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I presently own a d70, a 18-70mm, a 28-200mm, a 50mm 1:8, and a SB800. I am not a pro and like to take pictures of my garndchildren, wildlife and "action" shots (sports, surfers, etc). A lot of pics are taken inside with low light and with or without flash. After more than a year amd many thousands of pictures I am a little frustrated by my inability to get decent JPG's straight off the camera. I can get very nice shots if I shoot RAW but the PP time and effort are not always practical and would like to have a camera that gives me the OPTION of shooting RAW. With the d70 i feel RAW is a necessity (specially with flash/ low light pics).

Having said that, I am wondering if the D50 would make a big difference for me (mainly in the JPG's with no PP) or I should be looking in to the P&S cams (may be the Panasonic FZ30, the Canon S3 or the Sony's), but.......I love the speed and feel of the D70!

TIA, Norberto
 
try loading the 'point and shoot' curve in your camera, it
boosts the midtones but retains good highlights, I have
both the d50 and d70 but yes I see myself reaching for the
d50 more often than not...
Narquile said:
I presently own a d70, a 18-70mm, a 28-200mm, a 50mm 1:8, and a
SB800. I am not a pro and like to take pictures of my
garndchildren, wildlife and "action" shots (sports, surfers, etc).
A lot of pics are taken inside with low light and with or without
flash. After more than a year amd many thousands of pictures I am a
little frustrated by my inability to get decent JPG's straight off
the camera. I can get very nice shots if I shoot RAW but the PP
time and effort are not always practical and would like to have a
camera that gives me the OPTION of shooting RAW. With the d70 i
feel RAW is a necessity (specially with flash/ low light pics).

Having said that, I am wondering if the D50 would make a big
difference for me (mainly in the JPG's with no PP) or I should be
looking in to the P&S cams (may be the Panasonic FZ30, the Canon S3
or the Sony's), but.......I love the speed and feel of the D70!

TIA, Norberto
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I usually shoot raw with my D70s, but sometimes I use jpeg to increase my burst depth for action shots. I've had very good results with these settings:
http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID86/15189.html

I leave sharpening at the default because I prefer USM over in-camera sharpening.

You might also want to try downloading a D50 curve for even more punch, but a D50 will still give you better results for high-ISO jpeg shots (lower noise and better colour).

Maxx
Narquile said:
I presently own a d70, a 18-70mm, a 28-200mm, a 50mm 1:8, and a
SB800. I am not a pro and like to take pictures of my
garndchildren, wildlife and "action" shots (sports, surfers, etc).
A lot of pics are taken inside with low light and with or without
flash. After more than a year amd many thousands of pictures I am a
little frustrated by my inability to get decent JPG's straight off
the camera. I can get very nice shots if I shoot RAW but the PP
time and effort are not always practical and would like to have a
camera that gives me the OPTION of shooting RAW. With the d70 i
feel RAW is a necessity (specially with flash/ low light pics).

Having said that, I am wondering if the D50 would make a big
difference for me (mainly in the JPG's with no PP) or I should be
looking in to the P&S cams (may be the Panasonic FZ30, the Canon S3
or the Sony's), but.......I love the speed and feel of the D70!

TIA, Norberto
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The D50 will give You excellent JPGs right off the card and really good low light performance. Dynamic range is also excellent and metering is fairly accurate, allowing you to expose for the shot rather than for the computer.

I also own a Panasonic FZ-20; it's a good camera that I have alot of fun with but the D50's image quality really is excellent-even without PP.
 
I can certainly agree with you on the frustration level. Personally I think it is easier for me to shoot RAW and PP than to try to figure out how to get good jpegs. I haven't shot a jpeg in over a year just for that reason. I have a Canon G5 for point and shoot pics.

I have to admit though that I love RAW and won't go back....lol

Rick
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Life is too short....Live Large!
 
This thread may interest you.

http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID86/15189.html#0

To quote J3R from nikonians.org:

For great pictures out of the camera try this:

Optimize image settings:
Sharpening +2
Tone comp auto
Color mode iiia for landscapes ia for people
Saturation enhanced
Hue adjustment 0

Then set your white balance to auto -3
Set your exposure comp to + 0.3
 
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