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Nikon D70 review
Nikon D70 and Nikon D70s very similar to each other. If you read the review Nikon D70s, then all the same can be attributed to the Nikon D70, with the exception of some small differences.
Main differences Nikon D70s and Nikon D70:
- Different batteries. Nikon D70 uses EN-EL3Have Nikon D70s used EN-EL3a and accordingly different chargers in the delivery kit of the MH-18 and MH-18a. The batteries are interchangeable. Also included with the Nikon D70 was the MS-D70 holder for three CR2 batteries, which was inserted into the camera instead of one EN-EL3 battery. Complete to Nikon D70s such a holder does not go, although Nikon D70s can use it too. It’s a pity, but modern cameras do not have such a simple solution for replacing the battery with batteries, usually for this you need to buy a special booster (bat. Block).
- Nikon D70s can use cable MC-DC1 for remote control. The Nikon D70s has a special connector with a plug for this cable above the 'DC IN' connector.
- Different displays. Nikon D70s use 2-inch display with 130.000 points, While Nikon D70 used 1.8 inch display, also for 130.000 points. This is one of the key differences between these cameras. Accordingly, the cameras have different protective covers - BM-4 for Nikon D70 and BM-5 for Nikon D70s.
- Nikon D70s are 5 grams heavier than Nikon D70 :).
- It is stated that the Nikon D70s has more accurate autofocus. I used the same lens to review the Nikon D70 and Nikon D70s and did not notice any difference in the focus accuracy of both cameras. It is officially stated that with the new firmware for the Nikon D70, automatic focusing works exactly the same as on the Nikon D70s.
- The Nikon D70s has a wider coverage angle.
- Nikon D70 with the first firmware versions has a bug with displaying the number of remaining frames on the memory card during shooting in RAW and RAW + L Basic formats. New firmware eliminates glitch. In Nikon D70s everything is good right away.
- At the cameras different visual design of the menuBut feature set is exactly the same.
- Nikon D70s has a different color of the power lever.
- Nikon D70s was released in April 2005 years, D70 in January 2004 year.
Externally, I could find differences in the cameras only by the display and the plug for the MC-DC1 cable. If you choose between Nikon D70 and D70s, take the camera that has been better preserved to this day :). If you update the Nikon D70 firmware to version 2.0, the Nikon D70 camera will perform 99% like the Nikon D70s. The firmware can be downloaded here.
The Nikon D70 is Nikon's first advanced consumer camera. In my opinion, the D70 is a huge step forward compared to Nikon D100. Nikon D70 uses metering system for the first time exposure with Nikon i-ttl flashes, taught the camera to control other flashes, created an X-sync speed of 1/500 s ( Nikon D100 - 1/180 with D-TTL metering). Nikon D70 is much more pleasant to drive than Nikon D100.
Sample Photos
The image gallery above was shot on a Nikon D70 camera and lens Nikon 50mm 1: 1.8 AF Nikkor (MKII, Nikon JAPAN). All photos are shown without processing.. Large format source photos can be downloaded in the archive here.
You can find many more examples of photos without processing in the following reviews:
- Yongnuo 50mm 1: 1.8 (YN50mm F1.8N)
- Tokina AT-X 340 AF-II
- Sigma AF TELE 1: 5.6 f = 400mm MULTI-COATED APO.
- Tokina AT-X AF 80-400 1: 4.5-5.6 (AT-X 840 AF)
- Nissin Digital MF18 Macro Ring Flash
- Nikon AF Nikkor 28mm 1: 2.8 (MKI)
- Tokina SD 24-70 F2.8 (IF) FX AT-X PRO Aspherical
- SIGMA ZOOM-E AF-E 1: 3.5-4.5 f = 28-70mm MULTI-COATED AUTO FOCUS MACRO
- examples on my second blog here.
- examples in the article here.
- at 500px here.
In these reviews, there are links to download the source RAW (.NEF) and JPEG files.
My recommendations for setting up the camera:
I love to shoot on Nikon D70 in JPEG format. Using the CCD matrix installed in the Nikon D70, you can immediately get a pretty good result. All cameras that use the same matrix can be viewed in the table. here.
