I've been using a Nikon D100 for a few years now, and it's given me some absolutely amazing results, and I'm really pleased with it. That said, it does have limitations. When I bought it, it was an old(er) bit of kit, already being in some respects superseded by the D70. The D100 had been given a hammering and has done sterling service, having done a good few gigs, the honeymoon, had a pint of beer chucked over it - and that's just off the top of my head. Recently it's been giving some banding, a sign of a possible shutter failure. These things happen. It's regarded as a consumable part. I'd been starting to feel like I'd outgrown the D100 for a while now, specifically being bound by some of the limitations on it (ie the way it talks to the SB800 flash I've got, the number of FPS it can do, the AF areas, etc). I'd been lusting after a D2x for some time, but not been able to justify the outlay. So - when a chap I know mentioned that he was looking to sell his, and the result of lots of overtime sitting in the bank, it seemed like a good opportunity. I'm *really* pleased with it. The amount of fine tuning one can do is breath taking. I took some sample images outside the office at lunchtime, which are up at my photo site. Some of the detail being brought out in the shots is spectacular - the beads of water, as well as what's shown in the background in some of the other photos is - well, as I say. I'm impressed.