My Nikon D70 just got delivered. update w/ pics of my Yellow River hike

Kyteland · Mar 25, 2004

Since nobody else seems to be talking about this, I'll start.

I ordered one of these the other day. My deliveryman must be psychic, because I went home for lunch today and 10 minutes after I got there the doorbell rang and he gave me my camera. I was tempted just to stay home and play with it, but the battery wasn't charged. Now I have to wait until after work. I'm thinking of driving down to Shawnee National Forest to go camping this weekend just to test it out. If I do then pictures for everyone!

Has anyone else considered taking the plunge and getting one of these?

Edit: I ended up at Yellow River State Forest in Iowa this weekend. I planned on filling up my storage card (~350 pictures) but only ended up with 88 pictures because of the rain. The camera spent most of the hike wrapped in a plastic sack in my pack.

All of the pictures I took exceeded the 2MB limit at pics.bbzzdd.com so I had to reduce the size. Some are shrunk to 1/16 the original size (labeled with _small) and some are cropped sections of the full size picture (labeled _cropped)

DSC_0009_small.jpg - [199 KB] Very grey picture of the trail.
DSC_0011_small.jpg - [175 KB] Another of the trail.
DSC_0015_small.jpg - [182 KB] Some mossy rocks.
DSC_0015_cropped.jpg - [1.01 MB] Close up of the mossy rocks
DSC_0017_small.jpg - [121 KB] Fungus growth on a mossy log.
DSC_0017_cropped.jpg - [728 KB] Close up of said growth.
DSC_0021_small.jpg - [138 KB] Different angle of said growth.
DSC_0021_cropped.jpg - [1.51 MB] Close of of said different angle.
DSC_0034_small.jpg - [166 KB] Double fungs growth on another mossy log.
DSC_0034_cropped.jpg - [1.72 MB] Close up of growth.
DSC_0036_small.jpg - [188 KB] Small water pond.
DSC_0036_cropped.jpg - [1.77 MB] Close up of the reflections in the water.
DSC_0060_small.jpg - [166 KB] Picture of the trail.
DSC_0067_small.jpg - [491 KB] View of Paint Creek from the top of the hill.
DSC_0080_small.jpg - [126 KB] Picture of me (the only one I managed to get)
DSC_0087_small.jpg - [104 KB] Picture of a branch
DSC_0087_cropped.jpg - [527 KB] Close up of the branch

I thought I'd share a few gross-out pics of the blister on my toe. You have been warned.
toe_closed.jpg
toe_opened.jpg

Since koing bumped this thread I'll add these here too:

I took these in the Badlands of South Dakota on Saturday with my D70.

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Edit2: If anyone has requests for pictures of anything in particular PM me and I'll do my best to get them.

Edit3: I just had to add this warning posted on the dpreview forums. Important New D70 Flaw!

ndee · Mar 25, 2004

The D70 is already out? Please take some pics dude!

ndee · Mar 25, 2004

http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/shawnee/local-resources/images/stock/P4110024.jpg is that the image you took?

Kyteland · Mar 25, 2004

Originally posted by: ndee
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/shawnee/local-resources/images/stock/P4110024.jpg is that the image you took?

Real nice camera, huh?

ndee · Mar 25, 2004

Originally posted by: Kyteland

Originally posted by: ndee
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/shawnee/local-resources/images/stock/P4110024.jpg is that the image you took?

Click to expand...

Real nice camera, huh?

Amazing! Where can I get one of those?

ndee · Mar 25, 2004

can't you take a test shot of something?

Serious, because dpreview.com doesn't have a sample pic.

LemonHead · Mar 25, 2004

:camera:
Dude, the D70 is sweet, but I don't like the Plastic body. I've got the D100 and it a beefy beast! Yeah, it's heavy 'cause it's an all metal body, but It feels solid and I like that. But the D70 has some nice features that the D100 dosen't as you would expect given that time and technology move along. What kind of optics do you have?

upsciLLion · Mar 25, 2004

I've thought about getting a digital SLR camera for some time, but they're still too expensive for my $9/hr student technician budget. Maybe in the summer when I can work full time I will buy one.

Have fun with it!

iamwiz82 · Mar 25, 2004

Steves-Digicams.com will have samples shortly, according to the review.

Kyteland · Mar 25, 2004

Originally posted by: LemonHead
What kind of optics do you have?

I'm just jumping in to the whole SLR thing, to the only glass I own is the kit lense, which is a decent lense from what I've heard.

I've only borrowed cameras from family in the past so I'll have to buy my own stuff.

Sid59 · Mar 25, 2004

i want one too. 1300 fully equipped is alot.

IBuyUFO · Mar 25, 2004

I'll just stick with my two nikon f5s for now. Doesn't make sense for me since I don't take pictures any more.

Mday · Mar 25, 2004

samples please, i've been debating the cam =D

Nocturnal · Mar 25, 2004

10D

ROOL:

Mday · Mar 25, 2004

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=8132550
http://www.wetpixel.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-5010.phtml

not that you'd be using that shutter speed...

anyway,

m2kewl · Mar 25, 2004

no d70, i gots 10d

GTaudiophile · Mar 25, 2004

Still waiting for the low-light/high ISO noise comparisons between the D70 and 10D/300D.

CMOS still pwns IMO.

Anubis · Mar 25, 2004

nice mine should be here in 10 days

i got it with the lens it came with and i also have a sigma 24-70 f/2.8 a nikkor 50mm f/1.8 and a 70-300 nikkor f/4-5.6

Kyteland · Mar 25, 2004

Originally posted by: Mday
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=8132550
http://www.wetpixel.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-5010.phtml

not that you'd be using that shutter speed...

anyway,

Yeah, I've read about that too. I figure that that I don't depend on this camera to make a living and that it is an excelent camera and I can live with it once in a while. I can check a picture and if it comes out poorly I can take another. No big loss.

Anubis · Mar 25, 2004

Originally posted by: Kyteland

Originally posted by: Mday
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=8132550
http://www.wetpixel.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-5010.phtml

not that you'd be using that shutter speed...

anyway,

Click to expand...

Yeah, I've read about that too. I figure that that I don't depend on this camera to make a living and that it is an excelent camera and I can live with it once in a while. I can check a picture and if it comes out poorly I can take another. No big loss.

that and the morie issue can be fixed in photoshop in under 2 min and give nikon a month and i bet we see a firmware upgrade to fix it all

Kyteland · Mar 25, 2004

Originally posted by: Mday
samples please, i've been debating the cam =D

Alright, I posted some pics. It was dark when I got home so I just took a couple of my room. I'll probably get up early and take some tomorrow morning too.

Hopefully I can take a bunch this weekend.

iamwiz82 · Mar 25, 2004

Are those at finest detail?

Kyteland · Mar 25, 2004

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Are those at finest detail?

I just checked the camera settings and they are at normal, so no. I'll make sure to read the manual before I take any more pictures.

Edit: they are on the largest setting, but the compression is at normal (8:1) instead of fine (4:1). I think I'll start taking the pictures in raw format and saving them in photoshop.

Cerb · Mar 25, 2004

max res, max quality, and I want to see a close-up or two.

brigden · Mar 25, 2004

Dude, if you can afford a DSLR, you should buy a new chair. Seriously.

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My Nikon D70 just got delivered. update w/ pics of my Yellow River hike