"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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You will cause permanent damage to the young lad's eyesight if you take
too
many photos like that.


Ahhh...another expert!!!
1) the flash is not pointed at him. It's wireless and out of his eyeline.
2) The room is bright (200 watts overhead), but he just had his eyes
closed.
The D70 is so damn fast, I got him just as he spotted the lens of the
camera.

Seriously Bob... how do you find that Nikon? I'm looking at buying a new
camera.

CM

Seriously Bob... how do you find that Nikon? I'm looking at buying a new
camera.


Actually, it's quite nice. It's rather large. I find the auto focus system
amazing and manual is also there. Pics are quite sharp with the 18-70 kit lens
and sharper still with primes. I think a lot of people could be very happy with
the kit lens alone. D70 works best out of the auto modes. Viewfinder is not the
brightest, but just fine. There is no vertical grip available. Your old Nikon
lenses will work, but may be manual only...no big deal. ISO performance is very
good...this was taken at ISO 500.

http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/water444.jpg

I really can't say enough good things about the D70. Even the metering is well
done. No shutter lag. Great raw mode and so on. Quite a deal. There is also the
more expensive Canon 20D, with 8mp, but I prefer the D70. The Canon's Cmos
sensor is probably superior when used correctly, but the Canon's kit lens isn't
great.
Feel free to ask more questions....oh, the D70's inherent FL mag is 1.5, so a
50mm lens becomes a 75mm.

RB

"Bobsprit" wrote in message

Feel free to ask more questions....oh, the D70's inherent FL mag is 1.5,
so a
50mm lens becomes a 75mm.

Damned.... that'll screw up my 17mm Fisheye... but would be a boost to my
500mm Cat.

I'm waiting to see the reviews on the Nikon D2X....

CM

http://www.nikondigitalusa.com/main.html?page=d2x

Looks like a possible candidate...

CM