Nikon D70

www.photo.net will answer all of your questions and then some.

E-Bay has some good deals on camera equipment.

 

http://www.dpreview.com http://www.robgalbraith.com and http://www.steves-digicams.com are goods sites for reviews and forums. dpreview has a D70 specific forum.
D70 sites:
http://www.pbase.com/dlcmh/dslr_links
http://www.bythom.com/nikon.htm
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/

I have had my D70 for a month or so and it is great. Right now is a good time to buy as Nikon has rebates going on http://www.nikonusa.com/fileuploads/specialoffers/specoffers.html

Price wise B&H and Adorama have good prices. Circuit City has a web special for $1195.99 for the kit (regular price is $1299), and then the $100 rebate.

Hope this helps.

 

Well a few things:

I currently own a D70, and I love it. I purchased mine in December and with a little bit of learning am very happy with the camera. There are plenty of deals out there, some with more merit than others. There is one seller on ebay

http://stores.ebay.com/Cameta-Camera_Digital-Cameras-Nikon_W0QQcolZ2QQdirZQ2d1QQftidZ2QQpZ2QQtZkm

that is supposed to be pretty good, however for a purchase of this size I like to have recourse of a local shop. B&H has always been good to me and everyone that I know, and comes with good reviews.

As far as a forum for the D70 -

http://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list&forum=DCForumID86&archive=

The name is goofy, but it is a pretty good resource. It has sections for all the Nikon Cameras, I linked to the D70 one. It suffers from a bit of a repost problem, but that doesn't bother me too much. As a good resource for comparing cameras I usually take a look at (again linked to the D70 review, there are reviews of many cameras):

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Nikon/nikon_d70.asp

Compact Flash Cards differ as well- for a complete reference look at

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6816

I use two Lexar 80x Ultra 1gb cards, they hold about 189 images a piece, and are very fast.

Hope this helps you, like I said, I love my camera, the RAW mode gives you the ability to change many things about the picture in post processing with Photoshop or the included picture project software. Sometime soon I will post a link of the pictures that I took at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit so you can see the output. The kit lens with the D70 is great, and overall a good lens, however, for my needs, a larger telephoto and a smaller prime lens are good to have. It depends on what you use it for, and how serious you are.

As for the D1 series, I have heard great things about them, however they are a good deal more expensive. Also if you are willing to spend the extra money, the D2x is suppoesd to be out fairly soon, and is expected to be leaps and bounds better than the D1 series.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me or email me at [email protected]. Sorry for the length, but hope this helps.


Craig

 

Why did you select this over the Cannon D20? I've been looking to get back into photography and been thinking about the D20 (I let the hobby go when all my equipment was stolen out of my vette). I just use a Cannon G2 now and I've gotten used to framing the shot with the movable LCD screen. Using the viewfinder seems foreign to me now. Anyone know when they are going to incorporate this in the higher end cameras?

 

Some of the 8mp "Prosumer" cameras have the LCD Viewfinder, but a real Digital SLR will never have this because it uses a mirror which in the longrun is much more accurate and provides you with better feedback. The answer is to keep a small Point and Shoot digital for day to day stuff and the Digital SLR(D70, 20D, D1, D2, whatever) for when you want pictures with good quality

Craig

 

First, I meant Canon 20D......... second, I thought they were working on this. I read on DPreview awhile ago that the next gen slr could have it.