My wallet is now lighter...

[Liz]

First - Congratulations! It looks like you picked a winner according to user reviews! Nice!

I wanted the Rebel from the day it was announced, and have never been disappointed. I decided then that this is THE camera for me. I still get that same excitement every time I use it. So I can only share your excitement with your new D70. Nikonians have waited a long time for this camera, and I'm happy for you!

As far as Elements2.0, it came with the Rebel also. It's a marvelous program with many options, features and I've been able to work with it with ease (which is something for some "technically challenged!").

Have fun - I'm looking forward to seeing your pics. Congratulations again!

Liz

I couldn't take any more wait yesterday so I have just quit the job slightly earlier than usual and picked the D70 that was waiting for me at the store.

Now, to pondarate my initial enthusiasm and get things straigth, I have to specify that the D70 doesnt simply feel slightly lesser than the D100. The fact that the outer body is plastic clearly show up (not as good looking as a Nikon D100, a Canon 10D or the Pentax D *ist for instance). The good new is that while the D70 cannot exactly be called a semi pro grade camera, it is way closer from a semi pro DSLR than a simple consumer grade camera (no offense to any Digital Rebel owners here but the D70 clearly take the lead). The camera feel decently beefy despite it's plastic built and all the controls have a solid feel to them.

Being used to Nikon film SLR's, I was also pleased to notice that the complexity of the D70 is not obvious (for basic shooting that is...). Fancy functions are there in the various menus that seems quite intuitive so far but overall, the D70 operate like any Nikon film SLR.

That being said, I was pleasantly surprised to find a full copy (not simply a trial version) of Photoshop Elements 2.0 with the camera (there was no mention of that anywhere), was that a mistake or a canadian exclusivity? I cant say but I wont complain! lol

More news to come

regards

Seb

[Seb]

Thanks a lot to all of you guy's for the imput.

Liz, I am sincerly pleased to know that you still feel the excitement every time you use your Digital Rebel. Then again, I don't mean to bash this camera. Canon were the first to introduce a (relatively) affordable DSLR and they earned my respect for that.

I don't have anything worthy to be posted here right now (I now have the body in my possession for 24 hours...). Preliminary snapshots taken so far (nothing artsy, not at all!!!) are promising. I should have few pics to share by the end of next week end.

regards

Seb

[Seb]

Ok, that was a lie! I found something to post... With some cropping in Photoshop (I already start to like that thing) I managed to come up with something which I think is decent.

I'll post pics in the Viewfinder.

regards

Seb

[Liz]

"Liz, I am sincerly pleased to know that you still feel the excitement every time you use your Digital Rebel. Then again, I don't mean to bash this camera. Seb"

I didn't feel you bashed the Rebel! I meant it all in a positve way. I took your post the right way....... ;)

I'm looking forward to seeing your pics..........I think you made a good choice and got a great camera! I haven't seen any images from any D70's yet.

Enjoy.

Liz