Nikon F70: quality for well under a grand (Nikon F70)

Member Name: gooner pete

Product:	Nikon F70
Date:	01/07/00 (1504 review reads)
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Advantages: good photos, range of modes, compact and strong

Disadvantages: a little fiddly sometimes

I am a relatively keen amateur photographer and had used mid range Pentax SLRs for 20+ years. I was very keen to step up into the higher quality bracket but couldn't afford in excess of £1000 for the higher end Nikon/Canon cameras.

The F70 offers many of the features and most importantly the quality that the professional and semi professional cameras offer.

Exposure reading is oustanding and the auto focus extremely accurate and the options for varying the programmes are also very wide indeed. Technically the quality of my photos has improved enormously - now I just have to improve the creative side!

It does have shortcomings though. It isn't brilliant easy to use which occasionally puts me off trying different options and the autofocus is hesitant in reduced light. A minor niggle - but one which has ruined some photos - is the fact that the built in flash (which is excellent) doesn't pop up on its own. You just get a warning signal in the view finder.

The kit I purchased comprised camera plus 28-80mm, 70-300mm and 50mm (each with skylight filters) for a total of £750.

Highly recommended if you great quality photos and don't mind fiddling about.

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