SOLID BUILD, SPEED, NIKON LENS'S, 4.5 FRAMES/SEC, SIMILARITY TO F5.IMAGE QUALITY IS OK.

GREEN COLOUR CASTE, DIAGONAL NOISE LINES (WORSE AT HIGHER ISO SETTINGS), NEEDS SB28DX FOR FULL FLASH OPERATION, DIRT ON CCD FILTER.

I BOUGHT THE D1 AFTER FIRST TRYING OUT A 950 AND A 990 AND WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE MAUVE EDGINGS ON THE BORDERS OF AREAS WITH HIGH CONTRAST, THE D1 DOES NOT SUFFER THIS PROBLEM ALBEIT AN EXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE.
EXPOSURE CAN BE A PROBLEM SO I SOMETIMES HAVE TO USE EXP COMP.
I THINK THE CAMERA WILL BE SENT BACK TO NIKON YET AGAIN TO HAVE THE DIAGONAL BANDING PROBLEM SORTED OUT.

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NOT IMPRESSED, I RETURNED MY D1 3 TIMES IN 6 WEEKS BEFORE THE PROBLEMS WITH IT WERE SORTED OUT.

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As a camera, it is one of the best Nikons ever ! it has great features, well built, fast !!! Due to the fact it has a multiplying factor on lenses it was great for me, my telephotos are now more powerful and my macro lenses..wow ! the ability to delete, review coupled with the high speed motor enables me not to "feel bad" about wasting "film" I just select the shots from all the sequences I took and pick the best one ! my photography has improved dramatically. Specially my nature stuff.

The quality of the images leave a lots to be desired, you have do to A LOTS of image processing once you get them in a computer, you must purchase the program to correct all the noise, etc.. (if such a program existed can Nikon just make a patch and post it in internet!). Forget about using flash set to TTL, just use A mode (humm, going back to the past ! with a digital camera !). Color correction sucks.
Would have liked 3-4 megapixels.

if you can, wait. If you can not, the D1 is the best digital camera to buy.

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no support via internet, no upgrades no fixes, no nothing. I deserve better for such expensive machine.

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I have owned Nikon 950 and now own the 990 plus the D1, the photos of the 990 are very good but no SLR. Color correction on the 990 much better, but overall your photos are much better in the D1 due to the versatility of the camera/lenses

Flexibility, fits seamlessly into my existing Nikon system, quality and sturdy feel,

Magenta colour cast in images, LCD screen too close to nose, more pixels would have been nice for such a landmark camera.

Great camera, probably the best SLR I have ever had. Skin tones in the images tend to have a magenta cast which is easily corrected later on. There could be more pixels for such a camera but with quality lenses stuck on the end of the body my A4 prints are indistinguishable from lab prints (using a Canon BJC8200 or other good printer). I think the D1 will be seen as the SLR that converted the masses to digital as no doubt the battle of the camera makers will hot up in the SLR area, bring choice and lower prices to us all.

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Very good. I only had to use them once for the warranty and bearing in mind my D1 had to be sent from here to the UK for repair to the power switch, I think a 15 day turnaround was good. Nikon cleaned the CCD and LCD screen as well as repairing the fault.

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Like my F100
No lag
Well balanced
Accurate color

Less than 3mp
TTL flash less than expected
No zoom in LCD display

WOW. It's flat out FAST. Starts up "right now". No shutter lag, and it autofocuses as fast if not faster than the F100 and in light so low you'd need a flashlight so as not to trip over something. The D30 I have was terrible at autofocusing in anything but bright scenes. The Fuji S1 (friend's camera) has nicer color, but it isn't accurate and that's what really surprised me the most; the D1 color is very very accurate. If you want fake saturation, then boost levels in PS. As far as noise, I see no banding at iso 1600, in fact it is much cleaner than the D30 at 1600 except the D30 still does better at 30 second shots...I rarely do that so no big deal. The SB28 works great in A mode, but TTL yields inconsistent results, so I stick to A mode. I have yet to see magenta, but then again you shouldn't as long as you set your PS color to NTSC (1953). I cannot believe how clean the images are. Scanning Reala and Velvia on the Coolscan and comparing the same size area taken with the D1 (D1 is equivalent to cropping the 35mm slide/neg) was jaw-dropping. I'd like more resolution (who wouldn't?) but the prints scaled up with Genuine Fractals or even just plain old PS are truly film-quality. When I get dyesub prints, I CANNOT tell digital from film except for extreme enlargements; the D1 images have no, none, zero, nada grain at iso 200-400. I'm selling my D30 and EOS lenses to get the D1x sight unseen. I highly recommend the D1!

