The D70 has landed

The D70 has landed in my hot little anxious hands. I have been on a couple of waiting list since the first group of D70's hit the US a few weeks ago. Monday afternoon Murphy's Camera in Lexington call and said they had one in with my name on it. I made the 60 mile trip yesterday afternoon to pick it up. I did get the kit with the 17-80 lense as well and am looking to add a tele zoom in the near future. Got home around 7:30 PM and slapped the battery in and headed for the back yard just so I could record somekind of image. I am really looking forward to learning to use this camera. I love the feel in my hands and it seem to have many similarities to my N80 just wish the SB 28 DX was totally compatible. Here is the first image straight out of the camera with only sizing done. Kit lense at 70mm ISO 400 at 1/60.

If you are going digital, I have to get on the digital band wagon then!!
Good luck with your new camera!
Make sure and post some stuff with it!
Brian

Over on the Dark Side.. I think you will love your D70 as much as I'm loving my D100. I have to admit that I'm jealous! I would love to have a flash sync of 1/500 and a 144 frame buffer!! ::just drools::

Enjoy the freedom the DSLR will bring you OT. I'm looking forward to seeing even more images from you!
~Brian

Hello OldTimer,

Congrats for the new camera! I found mine to be an impressive tool so far. It's interesting to hear that you have goten the kit lense. I'll look forward for your personal impressions over the camera/lense setup as a whole and on the lense itself.

enjoy!

Seb

Wow! :cool: Good for you! Nice image too! I'm looking forward to seeing more!

Have fun - digital is great - glad to came over!

Liz

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Originally Posted by Old Timer

The D70 has landed in my hot little anxious hands. I have been on a couple of waiting list since the first group of D70's hit the US a few weeks ago. Monday afternoon Murphy's Camera in Lexington call and said they had one in with my name on it. I made the 60 mile trip yesterday afternoon to pick it up. I did get the kit with the 17-80 lense as well and am looking to add a tele zoom in the near future. Got home around 7:30 PM and slapped the battery in and headed for the back yard just so I could record somekind of image. I am really looking forward to learning to use this camera. I love the feel in my hands and it seem to have many similarities to my N80 just wish the SB 28 DX was totally compatible. Here is the first image straight out of the camera with only sizing done. Kit lense at 70mm ISO 400 at 1/60.

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Well now I know I made the right choice!

Fran

I am really excited about the D70 and looking forward to sharing not only pictures with everyone here at PR but also knowledged learned about this new tool. I hope that everyone with the D70 will share their newly aquired knowledge about this exciting addition to the Nikon stable and that you old timers with DSLR's will be patient with us as we learn and experiment. Thanks to all for your encouragement and helpful comments in the past.

Larry