D70...to buy or not?

[arikevin]

I think the D70 has a pentaprism.. (can anyone confirm? Don't own a D70...)

It's pentamirror as stated in D70's preview in DPReview

 

[Ansel]

It's pentamirror, but the effect is not that bad. Still looks the same as a pentaprism. But I think a more important problem is that it is more susceptible to dust.

 

[gooseberry]

If you read the manual that came with the D70, on page 201, halfway down it says the specification for the viewfinder is -

Optical fixed pentaprism.

 

[arikevin]

If you read the manual that came with the D70, on page 201, halfway down it says the specification for the viewfinder is -

Optical fixed pentaprism.

Right. If it's prism, kudos to NIKON!

 

[jOhO]

can't decide? get an s2, it's available for try at spinelli's monday nite 7++ pm too!! :bsmilie: :bsmilie: :bsmilie:

but honestly, an s2 will "lose" to the rest in terms of batt life, shutter black out (or watever u call that), frame rate, until u have a 21" sony screen in front of u to view the colour. :lovegrin: :lovegrin:

ok lar i'll shut up about the s2 liow.. ;p ;p

 

[gadrian]

can't decide? get an s2, it's available for try at spinelli's monday nite 7++ pm too!! :bsmilie: :bsmilie: :bsmilie:

but honestly, an s2 will "lose" to the rest in terms of batt life, shutter black out (or watever u call that), frame rate, until u have a 21" sony screen in front of u to view the colour. :lovegrin: :lovegrin:

ok lar i'll shut up about the s2 liow.. ;p ;p

Or until gadrian calibrates your curves.. hehe..

 

[arikevin]

S2 Pro's colour is out of this world. It's super nice.

 

[jOhO]

Or until gadrian calibrates your curves.. hehe..

ahah standard reply.. ;p

so those pple that dun have the pleasure of knowing u how? they'll have to buy s2 liow. :lovegrin: :bsmilie:

 

[gadrian]

ahah standard reply.. ;p

so those pple that dun have the pleasure of knowing u how? they'll have to buy s2 liow. :lovegrin: :bsmilie:

Come to spinelli's and i will do the custom curves for you..

 

[espn]

OnZ! I'll bring my laptop too! hahh

 

[jOhO]

ok then who's bringing the 21" sony? :sweatsm:

 

[espn]

Who needs a sony or S2? :blah:

 

[gadrian]

Who needs a sony or S2? :blah:

joho.. hehe..

 

[skytower]

Sad to say that D70 cannot support a Vertical Grip.

 

[WideZoom]

Btw is the supplied Nikon software for D70 able to edit the NEF file or we need
to buy Nikon Capture 4.1 software independently?

 

[Ansel]

Btw is the supplied Nikon software for D70 able to edit the NEF file or we need
to buy Nikon Capture 4.1 software independently?

The supplied Picture Project is actually quite good. You can do very simple contrast, brightness, sharpness adjustments, etc, on the original NEF format, in 16-bit. It also installs a plugin that allows you to open NEF files in PS, but albeit in 8 bit mode only. In PS you can do whetever you normally do.

I suggest you play with it first to see if you really need to buy Capture 4.1.

 

[WideZoom]

The supplied Picture Project is actually quite good. You can do very simple contrast, brightness, sharpness adjustments, etc, on the original NEF format, in 16-bit. It also installs a plugin that allows you to open NEF files in PS, but albeit in 8 bit mode only. In PS you can do whetever you normally do.

I suggest you play with it first to see if you really need to buy Capture 4.1.

Thanks for your advise.