Any members with the (discont) CP 5000 ?

[Sheila]

Just wondering...

[Sheila]

I must be the only Coolpix 5000 owner here, how sad

[EdMac]

Cheer up, there is at least one other. I have had a Coolpix 5000 for several years. I am one of the ones that paid full price. The 5000 is a great camera especially when you add the 19mm lense adapter.

[Sheila]

Hi Ed, great to hear of another 5000 owner. I've only had mine since last August, paid AUS$2000 for it, so I guess that's near full price. I just bought the wide angle lens but havn't used it yet.
Have you got a gallery of wide angle pics?

[EdMac]

Hi Sheila,
I don't have anything on this forum, yet. Let me look through my stuff, and I will post a few.

[EdMac]

Hi Sheila,
Here is a picture that I took of our new fire company sub-station. I have been a member of this volunteer fire company for over 32 years, and was on the building committee for this building. I took this on a rainy morning with my Coolpix 5000 and the WC-E68 wide angle lens. We used this picture on tee shirts that we sold during the dedication. I hope that it gives you some idea of the performance of the lens. I am sorry for the interference pattern in the brick. It is caused by processing this picture for the web. It is not in the original.

[Sheila]

Thanks a lot for the pic Ed, that's great.

[EdMac]

Hi Sheila,
Ok, now it's your turn to post a picture with your WC-E68. It really is a great lense. My picture realy does not show all of it's capability. I had to crop that one a bit. The real advantage is the angle of view from the camera. I was able to stand pretty close to the building, and get everything in. Try it, you will like it,

[timg]

Hi Sheila,
I guess this makes 3 CP5000 users here. Like Ed I've had mine 12 months (and paid full price - $3200 here in NZ!!) and am still learning my way around it. I've got the wc68 wide angle, tce3 3X converter and sb50 flash. A fantastic system that far exceeds my limited ability.
Cheers,
Tim.

[Sheila]

Great to hear of someone else with the 5000.
I have seen great shots taken with this camera (not mine) and I just hope I can do it justice one day. It's quite a learning curve when I've never used an SLR.