Portrait Artist Forum - View Single Post

Geary Wootten · 04-21-2004, 11:53 AM

G'mornin Mike,

Back to camera shopping this fine day.

I'm really liking the D-70.........today. <sigh> Lordy I hate fluctuating. However, my fluctuation is now in the range of the ONLY two contenders in this "under a thou" ring. But, for the bucks mentioned, I think the Nikon is SO strong. I mean the ability to have RAW+Jpeg at the same time, even less "shutter lag" than the D100, 1/8000 th shutter speed (over Canon's 1/4000), and the fact that it's got a stainless steel chasis w/graphite wrapped around it makes it pretty hard to not seriously consider the investment. I know, it is a few bucks more than the Canon.....but..... I guess it's especially hard for me to choose, since I've never owned any auto focus lenses. So....all of this will be a MAJOR step up for me.

Any further thoughts from your snooping around this one?

Thanks,
Gear

04-21-2004, 11:53 AM	#5
Geary Wootten Juried Member Joined: Mar 2004 Location: Hanford, CA Posts: 163	D-70 G'mornin Mike, Back to camera shopping this fine day. I'm really liking the D-70.........today. <sigh> Lordy I hate fluctuating. However, my fluctuation is now in the range of the ONLY two contenders in this "under a thou" ring. But, for the bucks mentioned, I think the Nikon is SO strong. I mean the ability to have RAW+Jpeg at the same time, even less "shutter lag" than the D100, 1/8000 th shutter speed (over Canon's 1/4000), and the fact that it's got a stainless steel chasis w/graphite wrapped around it makes it pretty hard to not seriously consider the investment. I know, it is a few bucks more than the Canon.....but..... I guess it's especially hard for me to choose, since I've never owned any auto focus lenses. So....all of this will be a MAJOR step up for me. Any further thoughts from your snooping around this one? Thanks, Gear Last edited by Geary Wootten; 04-21-2004 at 03:16 PM.