Nikon D70 Review out at DPReview.com

a 28 page review of the Nikon D70, Nikon's answer to the Canon Digital Rebel.... I'm only a few pages into it, but so far the Nikon is cleaning up. It's a little more expensive though...

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond70/

I'm sure it's a pretty good camera. Nikon's always made a quality product. But, I think we'll continue to see in the near future that photographer will always stick with their brand, and the interchangable lens features will also support that way of thinking.

I personally own a Canon EOS 10D - and I'm really happy with it. My father shot - and still does - with a 25 year old Nikon - and he loves it. I picked Canon for 2 reasons: I have 3 lenses for my film Canon - and it was pretty much my only choice last summer when I bought it.

It will be interesting to see how much of Nikon's market was lost due to them waiting so long to hit the pro-sumer niche. - Canon has already put out two digital SLRs that are under $2k... this is Nikon's first, to my knowledge.

Yet, isn't it cheaper than the Rebel?

[quote=deker]It's a little more expensive though...[/quote]

The Nikon is $999 without a lens. The Canon is $899 without a lens.

Oh. Wow.

damn it's such a great thing to be american lol - you get all the good stuff - I paid 997 euros - that's like 1200$ for my camera... and in the US it's somewhere around 600$ (was at the time)
when I think about the camera I could have bought with the same money in the US I go crazy!

I talked with a co-worker yesterday who owns the Canon EOS Digital Rebel - takes great photos, he says - however, he's hoping Canon will replace his for him - he is pretty disappointed with the overall construction - I guess all of his openings are taped shut now - battery door, CF card door, etc. only had it since November or December...

Another lesson in "you get what you pay for," perhaps?

Sucks to be in Canada for cameras. Not fun at all lol.

I'm glad you posted this derek, because I was just about to buy the 300D, but I still might :/ but I'll most likely take them both for a test drive before I decide.. that nikon sure has lots of nice features tho.

Well my 5700 died recently due to a water accident, I bought myself the D70. Working / experimenting for about 2 weeks now ... I love it, althou I'm still drowning in all the configurations. IMHO it's better then the 300D, but that's just a personal thingie.

Some quick picture links:
http://www.mirrorshades.be/albums/D70/Insects/002.jpg
http://www.mirrorshades.be/albums/D70/Reptiles/002.jpg
http://www.mirrorshades.be/albums/D70/Reptiles/003.jpg
These are made with Nikons 200mm Micro F4 lens.

http://www.mirrorshades.be/albums/D70/2004_Heidepark/22.jpg
http://www.mirrorshades.be/albums/D70/2004_Heidepark/24.jpg
http://www.mirrorshades.be/albums/D70/2004_Heidepark/27.jpg
http://www.mirrorshades.be/albums/D70/2004_Heidepark/31.jpg
These are made with Nikons 24-120mm VR F3.5-F5.6, a good allrounder.

Remember when buying a camera ... look at the lenses of Nikon / Canon ... see which suits you the best, then buy an appropriate body