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Well, i picked up My new D70 today, and I have to say I'm very impressed!! I've been playing all afternoon! Certainly an improvement from my old P&S, i just need to find something interesting to take some photo's of!
Took a walk this afternoon by the river Nene, but didn't manage to get reaaly good shots, could have done with a telephoto, as i saw a couple of sqiurrels, but they were pretty shy!
I await my certificate for the D70 Clud, 406/simpo two!!
Took a walk this afternoon by the river Nene, but didn't manage to get reaaly good shots, could have done with a telephoto, as i saw a couple of sqiurrels, but they were pretty shy!
I await my certificate for the D70 Clud, 406/simpo two!!
beano500 said:
NUTS! 
I mean, you want nuts not a telephoto lens for squirrels - as anyone from the Holland Park Secret Squirrel Snapper Society will testify....here (note use of 85mm lens - yes I know, technically, it's a telephoto, but you know what I mean!)
hmmm... i'll have to try that approach sometime! the squirrels i saw today were in a forest area, and not in the least bit tame! what sort of nuts work best?
This is the closest i got today @70mm (With the 18-70 D70 kit lens)
Please...Don't laugh!!
edited: i was giving away the "spot the squirrel" competition!
>> Edited by Tall_Paul on Wednesday 18th May 22:39
>> Edited by Tall_Paul on Wednesday 18th May 23:32
GetCarter said:
you should go out tomorrow and buy one.
That's from Chapter 6: Assertive sales techniques
A good if slightly old review: www.dcviews.com/reviews/Nikon-D70/Nikon-D70-review.htm
As far as I am aware the extras are a bigger screen (nice) and an extra wired remote release (also nice, the D70 only has wireless).
However with wireless remotes available for under a tenner on ebay, I can live without the wired version, and whilst I would like the bigger screen, I personally would save the money and spend it on lenses/extras.
Any other updates to the "s" are available as a downloadable firmware update from Nikon I believe.
>> Edited by _dobbo_ on Monday 23 May 10:41
However with wireless remotes available for under a tenner on ebay, I can live without the wired version, and whilst I would like the bigger screen, I personally would save the money and spend it on lenses/extras.
Any other updates to the "s" are available as a downloadable firmware update from Nikon I believe.
>> Edited by _dobbo_ on Monday 23 May 10:41
bossdrew said:
so is this the camera of choice by most of you?...what about the d70s? is it worth having the extra bearing in mind that i am a novice...
I too have just joined the clud.
I have a Panasonic DMC-FZ20 - a cracking camera, but I wanted to move up in terms of quality.
I chose the D70 over the D70S as they price was £250 less with the £100 cashback at the moment, plus new firmware means you get almost all the features of the S (except the larger screen)
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