To manage the images, I use the manual settings of the main parameters:
- Sharpening - sharpness
- Tone comp. - contrast
- Color Mode - color space (I, III - sRBG, II - ADOBE RGB)
- Saturation - saturation
- Hue adjustment - color shift
- For nature: Shooting Menu -> Optimize Image -> Custom: Sharpening +2, Tone comp .: -1, Color Mode: III, Saturation: +, Hue adjustment: -3. Then select DONE (ready).
- For people (portrait photography): Shooting Menu -> Optimize Image -> Custom: Sharpening +2, Tone comp .: -2, Color Mode I, Saturation: +, Hue adjustment: 0. Then select DONE (ready).
- In this camera, during JPEG shooting, the long exposure noise reduction function is also responsible for the overall noise reduction. I include: Shooting Menu -> Long exp. NR: ON. By enabling this function, you can achieve a cleaner picture even at ISO 200. Important: when shooting with the 'Long exp. NR 'burst speed drops noticeably and amounts to about 1.5 frames per second (instead of the usual 3 fps).
- For shooting in JPEG I use bracketing white balance... Configured like this: CSM Menu -> 12 BKT set: WB bracketing. Bracketing included by pressing a button BKT left of the viewfinder eyepiece. Holding down the button BKT with the front selector (under the index finger) you need to select the value -2F 3 (bracketing with a shift of 3 units, 2 pictures are taken). Turns on bracketing by turning the front selector (under the thumb), while BKT appears on the monochrome display. White balance I set to AUTO mode with a correction of -3. Thus, using bracketing, you can get automatic white balance with a shift of -6 and -3 units (to create warm colors). During one shutter release, 2 files with different white balance will be recorded. I choose the order of bracketing from smallest to largest: SM Menu -> 13 BKT order: Under-> MTR-> OVER. I usually take a -6 shot, which is the first in a series of two shots. As practice has shown, almost always the picture with the warmest shade is the most successful.
- I always try to shoot at ISO 200. The quality of my images is always either 'JPEG FINE L' or RAW. Unfortunately Nikon D70 does not shoot in RAW + JPEG L FINE format (RAW + JPEG L BASIC only).
- When shooting, I always use matrix metering exposure (Turned on by the button near the shutter button).
- I always use creative exposure control modes for shooting P, A, S, M.
- For focusing, I use focus tracking mode: CSM Menu -> 02 Autofocus: AF-C, and one focus point: CSM Menu -> 03 AF-area mode: Single Area. The desired focus point is selected with the joystick.
- To access the extended menu, follow: SET UP -> CSM menu -> detailed.
- Before a new shoot, I always perform quick formatting of the memory card by simultaneously pressing the burst button (to the left of JVI with the inscription Format) and buttons for turning on the backlight of the additional monochrome display (with the inscription Format). To confirm formatting, press this combination twice.
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Nikon D70 - first advanced amateur camera Nikon. Morally outdated. Now the Nikon D70 is interesting mainly for its modest price for the used version, built-in motor focusing, minimal shutter speed shutter (1/8000 s), possibility remote flash controlshort shutter speed synchronization with the flash (1/500 s), and good control of the camera itself. Of the serious drawbacks: the lack of a Russian-language menu, a very small display and a small ISO range.
If don't know which camera and lens to choose, then my article will help with this - Which Nikon amateur DSLR camera and lens to choose?
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I successfully purchased one on E bay last year. Shot around 1200 approximately. Mastering little by little. For training a novice photographer, I think it's better not.
Only it seems to me that the frames are underexposed? If yes, then sorry, I'm looking from the phone :)
this is on-camera jpeg with settings of 0, that is, the picture is actually like raw raw ...
Underexposure and jpeg settings are slightly different things.
I think you turned to the weather component of the pictures :)
even the dog is sad because there is no sun)
And in my opinion, just right, the purely autumn microclimate in the photographs is gloomy just like in reality
Good afternoon, Arkady! who will tell you if not you :) there are Soviet and a couple of high-aperture Zeiss lenses, aimed at manual shooting (not commercial). The priority is the exposure meter working with manuals, a screwdriver, autofocus. I'm not a fan of Dandelion, and I don't chase megapixels, speed, screen, ergonomics, Live View, etc. on board will not be superfluous :) Interested in used. option, up to $ 300.
Canon 450D; Canon 1000D; Nikon - D200.
Thanks for the advice. And personally to you Arkady for what you are doing.
