Nikon D70s Review

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Nikon D70s
3.3 stars
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mrludwik's Review of Nikon D70s

7th Mar 2008

Overall Rating

0.5 stars
  • Value for money
    1 stars
  • Image Quality
    0.5 stars
  • Features
    0.5 stars
  • Time Digital Camera Owned
    Less than a Week
  • Battery Life
    1 stars
  • Ease of Use
    1 stars
Bad Points

The only problem is that I have never owned a SLR camera so he has left me in a difficult position


General Comments

I've been using Nikon for decades and just got a D70 a few months before the announcement of the 20D. I love the 20D, and after using it they are similar cameras, and each is a little better depending on what you want to do. Neither is better on an absolute basis. No one pays me anything for my opinions or sponsors me, I have to go buy stuff the same way you do. If I started from scratch again the D70 would win for me personally since I work in the field in changing conditions and need immediate access to all adjustments and fast flash sync, but everyone's different. If I shot sports or shot a lot of action in extremely low light the 20D would be the winner since it goes to ISO 3,200 and has almost double the frame rate of the D70. Nikon provides these with a direct button. You spin one knob for image size in pixels and the other knob to select quality, which defines the file size or compression level.Canon has no direct setting for image quality; you have to wade through menus. Personally I change quality settings from scene to scene and need direct access. The Canon menus also are impossible to read in direct sunlight. You can change the (set) button to provide direct access to the quality settings if you doodle around with custom settings as explained on page 140 of Canon's the English manual, which I'd strongly suggest.

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