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iphoto
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 Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:01 am Post subject: Buy or Not Buy - Nikon D70 |
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| I am planning to buy another DSLR. I currently have the Nikon D70. do you think it is worth buying a D70? I am just planning to start to do weddings and only working as an assistant for someone right now. I have seen one photographer and she was using 2 D50's for a wedding. What would you suggest for someone starting up? Would it be wise to just buy another D70 and save for the D200 later in the business? I just would like to see everyone's opinion. |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:09 am Post subject: |
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| Hi iphoto, my first digital camera was a D70. I played around with it and learned my digital lessons. Last year, I upgraded to D200s for wedding and other work. They are a more rugged, the controls for WB & ISO are more accessible, and ISO 100 is available, while it is not on the D70. There are also other features available that are not on the D70. I also found that, in the heat of battle as it were, it was very easy for me to accidentally move the mode wheel on the D70 and find myself in the wrong mode at a critical time. That alone made the decision to move to the D200s a no-brainer for me. But that's me. You and only you know what your budget is and what you want to do. |
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giovanni
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| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| The review for this camera can be found here (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond70/) so go and have a look. |
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Russ Lowe
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:44 am Post subject: |
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Nothing wrong with a D70, but it's image quality does not compare to a D200. Plus the D200 is built better as well. But simply getting a better camera won't make you a better photographer.
Currently, I'm using two Fuji S5's for this year's weddings. I sold my two D200's because the S5 has a lot better High ISO capabilities. I couldn't trust the D200 beyond ISO 800 because of the noise.
The Fuji S5 is basically a D200 body with the Fuji sensor in it. It's not as fast of a camera for burst rate (only 3 FPS vs. 5 FPS on the D200) but it's plenty fast for how I shoot weddings. But often, ceremonies are shot with only ambient light and the high ISO ability is critical at that point. I'll often shoot at ISO 1600 at f 2.8 to get a shot in some churches. If you did that on a D200, you can guarantee you'll have color noise in the image. The S5 blows away the D200 in this area. |
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waffles
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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If I understand right, you have a D70 and are thinking of buying another one? Why would you want two of the same camera?
I'd think that it would be more beneficial to have two different cameras. If possible, two different brands because each brand does everything a bit differently. |
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Russ Lowe
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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| waffles wrote: | If I understand right, you have a D70 and are thinking of buying another one? Why would you want two of the same camera?
I'd think that it would be more beneficial to have two different cameras. If possible, two different brands because each brand does everything a bit differently. |
Actually, two brands of cameras means two workflows as well. Not only that, you would need two sets of lenses too.
If you really want to maximize your equipment for the money, I would recommend you stay with one brand... either Canon or Nikon or whatever. You can go with different camera models within that brand, but stay with the brand. Each brand has it's own camera mount so staying within the brand means you only need to buy one set of lenses for both cameras.
As for workflow, you'll speed that up as well. Canon files are different from Nikon files. If you have to develop a post production workflow for each brand, you'll slow yourself down. Today, we often shoot 1000 or more images per wedding. Can you imagine having to Photoshop enhance this many images and then having to do it two different ways because of the two brands?
I'd advise to stay with one brand but get different cameras if you want within that brand. For me, last year, I shot with two Nikon D200's and a Fuji S3 Pro. Fuji is basically Nikon with their own sensor. So the workflow is very similar.
This year, I'm shooting with two Fuji S5's and a Nikon D70s as a backup. Again, staying within the same brand so that I don't need two sets of lenses and two sets of workflow. |
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theichibun
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 10:26 am Post subject: |
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| I would go ahead and get the other D70. You've already gotten parts, you know how it works, and you won't have to think about which camera will get the better shot. |
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