I'm an amateur photographer, and have been using a Nikon N70 for years, getting decent results for race car photography. I'm ready to buy a digital camera, and want to stay with Nikon to use my current lenses. In comparing the D70 and D50, the only difference that bothers me is the 1/8000th setting vs. the 1/4000th setting. I can't tell that much difference between the two in my N70, but wanted to see if anyone had an opinion on this subject before I choose one camera over the other.