera. After a few years of satisfied and happy use a new model appears and suddenly your current camera is no good???? Crap! Its all in the mind and marketing hype. If it does the job you've been happy with, why 'upgrade'. Remember, camera manufacturers are there to make money. In this respects the Nikon D1x delivers the goods for a now excellent price. I might even pick up a third. Great colour, sharp, fast, A3 print ready files from RAW. Great results from RAW in Lightroom. I love the camera, i've taken it up mountains, in blizzards, in the rain, in the cold, and it delivers the goods. Great A3 pictures. Buy a few spare batteries and you're good for a couple of days shooting. I've recovered pics that I've accidentely underexposed by two and a half stops with only a slight loss of picture quality. Keep your eye on the histogram for over exposure and you'll be fine. Bad points - NONE. See some of my Nikon D1x pix at www.angryskies.co.ukRead full review
I bought my D1X in February 2008, something like 10 years after it was made, and it's as good as the day it left the factory. It cost me nearly £400, a lot of hard earned money for an old camera, but a lot less than the £4000 it cost new. It fits my hand like a glove, albeit a boxing glove, and once set (usually on aperture priority auto) it is easy to use, producing excellent pictures despite it's 5 or so megapixel rating. It has a crystal clear viewfinder and very rapid response when you squeeze the shutter. Sharpness is as good as it gets, I mostly use a 50mm 1.8 Nikon lens. Colour is natural, it records what you see. Auto Focus is lightening fast. There are lots of extras available at sensible prices on E Bay or Amazon, including the latest VR lenses if you have a shaky hand like me. The only thing I don't like is the average LCD display, but there again those on most other cameras aren't too good either. I just love the thing, it looks good and even better when you achieve that professional wear look around the most frequently used controls, it behaves well, it's designed to last forever, and it takes beautiful photographs that anyone would be proud of.Read full review