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Originally Posted by Graham
Pardon me for piggybacking, but...
I'm planning on going fully digital so I'm looking at getting the D70 because I've got a fair amount of money already invested in Nikon lenses for my F601
Were the problems you mention with the D70 just a one-off or is it on all models? I've looked at various reviews and mostly they're positive and don't mention colour problems.
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That's comparing the D70 to the 300D, don't get me wrong, if it had have been the same price as the 300D I'd have bought one like a shot, they're fantastically manufactured, but sample scenic shots taken with a D70 did have more noise than the 300D even if it's barely noticeable it was enough to convince me to save the extra money towards a decent lens. Also, from what I've read Nikon lenses seem to range from cheap and not so good to horrifically expensive with very little middle ground.
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Originally Posted by s1lv3r
A few things have swung me from the 300 to the 350... the vastly better RAW - jpeg processing means that you don't have to use the space hungry RAW if you can live with the very slight quality drop.
Far better continuous shooting (57 frames in 30 secs compared to 15 frames in jpeg for the 300D and 32 to 9 in RAW), battery life and startup time... all of which are very important for me.
I agree with you on the lense though, I will get the body-only option on this one and find a decent sigma probably.
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Ah see I only ever use RAW (then straight into CS2) with a couple of 1 gig Sandisk Ultra III CF cards and the continuous shooting wasn't really a selling point for me. I don't have a problem with startup times, approx. 2 seconds from powering on to ready to shoot and I use a battery grip with 2 batteries but even with one the battery life was fantastic, I've taken the camera out for the last 3 weekends and it's still on full charge.