Nikon D70 Digital Camera Reviews

The minute you pick up the new Nikon D70, you'll start believing you're a great photographer. With a solid and well-designed body, intelligently implemented features, speedy performance, and impressive photo quality, this 6-megapixel dSLR delivers an as yet unmatched digital-photography experience for the enthusiast.

• 6.1 effective megapixels
  
• New Nikon DX Format CCD imaging sensor for 3,008 x 2,000-pixel images
  
• New advanced digital image processor to optimize image quality, control auto white balance, auto tone and color control
  
• Accurate white balance regardless of lighting conditions achieved by Nikon's acclaimed 3D Color Matrix Meter with 1,005 pixels
  
• Continuous shooting at 3 frames per second for a continuous burst of up to 144 pictures (The number of continuous shots possible in a single burst may be fewer depending on the type of CF card used)
  
• Immediate power-up has the D70 ready to take pictures before your finger can reach the shutter button
  
• High performance System LSI uses next-generation programming to greatly increase the speed of all processing and writing operations
  
• High-speed, high-precision 5-area AF system
  
• Maximum shutter speed of 1/8,000 sec. for full creative control
  
• Seven new automated Digital Vari-Program selections including Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, and Night Landscape for crisp and vivid results that match the intended shot
  
• New generation color reproduction system offers a choice of three color modes
  
• New JPEG and NEF Combination Filing System enables simultaneous recording of NEF (RAW) and JPEG data for the same shot to optimize and accelerate workflow
  
• Large LCD monitor with user-friendly menus
  
• New AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED zoom lens designed to deliver high performance and outstanding value as a perfect match for the D70
  
• Built-in auto pop-up flash features exclusive i-TTL flash control, fast 1/500 sec. flash sync shutter speed, and supports Nikon's Creative Lighting System
  
• Nikon software bundled
  

Dpreview.com offers an excellent review on the Nikon D70 and detailed pictures of the digital camera are professionally displayed. The review offers information on specifications, body and design, operations and controls, menus, software, lenses, comparisons and photo examples. Webmaster and Editor Phil Askey writes a majority of the reviews. Review was posted in April 2004.

Imaging-resource offers a one page printout to take with you. They offer a technological overview, High Points, Comparison with other models and sample photos. Dave Etchells, the Publisher of the Imaging Resource does most of the digital camera reviews with the help of his "extended" family.

We are sure a lot of Nikon users will have looked to Canon when it released its groundbreaking digital SLR for the masses in the second half of 2003. The dilemma for many Nikon photographers then must surely have been to switch over to Canon and sell off their collection of Nikon optics or wait it out and see what Nikon would come up with eventually. more

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