The Nikon D70 is a digital single-lens reflex camera, introduced at the 2004 PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show, as Nikon's first affordable consumer-level digital SLR, and a competitor to the Canon EOS 300D. It was succeeded initially by the Nikon D70s and more recently by the Nikon D80 and Nikon D90, announced respectively on August 9, 2006 and August 27, 2008. Like all current Nikon DX DSLRs, the Nikon D70 was manufactured in Ayuthaya, Thail...
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The Nikon D70 is a digital single-lens reflex camera, introduced at the 2004 PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show, as Nikon's first affordable consumer-level digital SLR, and a competitor to the Canon EOS 300D. It was succeeded initially by the Nikon D70s and more recently by the Nikon D80 and Nikon D90, announced respectively on August 9, 2006 and August 27, 2008. Like all current Nikon DX DSLRs, the Nikon D70 was manufactured in Ayuthaya, Thailand.
The D70 features include:
The Nikon D70 has been considered superior to its predecessor, the D100, despite the higher price of the latter. Both the D70 and Canon EOS 300D were ground-breaking with respect to their price/performance ratio. Feelings often run high between advocates of the D70 and those of the 300D; advocates of the 300D point to a lower price, and better sensor technology yielding less noisy iso 1600 images, while advocates of the D70 point to greater control over the operation of the camera, more solid feel of the body...
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