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Just about 99% sold on the D70 now but would like to know from you guys and gals, the realtime users. Jjust how often does the moire present a problem in your shots? Are there any fixes in the later D70's that improve it? Be interested in your replies, Regards, Peter
 
I wouldn't worry about it. I have never encountered it and when i've seen ot in others photos you have too look hard for it
pwsmith_au said:
Just about 99% sold on the D70 now but would like to know from you
guys and gals, the realtime users. Jjust how often does the moire
present a problem in your shots? Are there any fixes in the later
D70's that improve it? Be interested in your replies, Regards,
Peter
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pwsmith_au said:
Just about 99% sold on the D70 now but would like to know from you
guys and gals, the realtime users. Jjust how often does the moire
present a problem in your shots? Are there any fixes in the later
D70's that improve it? Be interested in your replies, Regards,
Peter
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I've seen it a couple of times in several thousand shots. It results from the use in the D70 of a weak antialiasing filter in front of the imaging sensor. Nikon employed a weak filter to give sharper images than you would get with a stronger filter. I think they made a wise compromise.
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In over 3000 pictures, I've still never seen moire. I thought I'd get it when I was taking a photo of my son in his pram, which has a really close woven black/grey material... Absolutely nothing.

Check out the images in this forum, and really don't worry about moire.
 
It depends on what you shoot I guess. I do a lot of nature photography, event photography and lots of snaps. Subject matter does make a difference.

Most examples I've seen on the 'net that have noticeable moire are architecture shots. I guess with fashion it could be a problem too, from time to time.

Dennis.
pwsmith_au said:
Just about 99% sold on the D70 now but would like to know from you
guys and gals, the realtime users. Jjust how often does the moire
present a problem in your shots? Are there any fixes in the later
D70's that improve it? Be interested in your replies, Regards,
Peter
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A coincidence - I had the same prob. shooting the same building in HK!

The prob. appears worst when shooting on wide angle.
daniel.soh said:
This seems to be the only one I've got after hundreds of shots. It
really depends on the subject and angle of light.

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moire ? what moire ?? I've got 8000+ frames on my D70 and I've seen exactly 1 bad case of moire. The moire was very visible and noticeable on that one. About 3 more not-hard-to-find moire pics, but noticalbe unless you're looking for it. About half a dozen more with moire, but you really have to look carefully for it to find. Otherwise, moire ? what moire???
pwsmith_au said:
Just about 99% sold on the D70 now but would like to know from you
guys and gals, the realtime users. Jjust how often does the moire
present a problem in your shots? Are there any fixes in the later
D70's that improve it? Be interested in your replies, Regards,
Peter
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Well its very rare to see it !
over 6000 pics now and only seen it once
Regards
Jose
pwsmith_au said:
Just about 99% sold on the D70 now but would like to know from you
guys and gals, the realtime users. Jjust how often does the moire
present a problem in your shots? Are there any fixes in the later
D70's that improve it? Be interested in your replies, Regards,
Peter
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It has only noticably reared its head in 1 photo since I bought the camera, so as long as you don't shoot corrogated rooflines on factories from hot air balloons, you should be right.



It has never ruined the photo though. A small soften will fix the problem in seconds. Moire is no more. (couldn't resist)



I think it is pretty unanimous from the posts so far. Does it happen? Yes. Does it happen often? Nope, a significant number of D70 owners have never experienced it. Will it ruin a photo? Unlikely to, and generally you know the shots which risk moire.

Good luck

Adam
 
Thanks alot everyone, I get the general message that it's not a problem! I'll mainly be doing nature shots anyway so may never see it, I'll just make sure I keep away from Hong Kong :) Peter
 
... has a high probability of occurring when shooting someone wearing plain business shirts:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=11097208

I'm not sure if later units exhibit this problem or not - mine was purchased in March 2004.

Good luck!
pwsmith_au said:
Just about 99% sold on the D70 now but would like to know from you
guys and gals, the realtime users. Jjust how often does the moire
present a problem in your shots? Are there any fixes in the later
D70's that improve it? Be interested in your replies, Regards,
Peter
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