In the early days of DSLRs, manufacturers faced a dilemma with their pro bodies. Fairly high-resolution sensors were available early on... they had crossed the 5MP threshold at the dawn of the new millennium ...but that level of resolution created an image processing bottleneck that hampered sports and wildlife photographers who tend to shoot bursts at a high frame rate in hopes of capturing the money shot.
So both Canon and Nikon had dual tracks of pro bodies in the early '00s, one that emphasized maximum resolution and the other which accepted lower resolution in exchange for a higher frame rate and bigger image buffer.
For 2003, Nikon released their second generation of high speed sports-oriented pro body, the 4MP D2H, which was capable of shooting at eight frames a second until the buffer was filled. It was joined the following year by the 12MP D2X which only managed five frames per second at full resolution.
This D2H got snagged from Roberts Camera in Indianapolis for just a c-note, along with the battery, charger, a memory card, and a 50mm f/1.8 AF lens.
The pics below were snapped with the excellent Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8 DX zoom lens.
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