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Nikon D70 |
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06/11/04 (1257 review reads) |
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Advantages: Can produce stunning images, Has all the features of a Pro 35mm, Interchangable Nikkor lenes
Disadvantages: Images such good quality, the take up loads of room on your memory card!, im desperate now...Battery life is good - maybe it could be extended??
Digital SLRs (digital cameras with interchangable lenes) have always had superior image quality compared to consumer "pocket" digital cameras. But as Digital SLRs are proffessional cameras they tended to have professional prices to! The D70 is Nikons attempt to make Digital SLRs mroe affordable - and havent they done well!
This camera has a 6.1 megapixel CCD, which by todays digital camera standards is nothing out of the ordinary, yet image quality on the D70 is far superior than any other 6.1 maegapixel point and shoot camera. Part of this is to with the quality lens which can be changed for any other nikon nikkor lens. One major problem with conventional digital cameras is the megapixel myth. In quest to make the cameras smaller the CCD, which recieves light to make up the picture, is made smaller but the megapixel rate is retained and increased. This means that althogh on paper the cameras shold take better pictures they infact dont as the suffer from digital noise. The D70 on the other hand doesnt suffer from this problem, as the camera is a large camera and not aimed to be a "pocket" camera, the CCD can be bigger and therfore take better photos.
As for the quality of the photos, they are stunning - sharp, defined with natural skintones. When zooming into the photos whilst on your computer, pixelation doesnt occur untill you are zoomed in so much you cant make out what you looking at! I watched an episode of the gadget show, where to images of suzi perry were blown up onto the side of a building. One was taken with a professional 35mm camera and the other with a D70. In terms of quality they both had the same level of sharpness and clarity but the D70 exceeded when it came to colour balance and skin tones. So much so that a professional photographer announced that this camera has bridge the gap between film and digital and now digital is firmly ahead in terms of most photographers camera of choice.
What sets this camera apart from most digitals is its professional features. Features such as selectable aperture and shutterspeeds and other features you would expect to find on high end 35mm. Another point where this camera is better than other cameras is the speed at which it saves to the memory card. On previous digital cameras i would take one picture and wait for, what seemed like, 5-15 seconds for it to save to my IBM microdrive. On the D70, which takes photos larger in files size, it is instant - no delay! Highly impressive!
To finish off, a word of warning - these cameras, when i was looking at buying them were very limited in stock as everyone wanted one! If this doesnt say what a good camera this is nothing will! Dont be tempted, if you are made to wait, to buy a Canon 300D - build quality does not reflect the price and neither do the results! It costs the same as a D70, maybe slightly less in some cases, but does not compare to the D70! I believe this is the camera to finally put an end to film cameras! Thanks William Henry Fox Talbot for inventing film cameras, its lasted over 160 years but now its time to change - the D70 us here!
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thespurs - 06/11/04 nice review. this sounds top quality
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