Aria Stewart ([info]aredridel) wrote,
@ 2008-03-22 15:35:00
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First thoughts on the Nikon D70
I just picked up a Nikon D70 from a friend. It's really nice to be working with a camera and lenses that have apertures somewhat more varied than my Fuji S5200's 4-8, and a bigger sensor to boot. The Nikon sensor is just slightly grainier at ISO 800 than the Fuji is at ISO 100. Apertures as wide as 1.8 on the 50mm lens I'm using are fun!

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[info]rcoder
2008-03-24 05:02 pm UTC (link)
You may be able to print at 10x17" with the output from a D70 (and I certainly have, with great results) but you can't do much cropping if you're targeting that size of output. Aside from the AF and physical build quality, the main different I noticed when I upgraded to a D200 was that I was suddenly free to crop aggressively and maintain high-DPI large-ish print quality.

That being said, there are still things I miss about the D70. It was smaller, lighter, and had noticeably better high-ISO noise characteristics. The latest batch of semi-pro to pro-level Nikons may have finally pushed the bar higher, but for a long time the entry-level 6MP bodies had by far the best high-ISO quality.

As far as glass is concerned, the 24mm f/2.8 and 35mm f/2 are both sweet lenses, too, and relatively inexpensive. I know that I found 50mm to be a bit long for many types of shooting, and a bit short for others, so I eventually settled on the 24mm and 85mm f/1.8 as my standard walkabout kit.

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[info]aredridel
2008-03-24 05:05 pm UTC (link)
The D70 feels so small after hefting the D300 up for a short try when he dropped it off for me. It's such a great form factor for a serious camera. The controls fit my hand in a way not many do. (The cheapo Canon A95 and the Fuji S5200 that I own are the only two that are even vaguely that nice)

I'm a happy girl, that's for sure. I can't wait to find a decent deal on a few more lenses to play with.

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