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Nikon D70s: Object Of Desire

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Let's Go Digital's preview was terrific. The reviews are also streaming in. The Nikon D70s is another winner for Nikon.

As a Nikon shooter [with a limited budget] this is the digital SLR I want now. I was interested in the Fuji S3 Pro, but the mixed reviews and Fuji's dubious claims that it is a 12-megapixel camera have swayed me back to the company I have stuck with all this time. Is this brand loyalty? Partly.

Several of my friends have switched sides and have bought Canon cameras and lenses. No doubt Canon has stepped all over Nikon in this very competitive field and Nikon response has been slow and rather glib.

The recent controversy that Adobe stirred up over Nikon's encryption of white balance metadata in RAW image files [in essence disabling a photographer's rights to her/his own digital negative] certainly motivated many a serious photographer to move to the Canon camp. I am not sure if this affects Nikon D70 or D70s users as much as it does Nikon D2H users. Regardless, with so much invested in Nikon glass, I just can't justify the jump at this time to Canon or any other camera company.

Ideally, and I do mean that literally, I want the next generation of the Nikon D100 camera line, with better bit depth and among many other things, a vertical grip so that I can comfortably shoot portraits. The D70 and the D70s both don't have a built in vertical grip, though one is available through Harbortronics [currently backordered]. There are some unsubstantiated rumblings that a Nikon D200 is under production. We are talking about Nikon here and their production schedule is historically slow. So, don't hold your breath. The Nikon D70s it is for now until something better comes along in the future.

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Seshu | Editor & Publisher

Seshu | Editor & Publisher

Seshu is an Avon, Connecticut based headshot photographer and family portrait photographer. He edits and publishes Tiffinbox and produces Tiffincast for photographers like you!

Comments

  5. Warjunkie says

    I own the Canon 20D, which IMHO, is a much better camera and more ergonimically designed. I’ve played with both before I settled on Canon. It all comes down to personal choice so I suggest buyers try both to see what fits better to your hands/eyes.

  6. Warjunkie says

    I own the Canon 20D, which IMHO, is a much better camera and more ergonimically designed. I’ve played with both before I settled on Canon. It all comes down to personal choice so I suggest buyers try both to see what fits better to your hands/eyes.

  7. deccanheffalump says

    Think again about buying a Nikon. I bought a D70 and anow find that the battery is one of many recalled by the company as it is likely to blow up. Nikon has replaced batteries of users in the US and Europe with great alacrity. However the local representative and agent says that they have not been supplied with enough batteries to replace defective ones in India.I have been waiting for 5 months ever since I found out about the problem.
    As a Nikon user for the past 20 years I am sorely disappointed with the company.

  8. deccanheffalump says

    Think again about buying a Nikon. I bought a D70 and anow find that the battery is one of many recalled by the company as it is likely to blow up. Nikon has replaced batteries of users in the US and Europe with great alacrity. However the local representative and agent says that they have not been supplied with enough batteries to replace defective ones in India.I have been waiting for 5 months ever since I found out about the problem.
    As a Nikon user for the past 20 years I am sorely disappointed with the company.

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