If the DS was $700 it would be a clear winner, but at this price D70 looks better to me. Maybe the price will go down soon.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylwester Pietrzyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 10:40 AM Subject: Re: D70 vs DS > David Zaninovic wrote on 19.11.04 16:18: > > > D70 body is $899 at the Wolf Camera. > > I wonder how does D70 compare to the DS considering that it is at the same > > price. > D70 has much more advanced photographer-oriented features than Ds. Other > main differencies below. > > > Are the Nikon autofocus lenses really that much > > more expensive than Pentax ? > I don't think so, especially better ones. For instance you can have used > Nikkor 80-200/2.8 for about 400 USD. SMC-FA* will be at least 2x more > expensive used :-( > > > What about third party lenses, is there a > > difference in price between third party lens for Nikon and > > for Pentax ?, > No, they should be priced the same, just in case of some of better Sigma > lenses you'll get HSM (ultrasonic) AF drive in Nikon mount for the same > price as in Pentax mount. > > > The only problem with D70 is small viewfinder, can this be fixed somehow ? > I don't think so. VF in D70 is noticably smaller than the one in *istD (and > Ds) but on the other hand it is much brighter and allows displaying of grid > lines on demand without need for buying separate focusing screen. > Both are good choice depending on what you expect from the camera. If you > have a lot of Pentax glass - it makes sense to buy *istDs. If you need big > VF - then get *istDs. If you want very small body - get *istDs. In all other > instances I would suggest D70 as the one having more advanced photographic > features, bigger choice of quality lenses (with optional ultrasonic AF drive > and image stabilisation - VR), nicely dumped and quieter mirror, direct and > much easier access to many settings (like ISO, WB and quality) and better > AF. The last feature was the reason that pushed me to change to dark side > and buy D70 instead of *istD that I owned for 8 months. I don't regret it at > all. Image quality from both is quite similar - D70 delivers sharper images > straight from camera due to quite weak AA filter, but it is prone to moire > effect (in my praktice it happens once for about 500 photos). HTH. > > -- > Best Regards > Sylwek > >
