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Went into my local circuit city store today and they had the D50 on display but no D70s. I asked if they had one and the guy told me they were discontinued but I could order one off their website if I wanted to.

I have checked EVERY store in this city and noone has a d70s on display!

Didn't it come out at the same as the D50? is it really discontinued? I find that hard to believe.

Can anyone confirm?
 
taurus73 said:
Went into my local circuit city store today and they had the D50 on
display but no D70s. I asked if they had one and the guy told me
they were discontinued but I could order one off their website if I
wanted to.

I have checked EVERY store in this city and noone has a d70s on
display!

Didn't it come out at the same as the D50? is it really
discontinued? I find that hard to believe.

Can anyone confirm?
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Hi Taurus!

Can´t confirm anything, but couple of weeks ago I was looking for D70s for my friend and couldn´t find one here(Finland), nor some on-line stores in Germany, nor the biggest store ( Pixmania) in Europe...Also one of the member here said no D70s in Norway... That makes me wonder; problems, new model coming????
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taurus73 said:
Went into my local circuit city store today and they had the D50 on
display but no D70s. I asked if they had one and the guy told me
they were discontinued but I could order one off their website if I
wanted to.

I have checked EVERY store in this city and noone has a d70s on
display!

Didn't it come out at the same as the D50? is it really
discontinued? I find that hard to believe.

Can anyone confirm?
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I wouldn't go by what retailers have or don't have in stock. Also, salespeople will want to sell yo what they have, not what is out of stock. Take what they say with a large dose of salt.
 
taurus73 said:
Went into my local circuit city store today and they had the D50 on
display but no D70s. I asked if they had one and the guy told me
they were discontinued but I could order one off their website if I
wanted to.

I have checked EVERY store in this city and noone has a d70s on
display!

Didn't it come out at the same as the D50? is it really
discontinued? I find that hard to believe.

Can anyone confirm?
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My CC store has a D70s on display. Perhaps the guy you asked doesn't know the model difference and thought you were asking about the D70, which is discontinued. But who knows, maybe the "s" in D70s means "stopgap" because they have a new model coming out soon to replace it.

Maybe there are none at your local stores because everybody just knows what an awesome camera it is and has bought them all up! :-)
 
That will never happen...

(take that from someone who purchased an 8 track tape player, two BetaMax recorders, an Alps 5000 dry-ink printer and had an Edsel as his first car)

PS - anyone want to buy some Apls printer cartridges? (just kidding)
 
Buy online!

I recommed it. The best places are B&H, Adorama, and Beach Camera. Here in the US I get great prices, no tax and super-fast free delivery! No idiot salespeople either who have dropped out of High School and coulnd't recognize a camera model if it bit them in the @rse
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Graf
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Enjoying my s9000 and Nikon D70s
 
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Creature said:
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My CC store has a D70s on display. Perhaps the guy you asked
doesn't know the model difference and thought you were asking about
the D70, which is discontinued. But who knows, maybe the "s" in
D70s means "stopgap" because they have a new model coming out soon
to replace it.

Maybe there are none at your local stores because everybody just
knows what an awesome camera it is and has bought them all up! :-)
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lol..could be. When the salesguy went to check to see if they had the d70s in stock, he said "we dont have the d70 in stock but i can order it" and I said " no, not the d70, the d70'S'" so he checked again on his little computer and thats when he told me that the d70s' were discontinued.

I just find it weird that not ONE place has a d70s. I even checked a local camera store (we only have one in this city) and they don't have it either. =/

I'm leaning towards the D50 but would really like to hold a d70s in my hands to see how it feels. I want the 18-70 dx kit, so it's just the body I have to decide about now.
 
dont know about being in stock..
taurus73 said:
Went into my local circuit city store today and they had the D50 on
display but no D70s. I asked if they had one and the guy told me
they were discontinued but I could order one off their website if I
wanted to.

I have checked EVERY store in this city and noone has a d70s on
display!

Didn't it come out at the same as the D50? is it really
discontinued? I find that hard to believe.

Can anyone confirm?
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I just bought one in Denmark. All the stores I've found on the Internet can't deliver and they couldn't give me a delivery date. I managed to find one store with one D70s in stock, so maybe I got the last one in stock, in Denmark ;) Hehe... It seems really difficult to find a D70s no matter where people look.
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Nikon AF 70-300
 
As far as I know plenty in the UK. But there was a time when there wasn't.
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I went into my local best buy store yesterday and the sales person told me the D70s sells 3 to every 1 D50 and that is why he didn't have any in stock and he should be getting some more on Tuesday. He said the D50 was selling really good at first and the D70s has really taken off in sales.
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I don't know how good the D50 is, but I just Got a D70s and I'm not surprised that they sell so well. It's an incredible camera, and maybe that's why they are hard to find. The D70 was already incredible, and with a few improvements the D70s outperforms even pro cameras in some things (like flash synch speed). And its 6 MP has plenty of resolution for news reporting and action shots.



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Graf
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Enjoying my s9000 and Nikon D70s
 
Just got my D70s kit from warehouseexpress.co.uk. There have been some availability issues but stock is starting to appear again. It's selling well. I had ordered a D70s body and the 18-200 vrII but that combination was going to take another 6 to 8 weeks so just got the kit lens and will revisit the 18-200 later. Just starting out with DSLR photography so guess the kit lens is a good starting point.
 
Probably just a supply chain issue. The d70 was in short supply at various times long before it was discontinued. IT also probably depends on where you are looking. At the big box stores (and maybe in general) I would suspect the D50 vastly outsells the d70s.
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