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Originally Posted by danielf
I'm thinking about the Nikon D50, which is £650 with a lovely looking 18-70 mm lens [...]
(The D50, as I understand is a slightly simpler version of the D70 which gets very good reviews as well, but is 100 odd quid more expensive)
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I was planning on getting the D70, but now Nikon's replaced it with the D70s it's almost impossible to find. A couple of local camera shops (Jessops and London Camera Exchange) each have one left for just under £700, but this site
http://www.camerabox.co.uk/product.asp?ProductID=1229 has the D70s for £724 with the 18-70 lens.
(Scroll over to the right hand side of the page and there's also a useful chart on memory cards and the number of pics you can get on each depending on the MP count eg 160 on a 512MB card for a 6.1 MP camera)
From what I've heard the D50 may have a slightly lower build quality than the D70s, but the hardware is slightly better, the spot meter sensor is wider (thus less accurate) and you don't get as much control over EV compensation (just checking that site you gave, it gives 1EV steps instead of 1/3EV steps. The 70s has more controls (and IMO more control) the 50 appears to be simpler to use, but with less functions.
There again, the 50 has USB 2.0 and uses SD cards, whereas the 70s has USB 1.1 and needs CF cards.
Because I already have Nikon lenses, I'm not looking to change models, so I can't help on that choice, it's just whether to go for the D50 or the D70s!
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Also, I'll need a memory card with it. How many shots can one expect to put on a 512 meg card?
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See above
