Congrats! When I purchased the Nikon Df FX camera in March of 2015, the dealer I purchased my camera from let me know the Df was only taken out of the box to be captured in an image before shipping to me - it had never had a lens attached or any images captured with it (BRAVO!). He had picked up the Nikon Df body to test some lenses back in November 2014 - but decided to use a different body for lens testing instead.

Prior to acquiring the Df, my love for full frame ambient and low-light handheld captures made my Nikon D700 the workhorse. Although a superb camera, the Nikon D800 when released on the market was not a direct design upgrade for my D700 - related to functionality scale-up. Understanding that the Df was not a direct 'numerical' upgrade of the D700, it was in terms of design scale-up. The D700 and Df both were built with the same sensor as the current flagship Nikons at the time (Nikon D3 for the D700, and Nikon D4 for the Df). While being less expensive than these flagship cameras, in the case of the Df, as mentioned, has the same sensor as the Nikon D4 (the D4 was released on the market at around $5,000).

This Nikon DSLR is built like an old school film camera (call it vanity :-), with engraved and knurled solid metal dials, alloy top and bottom plates and capable of taking a real cable release. The design is masterful (in my humble opinion): solid metal dials as well as two electronic command dials like other Nikon DSLRs. This device has been a joy to work with since I purchased it! By the way - the Market price for a new Nikon Df the Spring of 2015 was $2,800 - I acquired this new Df in March 2015 for $2,000.

Have posted the image sent from that dealer before shipping the device to me, followed up by out of the box images and some of the very fist images captured with my Nikon Df.

You are taking me back... When i completed my Freshman year at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, the Summer of '75, I returned home to Northern Jersey. Saw live performances that June in two music genres I love (Miles Davis at the Bottom Line in New York, and Pink Floyd at The Spectrum in Philly - June 11th and 13th respectively) - Have posted a link to one of the songs performed by Pink Floyd at that show... I had a blast when 19... (still having one today )

https://youtu.be/_FrOQC-zEog