My Dream Camera

I just got a notice from Wolf Camera (online camera store) ) on their Top 10 selling items.

I'm a Nikon fan and have maintained a pretty decent kit of Nikon gear over the years. I swear by Nikon for its great lenses and camera durability. I was once high up on a crane and dropped my Nikon F2 and lens over 5 stories. I was expecting to find a totally smashed up camera with the lens blown to smitherines. What I recovered was a camera that worked perfectly. The only damage was a small dint in the lens hood. THIS is only one of a hundred reasons I'm a fan.

What I didn't expect in Wolf's Top 10 list, was to see 8 out of 10 Nikons! There was only one Canon and a very unusual item in the 3rd position. In fact my reaction to #3 was quite funny. When I was going down the list I saw this ... "Garmin StreetPilot C330 GPS ." I said to myself "Is this a new kind of camera? Weird name! " When I checked the link, I had a big laugh ... and I'm still wondering why on earth a GPS locator is one of the Top 10 items being sold at a camera store.

The Number 1 seller just happens to be MY DREAM CAMERA, a Nikon D200 Digital SLR Camera with 18-200mm lens. If you'd like an address to send it to, just give me a call!


Are you curious about the list? Here it is

1. Nikon D200 Digital SLR Camera with 18-200mm
2. Nikon D50 Digital SLR w/Quantaray 28-90mm F/3.3-5.6 Lens
3. Garmin StreetPilot C330 GPS
4. Nikon D200 Digital SLR Camera, Body Only
5. Nikon D70s Digital SLR Body Only
6. Nikon D200 Digital SLR Camera with 18-70mm AF-S DX f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED Zoom Lens
7. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT SLR 8-MP Camera w/Canon 18-55mm AF Lens
8. Nikon D2Xs Digital SLR Camera Body
9. Nikon D70s Digital SLR w/18-70MM F3.5-4.5G AF-S DX Lens
10. Who knows! They didn't have a number 10. Glad I'm not the only one who Murphy and his Law visits from time to time!

So I'm surprized that the list is so heavily occupied by Nikon and I'm even more suprized to see that none of the consumer grade cameras show up in the list. I would have thought that cameras in the $200 to $300 range would be selling better than camers in the $1000++++ price range.

What's YOUR dream camera??