Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/01

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Subject: [Leica] OT: D70
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue Jun 1 05:55:54 2004

On 6/1/04 5:33 AM, "Allen Graves" <ahgraves@prodigy.net> wrote:

> Ignoring the little symbols, the D70 is a very capable camera. I
> haven't bought one yet (I'm letting others do the beta testing- Nikon
> has a way of getting electronics out a little early) but I have
> played with one extensively. It's clearly not anyone's dream camera (
> the little symbols are pretty cheesy) but the picture quality and
> ease of use are really nice. Look at
> 
> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond70/
> 
> For a good review. Page 20 has a chart comparing the D70 and D100
> with the Canon digital rebel. Of course, to keep all this on topic,
> you can't use Leica lenses on the D70......
> 
> My dealer has been told that he will not be getting any more D100's.
> He says that Nikon doesn't announce discontinuation of a product
> until the number of cameras already in dealer and distributor hands
> falls below a certain level, but apparently production on it has
> ceased.
> 
> Allen
> 
So get a D101 when it comes out next week. The D70 feels like a toy. Build
quality? Zero.

Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon



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