P.S.Your blog and recommendations gave me inspiration for photography.
As a bonus, I can give a review of Nikon V1. write to the email.
Tse really scho D70 can not install a booster?
Yes, truth.
The appearance of the menus and autofocus is treated by updating the firmware to version 2.00. In short, you can upgrade to D70s a bit for free. Of course, the little screen is just horror. When viewing, it takes the image to the area of cold shades, and the auto WB also sometimes suffers from this, so sometimes you have to make a WB correction somewhere by -1 -2. But the minimum shutter speed of 1/8000 is really a godsend. The shutter sound is very pleasant. Such a shutter would be used for more recent cameras ... The matrix is quite normal, if you don't drive ISO up to 800.
A good option to chop nuts.
You can stab your head.
You don't need to write nonsense here ...
unsubscribe as a happy owner) I have this camera for about a year and it was on it that I mastered the basics of photography. camera of impressive size and weight. d3100 and 5100 - fluff compared to it. why am I? to the fact that having 3100 and d70, as well as using 5100, I still continue to shoot d70. cause? picture and ergonomics. here in this chamber everything is CONVENIENTLY done. the shooting process is fun. the only thing is the screen ...
Yes, the camera is outdated, but it does not detract from its merits.
Regards, Alexey
Good day, Arkady. I’ve been reading your articles for a long time and I can’t get enough :) I have a question for you which camera can be purchased in addition to the D5100. That considered the option D70. attracted by the fact that there is the possibility of remote control of flashes, a screwdriver and shutter speed of 1/8000 s.
Arkady, I have been reading your reviews for several years, everything was determined with a camera, more precisely, with religion. Finally, I saved up money for a DSLR and settled on this model, the D70. Everyone says that you can't imagine better for a beginner (I'm switching from a Canon A class soap dish). So here is the essence of my question: I came across such an ad - Camera NikonD70 / mileage 7000, 2 batteries, 2 memory cards, 2 Photo lenses: Nikkor AF 18-70, Nikkor AF 70-300, SB-80DX flash, charger, documents / everything, ideally ... 750 USD Is this ok for such a kit or can you ask for a small discount? A bit expensive for me.
Very expensive, d70s kit, with a bag filter, a card with a mileage of less than 5000, for $ 50
Date of publication of the question does not bother :-)?
I also purchased this model as my first training DSLR. I was very pleased with the price (a carcass for $ 150 is not at all expensive, I think), as well as a screwdriver for autofocus. The device sits very nicely in the hand and has a solid weight and size, which is very pleasant for me. Again, I will repeat myself and say that the screen is not at all chic ... but since this device is already a little advanced, it turned out to be much more convenient for me to work and operate than modern entry-level DSLRs.
Arkady, thanks for your work.
Thank you so much for your work Arkady !!! I gathered a lot of information from your blog. This is perhaps the only site on the network with such content. And I write here why. I bought d70 father-in-law recently. At the very D90. I decided to change. I really like DD at 70. Of course, fuji s5 is better, but I don’t have it.
Good day Arkady. Here advise, I decided to buy a d70 bu but with an x 1870 ed lens, if I’m not mistaken, they ask for 7500 rubles. I can say an amateur, but I want to start with something like that and do not bathe at least a year. If you can answer to. Regards Alex
Please advise what is better to take D50 or D70? price and condition are about the same. Thanks in advance!
Of course D70!
D50 is noticeably weaker, but you won’t save money on it ..
Please tell me what is the best way to get the Nikon D70?
more beautiful
It’s more beautiful to buy an active Nikon d70 or else my 18-70mm breaks down? Please tell me.
Hello.
I am faced with the choice to buy the first mirror fotik from used so that a) it would be inexpensive b) to learn how to work with it c) attach a 9M wave lens (it worked well at the zenith, I clicked on excellent shots)
I will mainly shoot macro and sometimes landscapes.
I stand on the choice of D60, D80 and I still read D70 (at a price of +/- 115-130 cu in the secondary market), some instances will be higher but there because of additional lotions.
As a pro Nikonov, advise something to the young fighter.
ATP in advance for advice
For Oleg.