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The D1 feels like second nature to any Nikon owner. It did not take long at all to figure it out after my F5. Uses Nikkor lenses, great quality, durable.

Flash does not seem to be very accurate in TTL mode, pics are inconsistant with the SB-28DX, which makes me use A mode or play with flash compensation on a lot of indoor shots.

I have wanted this camera since it came out but the price, even for someone with my passion was up there a bit. Now at $4000, it is closer to the reach of some, and it seems well worth it to me so far. I have no need of the extra pixals of the D1-x, so this camera is awesome for me. The pics I print at home are great, and the lab has trouble telling shots from the D1 are digital.

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Nikon is very good, if you ever need them :)

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Nikon's entire line from way back when, Nikon 950, 990, Canon S100, you name it, I have tried it at my store.

Solid construction
Interchangeable lens
Over all features

Most advanced settings are coded and not easy to remember in the field

The Nikon D1 is by far the best digital camera for low light level and scientific imaging tasks.
While its color balance for skin tones/daylight and some flash applications needs adjustment through software, its over all performance using the Nikkor lenses is at the top for most digital imaging applications.

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Good solid body, fast and good battery capasity with Ni-Mh batteries.

Rubber grips on body falls off, no zoom on display, bad autocorection on color balance, have to use computerprogram to get Raw-files, TTL-flash is not working (I use A and M), when on TTL-Flash cord I have to use M on flash anything else doesn´t work and very easy to get dust on recording-brick.

It´s fast, at least faster than the earlier (kodak-nikon) bodies. Other than that I would wait for the new D1, this got to have a decent TTL-flash, zoom on display and a better auto-corection on color.
But as a working horse it`s Ok to work with, when you get used to it...

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very solid camera
virtually no shutter lag
4.5 frames per second
ergonomic

the rubber is peeling off.
the flash algorithm isn't as smart as other nikon products
moire patterns a problem
nikon software sucks

i paid 5000 dollars for this camera. you would think the least nikon could do was fix my rubber outer shell that was falling off. otherwise, this camera is great. it has the largest buffer (to date), the fastest fps (to date), and is the second sharpest for under 5000 dollars. nikon is coming out with the D1x and D1H, both of which should be superior cameras. cna't wait to get my hands on one.

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nps is pretty good. just gotta keep feeding them your CC #, else they won't help

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I'm a theatre phtographer. The D1 revolutionises on-stage theatre photography using cued lighting because of its white-balance adjustment capability and its (excellent) native tungsten setting.

Before the D1, I had to reply on Ektachrome 320T (tunsten) for stage shots, which was not always balanced for real-life stage lighting.

Check out my site at: http://www.frostline.org to see what the D1 can do on the stage.

Nikon software is primitive. Nikon should stick to making cameras and lenses, and should leave software development to some third party.

Wonderful machine: I have not shot a roll of "real" film for more than two years now. In fact, just sold my F5 on eBay......


Can't wait for the D1X.

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Rugged Main Body
Excellent Lenses
Fast Firing Rate
Easy To Use
Quick Focus
Red Focus Points !

Rubber Comes Off
Bias Towards Green
No Interchangable Prisms
Expensive
Software / connection to Mac sucks

The D1 is a good camera up to most tasks, However it is let down by some little things, that just mean it does not cut it as a press and sports photography workhorse. The Canon D2000 has served me better and in worse conditions. However if you don't tend to treat your equipment badly the D1 is for you !

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Nikon will replace almost anthing !

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