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TurboV
02-26-2009, 02:19 PM
My husband has begun to collect old Nikon bodies for some reason, and just picked this up... a Nikon E2. Nice 1.2 megapixel beast with a strange memory card where we can't find anything to read it, so we view the pictures on our TV :lol:

http://gurov.us/shoebox/index.php/1593be2ca7d8c662c5a97c2802162efa/2009-02-25-cameras/_DSC4957.sized.JPG#bottom

http://gurov.us/shoebox/index.php/b910942d0f3acbc93a91a386251efe27/2009-02-25-cameras/_DSC4950.sized.JPG#bottom

http://gurov.us/shoebox/index.php/81e279970756f2160ace982d6c78bd32/2009-02-25-cameras/_DSC4951.sized.JPG#bottom

http://gurov.us/shoebox/index.php/f7a5a6d1a85e256a54244b8b7ed84626/2009-02-25-cameras/_DSC4965.sized.JPG#bottom

http://gurov.us/shoebox/index.php/ec26ede976a0c5a8adfe887f8a495def/2009-02-25-cameras/_DSC4955.sized.JPG#bottom

And for a size comparison, here it is next to a D1
http://gurov.us/shoebox/index.php/4cf81f749bee792a19edd2ca98d578a3/2009-02-25-cameras/_DSC4970.sized.JPG#bottom

Quality is better than some cell phone pictures at least, and has a nice hearty mechanical sound to it. Fun little conversation piece to have sitting around :mrgreen:

Now I'm pressuring my husband to get a D100 so we have all the triple digit Nikon bodies in our collection...
sisforsurfing
02-26-2009, 02:33 PM
That is awesome. At first glance I thought it was an on 120 film camera, but this is way cooler. I like how it has a "Quality" button, just in case you don't want to unleash all 1.2 MP.
Big_Jim
02-26-2009, 03:18 PM
looks like its a PCMCIA card.

This may do the trick if you have an open PCI slot on your motherboard (assuming you're running a pc)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815166013
TurboV
02-26-2009, 03:41 PM
That is awesome. At first glance I thought it was an on 120 film camera, but this is way cooler. I like how it has a "Quality" button, just in case you don't want to unleash all 1.2 MP.

LOL. The card holds 7 pictures at the highest quality level :lol: So sometimes, I suppose the beast needs to get tamed!

looks like its a PCMCIA card.

This may do the trick if you have an open PCI slot on your motherboard (assuming you're running a pc)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815166013

My husband is a computer nerd, so I think he's figuring something out. Or ordered something.. I'm not sure... I kinda go "eee, computers!" and run away and hide. I just know he wasn't getting the card to read yesterday, so he hooked up the camera to the TV because we were so eager to see the pictures the camera could produce.
den9
03-01-2009, 03:07 AM
jesus christ how much did that thing cost new in 94? im guessing 10 grand.

i would of rather use film then that thing.
cszakolczai
03-01-2009, 04:14 AM
^ actually 10 grand I think was close. It was something ridiculously high.
Chris_PA
03-01-2009, 07:19 PM
Do you know where he picked it up from?
jspek
03-01-2009, 07:29 PM
god that thing is ugly. but cool haha.
raceMpower95
03-01-2009, 08:15 PM
I had no clue it was that big. The first few pictures make it look like something point & shoot sized. That's incredible.
Big_Jim
03-02-2009, 11:50 AM
any luck on getting the pics off the card?
TurboV
03-09-2009, 01:28 AM
Do you know where he picked it up from?

Ebay maybe? I have no idea... it just kinda appeared one day... :lol: Kinda like I have clothes that appear... :-p ;)

We haven't tried anything further to get the pictures off, but he made this video of the camera at it's fullest FPS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bwTGqLMJgg which is fun to watch in comparison to my F5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=620e6MQKfr4&feature=channel