As the owner of 3 Nikonovs (D70, D200, D300s), I can advise you to choose between D80 and D200, the D70 has a very small display, it is difficult to see anything on it. On the other hand, there was no display at all on the Zenith, and the frames were quite decent, especially on the 19th. Exposure metering with manual optics will work on the D200, while on the D80, D70 and D60, respectively, it will not. In addition, the D70, D80, D200 have a built-in focusing motor (the so-called “screwdriver”), which allows great savings on “motorless” optics, which is more than enough for Nikon in the secondary market. On D70, some of my “favorite” old manual glasses do not become, namely Helios 81H (85th year of manufacture) and Jupiter 37A. In other words, I would arrange priorities as follows: D200 (For professionalism, by a large margin from the next!), D80 (for the picture quality and ease of use), D70 (for the price, weight and reliability), D60 (well, quite an amateur!). All of the above is my personal subjective opinion, the author of this site has all the listed models in sufficient detail and objectively described in the relevant reviews. The final choice, of course, is yours! I would be glad if my advice is useful!
Hello dear participants, does it make sense to exchange a Nikon D70 with a Tamron 17-50 ft 2,8 for a Canon 450d with a whale lens?
those. I have a canon 450d I want to exchange without surcharge
I don’t see much point.
ATP, for the answer, but my boot got a little tired, and Nikon seemed to have snapped it off with a box and the glass was better, I’m thinking about buying a d1756 as an appendage, and I’ll probably sell this one, it’s more expensive than my camera it’s worth, and it also survived for 3100 s + and that’s a beckoning thing for me))) and with the CCD matrix, as I was dealing with, the D5 was, in principle, particularly pleased with the color rendition, but there went a red band when pulled up from ISO 40 and above , so I sold it while she was alive))) ATP, for the answer again, tomorrow for the last time
Enter sniffed without noticing, so tomorrow I’ll look at him for the last time and maybe change my mind))) a d3100 in Almaty for 16 thousand tenge i.e. 4692,08 rubles., 1803,84 hryvnias can be found, but + is its weight and dimensions, a screwdriver, 1/8000 in general, yes, how can I unsubscribe tomorrow))) thanks
Those. I have a canon with a whale
If kanon kills, and seventy is newer - then why not ??
and seventy is a very good machine from the old.
Ok, now I’m going after him, but there’s a little less detector, in general I’m going, I think I will like this unit))))))
All the same, I did a barter, it seemed to be pleasant (but I still have 9 days for tests and then if I change something back) the result also seems to have processed a couple of pictures, it seems like nothing is the first day so far))).
;))
Great camera. Recently I took it, almost new, I have never regretted it. It seems that he does not have yellowness and gray greens from the new Nikon FF models.
Duc, he has the same SSD matrix! there is no such thing ..
kooky with flowers, shades, skin tones and other hemorrhages began precisely during the transition from SSD to CMOK (for the sake of higher working ISO, less heating and consumption of matrices and video),
I made about 3 thousand pictures in a week. Amazingly accurate BB and exposure. Even more precisely than the D610, it seems to me.
I have never received a glare on the skin of people! And in general I did not notice the flare. In any weather. I can’t understand why the D610 is so tight with this.
It is clear that all the pictures were outdoors or outdoors, in the afternoon.
SSD matrix ..
CICC works in a slightly different way with lights.
I shoot on an old rattling Nikon 28-80mm f / 3.3-5.6, with a pokotsany front lens.
This is the theme of crying about the sharpness of some and the soapiness of other lenses.
Hello! I installed a Helios 70-44 lens on the Nikon d2, but my camera only works with it in M mode and without a flash. Tell me, is this the norm or should I choose another lens?
Thank you in advance :)
We drag that d70 and does not have an exposure metering with any manual lenses. So - only in m mode both the device and the flash.
Yes, it is normal. The flash can work, but also only in fully manual mode.
Read the article “working with manual optics”.
2500 UAH for carcass d70s relevant? or is it better to look for kenon d40?
This is the normal price for such an apparatus, I would take it.
And with the system - it's up to you to decide. It is useless to argue on this topic.
Good fotik. 6 megapixels is too small for me. ISO above 600 looks bad in noise ...
Interestingly, are you printing photos on the format of a 9-story building? Or just looking at the screen pixel by pixel? Iso yes is noisy but not at 600 and not 800; And even if the head and hands are in place, the editors can fix everything. So the mat part should be practiced.