Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Digital Cameras & Shooting Techniques => Topic started by: laurent on April 27, 2005, 01:01:31 pm
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I guess i should say that i after having owned a minolta A2 (That was so bad i returned it quicker then you can say Compact flash!).
I get cold feet now when it comes to choose a dslr,i want one,d2x is too much money,is D70 enough?D70s better?should i wait?pixeled confused ,please advices anyone!
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Hey.
Would you say that you get better print vith D70 then you ever did with Film?
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The D70 is a nice camera. I have one also. I've done prints up to 16x20 with it, but the 11x14s seem to look better. 11x14 are no problem, and I'd say 16x20s are doable. With good technique and some up rezing 20x30 is possible. You may get different milage.
The biggest deal about the new D70s that I've heard about is the improved battery life. Lisa - Do you know if the new batteries will fit our cameras?
laurent - If you want to stick with Nikon and don't need huge prints, then the D70 is a great camera. I use mine for some commercial assignments also. My favorite part about the D70 is it feels and operates like a Nikon, if that is important to you. Now do I wish Nikon would take the D2x sensor and technology and drop it into a F100? Yes, but until then the D70 will work as a nice light-weight camera! (Disclaimer: I'll be switching to a D2x shortly.)
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I have used Nikon camera for years now and I love my N90x very much still after 12 years of good use,stil no break down!.having heard Nikon was Updating there digital SLR,I was hoping they would maybe come up with a D90 or something in the range,instead they bring up a D70's!, same size (pixel amount)then D70, bigger screen and only other minors inprovements.
I am so disappointed..
Or should i not?
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The D70 has only been out for about a year, so it's a little early to expect any really major improvement on it, IMO. It's a great camera for the money (I have one). I'm finding that I'm getting better photos out of it than I was getting out of my 35mm film SLR.
Lisa
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Hey.
Would you say that you get better print vith D70 then you ever did with Film?
How big are your print?
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The D70 is a nice camera. I have one also. I've done prints up to 16x20 with it, but the 11x14s seem to look better. 11x14 are no problem, and I'd say 16x20s are doable. With good technique and some up rezing 20x30 is possible. You may get different milage.
Actually, in this case my mileage is pretty much identical!
Would you say that you get better print vith D70 then you ever did with Film?
How big are your print?
At 12"x18", which is the biggest I typically print, I'd say that film and the D70 give about equal print quality. It's tough to do a completely quantitative comparison, though, since their problems are different. The scanned film has better resolution (just plain more pixels), but also more grain (which you don't get with digital). For me, the grain starts to become a factor a little before the resolution does. For smaller print sizes, the D70 wins because of the lack of grain.
Another factor is that I find that, with the D70's in-camera histogram, I'm starting with much better exposures than I typically got with film, which substantially improves the image quality.
The biggest deal about the new D70s that I've heard about is the improved battery life. Lisa - Do you know if the new batteries will fit our cameras?
Sorry, no clue. But I have yet to run my battery down any noticeable amount even with a couple of days of shooting (at my rate, anyway).
Lisa