Just bought it! One question about the lens.

[astro21]

Hello everyone,

I am finally the proud owner of a D70, and although I have not even taken it out of its box, I have one question.

I don't know much about SLRs, so this is going to be as dumb as can be, but there you go. When I was in the shop, the salesman was trying to get me to buy some kind of filter to mount on the lens, to protect the lens. Is this necessary? I did not buy it, I wanted to ask around first... Does it affect the image quality in any way?

Thank you all for any answers, and sorry again for the silly question.

D.

 

[JtH]

And buy the filter it indeed protects your lens from sratches.

If he filter gets dammaged it's cheaper to replace

Looking forward to see some shootin

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[Bill Rees]

Buy a clear UV filter and keep it attached at all times. Not only will it protect the actual lens from being scratched, it will keep the harmful UV rays out of the camera.

Hello everyone,

I am finally the proud owner of a D70, and although I have not even
taken it out of its box, I have one question.

I don't know much about SLRs, so this is going to be as dumb as can
be, but there you go. When I was in the shop, the salesman was
trying to get me to buy some kind of filter to mount on the lens,
to protect the lens. Is this necessary? I did not buy it, I wanted
to ask around first... Does it affect the image quality in any way?

Thank you all for any answers, and sorry again for the silly question.

D.

 

[Beaky]

Filters were discussed in this thread recently:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=8406547

Beware of cheap filters, but high end ones are usually ok. I use a Hoya UV hmc Super filter to protect my precious.

Johnny

Hello everyone,

I am finally the proud owner of a D70, and although I have not even
taken it out of its box, I have one question.

I don't know much about SLRs, so this is going to be as dumb as can
be, but there you go. When I was in the shop, the salesman was
trying to get me to buy some kind of filter to mount on the lens,
to protect the lens. Is this necessary? I did not buy it, I wanted
to ask around first... Does it affect the image quality in any way?

Thank you all for any answers, and sorry again for the silly question.

D.

 

[dwswager]

I don't know much about SLRs, so this is going to be as dumb as can
be, but there you go. When I was in the shop, the salesman was
trying to get me to buy some kind of filter to mount on the lens,
to protect the lens. Is this necessary? I did not buy it, I wanted
to ask around first... Does it affect the image quality in any way?

Don't buy the filter until you understand some basics.

Every additional piece of glass you place in the light path degrades the image. Good filter won't produce a noticable degradation when used properly. Filters on the front of the lens increase the chances of flare and light falloff in the corners of the image. They may also hinder the use of the lens hood.

Unless you are unusually careless and clumsy you don't need it in most situations. Always use the appropriate lens hood. I've been shooting for over 20 years and have yet to scratch the front element of a lens. Even carrying my cameras, mounted on a tripod thru the woods. I don't go around poking my finger or sticks into the front of my lenses. Additionally, you are actually more likely to scatch and ruin a filter screwed to the front because it projects out foward from the barrel of the lens.

There are times when a "protection" filter is a good idea. For example, on the beach when sand can get airborne. Also in crowded places where some other idiot might poke his finger into your camera or when children might have a go at you.

Don't be the loser carrying a $1500 lens with a $30 scratch filter attached.

 

[mocca]

Hello everyone,

I am finally the proud owner of a D70, and although I have not even
taken it out of its box, I have one question.

I don't know much about SLRs, so this is going to be as dumb as can
be, but there you go. When I was in the shop, the salesman was
trying to get me to buy some kind of filter to mount on the lens,
to protect the lens. Is this necessary? I did not buy it, I wanted
to ask around first... Does it affect the image quality in any way?

Thank you all for any answers, and sorry again for the silly question.

D.

You can buy a UV or Skylight filter and put it on the lens permanently. For the kit lens, the filter size is 67mm. Buy a good quality UV filter (B+W, Hoya, etc.) It should cost you around $30 for a good UV filter or $30-40 for a good skylight filter.

Throughly clean the lens (you can just use the hand pump thing to ge rid of the dusts on the lens) and then clean the inside of the filter. Once you put the filter on, you don't have to take it out.

Mocca

 

[Neil Barnden]

I just got back from the camera store with my gleaming new D70 kit. And the two extra items I bought at the same time were a 67mm UV filter from Hoya (£19.99 here in the UK), and the Nikon ML-L1 remote (£9.99).

I've just been snapping around my studio here at work (with a battery that appears to be fully charged out of the box!) and the camera feels great to use.

mocca wrote:

Hello everyone,

I am finally the proud owner of a D70, and although I have not even
taken it out of its box, I have one question.

I don't know much about SLRs, so this is going to be as dumb as can
be, but there you go. When I was in the shop, the salesman was
trying to get me to buy some kind of filter to mount on the lens,
to protect the lens. Is this necessary? I did not buy it, I wanted
to ask around first... Does it affect the image quality in any way?

Thank you all for any answers, and sorry again for the silly question.

D.

You can buy a UV or Skylight filter and put it on the lens
permanently. For the kit lens, the filter size is 67mm. Buy a good
quality UV filter (B+W, Hoya, etc.) It should cost you around $30
for a good UV filter or $30-40 for a good skylight filter.

Throughly clean the lens (you can just use the hand pump thing to
ge rid of the dusts on the lens) and then clean the inside of the
filter. Once you put the filter on, you don't have to take it out.

Mocca

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[Geoffrey Rippingale]

I just got back from the camera store with my gleaming new D70 kit.
And the two extra items I bought at the same time were a 67mm UV
filter from Hoya (£19.99 here in the UK), and the Nikon ML-L1
remote (£9.99).

Where did you buy the ML-L1? I paid £14.99 ;(

 

[ltccarndt]

double check on the remote, believe the right one has a '3' in the name, I got one and it works great. You may have the one for the D100, dealer should switch for you PLUS you will get money back as the D70 remote is a lot chaper than the D100 remote.

Charles, USA

 

[ltccarndt]

you may have the wrong D100 remote, the D70 takes a diferent and (good news) cheaper one!

 

[filincdm]

A Lithium-ion battery should be fully charged before it is drained for the first time. It's important that you charge it fully (it'll take about an hour in my experience) to make sure you get a full charge on subsequent recharges.

See: "How to prolng the life of Lithium0ion batteries" at http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm

I've just been snapping around my studio here at work (with a
battery that appears to be fully charged out of the box!) and the
camera feels great to use.

mocca wrote:

Hello everyone,

I am finally the proud owner of a D70, and although I have not even
taken it out of its box, I have one question.

I don't know much about SLRs, so this is going to be as dumb as can
be, but there you go. When I was in the shop, the salesman was
trying to get me to buy some kind of filter to mount on the lens,
to protect the lens. Is this necessary? I did not buy it, I wanted
to ask around first... Does it affect the image quality in any way?

Thank you all for any answers, and sorry again for the silly question.

D.

You can buy a UV or Skylight filter and put it on the lens
permanently. For the kit lens, the filter size is 67mm. Buy a good
quality UV filter (B+W, Hoya, etc.) It should cost you around $30
for a good UV filter or $30-40 for a good skylight filter.

Throughly clean the lens (you can just use the hand pump thing to
ge rid of the dusts on the lens) and then clean the inside of the
filter. Once you put the filter on, you don't have to take it out.

Mocca

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[Neil Barnden]

Geoffrey Rippingale wrote:
Where did you buy the ML-L1? I paid £14.99 ;(

I got the ML-L1 rom my local camera store here on the Isle of Wight - ordered it before I got the camera having read here about its compatibility with the D70. And it works absolutely fine!

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