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Another North Coast Newbie

Postby mark on Fri May 05, 2006 7:30 pm

Hi All

I have been "lurking" the forum for about a month now and have satisfied myself that most of you are a little more warped than me and as such I am sure that i'll fit right in.

Firstly, thank you all for your contributions to this forum, they have helped me so much over the past weeks. You see I had no equiptment at all and needed to aquire some. Not being sure what to get, I can only say that the posts on this forum were a godsend in helping with these decisions.

You should all be congratulated on the tone of your forum and the wealth of knowledge contained within it, very refreshing! :up:

At this stage the most I can hope to bring to the forum is a little bit of encouragement, but hey only having a DSLR in my hands for 3 weeks I'm sure that you'll all excuse me, well at least for 30 days or so. :lol:

Looking forward to meeting some of you soon (O'Reilly's) and becoming a part of your community.

Ps. Pirostich, thanks for the heads up on the forum. :wink:
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Postby avkomp on Fri May 05, 2006 7:52 pm

welcome mark.

hopefully we will see some images soon too.

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Postby stubbsy on Fri May 05, 2006 7:58 pm

Weclome Mark

Care to confess what you wasted your hard earned dollars on after taking advice from here :wink: :D
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Postby blacknstormy on Fri May 05, 2006 8:12 pm

Welcome to the forum Mark :)
I think you'll find when you meet this lot that they are a lot more warped than you give them credit for ;)
Looking forward to seeing your shots, and meeting you eventually.
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Postby mark on Fri May 05, 2006 8:33 pm

stubbsy wrote:Care to confess what you wasted your hard earned dollars on after taking advice from here :wink: :D


After reading and reading and then some more reading, it became obvious to me that at this point I would be the weekest link in the chain so I opted to save some $ now and purchased a D50 with 18-55 kit lens along with the 70-300G. So I have a little left over in the budget and am looking at good glass.

The intention is to buy good glass first and once I am familiar with DSLR's I will upgrade the body. I want a D2x but then who doesn't? Prob. settle for a D200 later this year.
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Postby xerubus on Fri May 05, 2006 8:49 pm

welcome to the forums mate... enjoy your stay

blacknstormy wrote:I think you'll find when you meet this lot that they are a lot more warped than you give them credit for ;)
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very true... :lol:

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Postby mark on Sat May 06, 2006 12:36 am

avkomp wrote:hopefully we will see some images soon too.


blacknstormy wrote:Looking forward to seeing your shots


As requested, here is a sample http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?p=202042#202042
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Postby birddog114 on Sat May 06, 2006 7:49 am

Welcome Mark!
Hope you enjoy of reading and lurking the forum before joining.
There're few folks up in your area, you may soon meet and sharing experiences with them.
Seen your works on another thread! Great stuffs, keep them coming.
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Postby big pix on Sat May 06, 2006 8:14 am

welcome to the forum.........
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Postby Slider on Sat May 06, 2006 9:19 am

Welcome Mark. Must be a good bloke. 8) Look forward to seeing some of your work :D
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Postby CraigVTR on Sat May 06, 2006 10:54 am

Welcome Mark. Yes everyone is good and warped.
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