Nikon D70 - every thing I've managed to find on it so far
Having spent way too much time recently reading about the Nikon D70, I want one.
I've read reviews at:
- Mac Digital Photo
- Gizmodo
- digitalreview.ca (less a review and more like a reread of the spec sheet)
- KenRockwell.com (he's in love with it)
- Thom Hogan Update he just posted the review - I like Thom because he does a really good job exposing all the little annoyances.
- Hardware Zone
- Petri Kekkonen - personal experiences
- e-fotografija.com (Spanish? - translated to English)
- Nrfoto Bjrn Rrslett - a Norwegian Nature photographer
- Compact Flash performance - compares the performance of different CF cards.
- Outbackphoto.com an "experience report" not a detailed review
- dpreview.com Phil Askey's review
- Steve's digicam review Only a "first look" - however it was a bit disappointing - he seemed to be just cheerleading. Others have noted limitations of Picture Perfect. Steve just cheered.
- Moose Petersen - quick user report
- Clint Thayer - another quick user report
- Yatish Kumar - an excellent review, not as long as dpreview, but pointed out a few details that I wasn't aware of.
- Imaging-Resource.com - Another good (& exhaustive) review. This one has an excellent section on the flash system (SB-800) and using it wirelessly.
- DCRP Review: Nikon D70 by Jeff Keller - another solid review. Jeff also has some sample shots http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/nikon/d70-review/gallery.shtml
- Dcviews.com - I only scanned it quickly. There doesn't seem to be a ton of new stuff here.
- Mark Ghosh's review from an amateur/ - Short and to the point
Some open questions:
- Is the NEF Compression lossy - as claimed by Thom Hogan? or lossless as claimed by Ken Rockwell? I don't who to believe. In addition Rob Galbraith in his D70 preview said D70's RAW NEFs are only the compressed variety. In both cases, the compression is said to shrink the files 50-60% and is visually lossless but numerically lossy. A conclusive answer http://www.majid.info/mylos/weblog/2004/05/02-1.html - Their lossy!!!
- Does the included Nikon software allow you reprocess the NEF files with, in the same way the camera does after the fact? In other words, if I'm shooting NEF, when I get home can I change the saturation or the white balance? Yes, these things and others can be changed in Nikon Capture.
Too bad the total Canadian price (body, lens, flash, 1GB CF, extra battery & remote are > $3000 Canadian). Maybe if I raid my daughter's university tuition fund. Hmmmmmmm.
BTW as I find more useful info or samples I will update this post.
Interesting comparison by Thom Hogan the D70 with the Canon D300 - they both have their good points. This isn't an attempt to provoke the wrath of Canon owners, they produce great cameras, but 15 years ago I choose Nikon. After accumulating a lot of glass - I couldn't readily switch over.