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Hi folks,

It seems like only yesterday that Nikon released the D70 but it's been 5 years this month. I bought mine at the end of March 2004 and fell in love with it and still use it although I also have a D200...

The D70 was really Nikons first DSLR priced for the masses and was their response to the Canon Rebel. Fortunately Nikon did not see fit to cripple the D70 like the original Rebel was...

New Nikon DSLRs have come and gone with bigger LCD screens, more megapixels, faster AF, better high ISOs, new bells and whistles but the old D70 still churns out great images...

To help celebrate the 5 year birthday of the D70 let's share our favorite photos taken with it. Sure, D70s owners are welcome also...

I got mine a couple weeks before my birthday so I Photoshoped the D70 name into the picture for fun. The wife had the cake with the camera made for my birthday 5 years ago...

First the cake than a few of my favorite D70 images...

Let's see yours!

Bob

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Amazing, beautiful photos Mofongo. Happy Birthday D70! I got mine shortly after it was released, and have only just retired it with the purchase of a D90.

A random couple of my (many thousand!) D70 pics (it's late and I can't decide what to post...):





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I don't have a D70, I have a D50 but i just had to comment on the lovely photo that everyone has posted. It seems that it much less photos and more about what is better here lately. The D70 is a classic. I can remember it was the camera to have. Long live the D70 and happy Birthday to it. Thanks for sharing, Robert.
 
Great pictures!

I got my D70, aug, 04 D70s, april 06, I sold the D70, last year, after I bought my D200,in nov 07, been thinking of retiring the 70s, but it works perfect still gives excellant results so I put a D90, or some other body on back burner.

When history writes the legacy of early days of digital photography, I think the D70& 70s will be benchmark products for the industry, sort of like Henry Ford to auto industry, he put the world on wheels, the D70 put a quility digital slr in the hands of the masses.

Happy Birthday D70 series, long live this sweet beauty of a camera.

Rubicon:
 
I too bought my D70 at the end of March 2004. I still have it but I have had it converted to infrared which I almost regret.

I learnt a lot from using the camera. These are all shot as JPEGs from 2004 and 2005.











Regards

Paul
 
I also bought my D70 in March 2004 - but I am still using it: I have not seen a sufficient improvement in image quality at low ISO in newer bodies to warrant an upgrade and would also miss the D70's 1/500s flash sync. Here are two recent images:

A magpie:



A dunnock:



David
 
rubicon said:
When history writes the legacy of early days of digital photography,
I think the D70& 70s will be benchmark products for the industry,
sort of like Henry Ford to auto industry, he put the world on wheels,
the D70 put a quility digital slr in the hands of the masses.

Happy Birthday D70 series, long live this sweet beauty of a camera.

Rubicon:
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I rather think the Canon Rebel/XT is the model T. It made digital SLR photography affordable and was the 1st DSLR under $1000.

The D70 was a different league. The closest automotive equivalent I can find (not inappropriately from Japan) is this:



The Nissan 240Z offered enough power, excellent handling and better reliability than most of the European sports cars of the time and did it with style.

Anyway, happy B'day D70. If not for you, I would not have gotten my D50 :)

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I got mine a year after the debut when the 2.0 Firmware came out.
Had it out this past weekend shooting a State Basketball Championship.

I did not have the oldest camera out there though one of the smaller papers was shooting with a D2H. Really like the D90 but have been having fun with my Sigma SD14 even though it makes me want to pull my hair out at times. The D70 blows it away for handling.
Shots were shot as RAW processed with iPhoto (really its good!)
70-300VR ISO1600



18-70 with SB-800 Gotta love that 1/500 Sync



Shooting trains on a Cloudy day. Deschutes River couple of weeks ago.



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I don't doubt the Canon was a breakthru, model but I don't think it had the extensive menu system the D70 had,correct me if I'm wrong but the XT did'nt have the flash sync of 1/500 sec, and I don't think it had a complete menu system found on pro level cameras, like the extensive brk, spot metering, either way the D70 should be remembered as the first [pro-type] consumer camera for less than $1000.00 again I may be wrong if I am okay I'm wrong it still does not take anything away from the D70 series cameras as a benchmark in early days of ditigal cameras.

Shoot lots, share even more, Rubicon:
 
Even though mine is just over 4 years old, and some of its best images are not on the web right now, so I can't post them here, here's a handful as a birthday present:







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Remember that the D70 was voted Best camera of the year by Pop Photo when it first came out. There is still something very sweet about the build/feel of this camera. Feels like an extension of your mind and body.

I've really been interested in upgrading to either a D300 or D90 but would keep the D70 as a backup body.

Here are a few humble submissions to help celebrate!









Having fun w/ the remarkable CLS flash system part of the Nikon family of DSLR's!



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I got mine in July 2004. In august 2008 I upgraded to the D300, but still use the D70 now and then. My girlfriend use the D70 and she have a pretty good eye for pictures. With a little training she'll take great pic with the old D70.

So, to contribute to this celebration, I'll first post two of her pics and then some of my favorites, from the D70 follows (many to choose from, so they might be the best, but still some of my favorites):















 
--Great topic Bob! Looking at all these great pics that have been posted I wonder if any of us needed to upgrade lol?





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rubicon said:
I don't doubt the Canon was a breakthru, model but I don't think it
had the extensive menu system the D70 had,correct me if I'm wrong but
the XT did'nt have the flash sync of 1/500 sec, and I don't think it
had a complete menu system found on pro level cameras, like the
extensive brk, spot metering, either way the D70 should be remembered
as the first [pro-type] consumer camera for less than $1000.00 again
I may be wrong if I am okay I'm wrong it still does not take anything
away from the D70 series cameras as a benchmark in early days of
ditigal cameras.

Shoot lots, share even more, Rubicon:
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I think we're saying the same thing with different words :)

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Nikon D70s
Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G AF-S DX
Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G AF-S VR
Tamron SP 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM
Nikon SB-600
Manfrotto 190XDB / 486RC2 Ballhead
 
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