McNally’s D2x
Posted under: After reading through Joe McNally’s new blog post, one photograph caught my attention.
(c) Joe McNally
This was a loaner camera (provided by Nikon) that he used to cover the Baja 1000. The camera was strapped to a dune buggy for 1000 miles of the trip. This definitely lends me some more confidence when tossing my D2x around. On a side note, Joe McNally is an amazing photographer with loads of great photos on his blog. check those out.
Tags: d2x, Equipment Review
He didn’t say it still worked
quote from the blog “That camera made the entire 1000 miles of the Baja race, clamped to one of the dune buggies, and this is how it came back. Battered, beat up, but still shooting pictures. “
@Jamie, he did. I own one of these, put it through similar stress tests. I still use it in my studio after washing all the crud out with flowing water and a toothbrush. ;P
Would love to see a pic of it under the taps
[...] I like the build quality; I don’t take care of my equipment, everything is abused and D2x can handle the abuse. Also it has native 100 ISO which is very useful in studio. At the same time, the D2x high [...]
THIS IS AWESOME MARKETING FOR NIKON!! Im a Canon guy really but I do have the pleasure of using a D2x, and once Id gotten round the total different in use between my 50d and the d2x i do think I love it…and I have more respect for it now. I doubt my 50d would handle that kind of abuse.