nikon digital slr
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- 3wme
I've narrowed it down to getting the d50 or d70s, so anyone know why the d70s worth the extra?
cheers laddies
- SacredPixel0
Canon will always be better go with the 20D from canon. I can tell you many reasons why it's better... but I've always liked the fact that will Canon you don't get interpolation with the lenses... just bottom line... canon is superior.
- XC010
kind of looking at them too but I see the d50 as having an advantage with the SD card
- 3wme0
I've got a lot of nikon 35mm lenses and want to use them on it.
- smith_barry0
Hmmm... I bought the D70 about a year ago and I find it to be a fantastic investment as it takes flawless digital images with incredible detail & colour provided you know how to use the manual SLR...
I do, however, find the Nikon Capture Software to be a bit temperamental and slow, especially when extracting large high-res RAW files...
In that regard, I found using the canon software better when I borrowed the Canon 10D from a mate for a project...
A quandry you are in...
- smith_barry0
Just make sure the 35mm lenses are CPU format so they work with the digital camera for autofocus and light readings...
- 3wme0
you dont have to use the nikon software, do you? sounds a bit pish
- 3wme0
the lenses arent cpu, so manual focus, light meter?
- smith_barry0
Manual focus is fine but I've never used a non-CPU lens with mine so I really coulnd't tell you... you'd prbably find the answers to that on the Nikon website somewhere...
As for the Nikon software... if you are shooting on the RAW NEF setting you have to use the Nikon software to extract them... if you are using any of the other settings, ie. jpeg or tiff then you can simply drag them into Photoshop... but the Nikon software runs REALLY slow, especially on a poxy eMac which is what I am working on now until my new machine shows up at work...
Stupid eMac...
- ********0
d70 has better kit lens, but if you're buying body only. not sure
I love my d70. some prefer it to the 20d because of ease of use in the field
- motokiss0
haha im int eh same boat i wanna buy a new digital cam and its between the nikon and the canon . So with money wise and what not lets hear the pros and cons of the cams you guys have right now!!
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- ********0
i have a 20d and i lent it to a friend who is a die hard nikon fan (film) who wants to go digital. needless to say, he is now selling his nikon stuff and going canon. i am sure the nikon cameras are nice, but my 2 main reasons for buying the 20d over the nikons:
1- no proprietary RAW format. I love the RAW converter in PS.
2- 20d has a metal body as opposed to a lighter 'plastic' feel for the nikons. i like a camera that has some weight, it just feels more natural.
- kyl30
PS will open the raw images with a simple dialog box but I find that there a lot of fine adjustments that you can do in capture before opening in PS. Of course, evetually PS will support native raw editing if CS2 doesn't already.
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- kyl30
interesting article rand.
- 3wme0
canon vs nikon is the new pc vs mac?
- pmbrum0
I don't know what everyone is talking about having to use Nikon Capture to import NEFs. I use a D70, shoot all NEF and have always dragged straight from my CF into PS (CS and CS2). Seamless.
- ********0
I shoot jpeg. I can barely afford the all-consuming vortex of time and disk space digital photography creates as it is
- kyl30
I jusat signed on as beta tester for a product that should make all this raw/jpg/workflow bizness a bit more palettable. more info when the NDA is lifted ;)
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