The method of data transfer would make sense. It's not massively bad at the ISO1600 setting, but if I go through the custom functions to boost ISO 2 stops to 3200 it gets a bit nasty.
I am probably being over critical of the D1. I'd read the reviews and seen the ads back then.....only now comparing the two cameras directly can I really appreciate what a major step that was made going to the D1H variant. The list of improvements made in the D1H is quite long...
Having said all this of course, the D1 still blows away many of the results I've experienced with some of the more modern current compacts on the market boasting 10 megapixel sensors (but obviously by the looks of the results, very primitive basic processing). Maybe I'm just being a little harsh on the D1.
I had thought of going for the D1x variant...and very nearly did (10mp through NX can't be bad for an old 'un). But thinking again about the slower 3fps drive, longer process times/ smaller buffer, and seeing the real life results differences side by side on test pages compared to the lower res' D1H, then thinking of the sort of photos I like to take, and how many heavy crops and/or large prints I actually do, helped the decision.
The D1H I plumped for was at a superb price, I'm pleasantly suprised at the quality from the RAW files, the camera has been well looked after (unlike my D1, which I suspect from the seller ID is ex' MOD).
The majority of film has come out of the kit bag. In it's place there's spare batteries and a charger. Interestingly, they take up the same space as the film did, and are heavier!...maybe I've gone overboard in having six spares for two bodies.....but the nikon EN4 batteries are quite large too!
I'm thoroughly chuffed to bits at entering the 21st century and being dragged kicking and screaming into the digital world.
I'm just a little miffed I can't be out and about more often using it at the mo'!
...and I have a few rolls of film and a few gallons of E6 and C41 chemicals I suspect wont be used for a while....maybe!