Pete, do tell, what did Watchdog have to say?

"1.4x teleconverter "

what effect does that have on pic quality?

None whatsoever noticeable to the human eye.

It does however mean you lose a precious stop of light, but at least there is that tradeoff to be had!

Jye - you don't 'quite' understand me do you? ;)

Tiggs - tell you what, I'll buy it off you at Xmas when they are £200!? Only if you chuck that Sigma lens in too! - what do you say??

Pete

Go to the states and pick up a 300d body (digital rebel) for £400 equiv and that Sigma lens for £350 equiv. I bought a Sigma 12-24 and 105mm macro over there a couple of weeks ago - it works out roughly half price compared with the UK

its a deal pete, Xmas 2009 and its yours....if you've made your mind up by then ;)


ed....so the 1.4 makes the 70-200 a 98- 280 then? with a drop in appature?

Jye - you don't 'quite' understand me do you?

Emm, no thats why I asked. Are they pretty dodgy then?

its a deal pete, Xmas 2009 and its yours....if you've made your mind up by then ;)


ed....so the 1.4 makes the 70-200 a 98- 280 then? with a drop in appature?

no its more than that due to the difference in 35mm film and the digital ccd sensor. Cant remember the ratio, but it results in a 35mm equivalent of 315 or 320 IIRC.

ahhh...i forgot the digital conversion!

i assume the canon 77mm 500d fits the sigma fine? its a std screw fit is it?

yup absolutely, just screws straight in the end.

I had a play yesterday, its amazing for flowers and the like. :eek:

what lens was used for your close ups on the bee then?

ed....so the 1.4 makes the 70-200 a 98- 280 then? with a drop in appature?

Field of view crop on the d70 is 1.5x, so a 70-200 would become 105-300. Adding the 1.4x convertor would give 147-420.

Lightness is NOT a good thing - not if it has a price ticket of £800!! :eek:


Just noticed that the D70 is only 30g heavier than the 300D - hardly noticeable - whereas a 10D is 200g more than the Nikon! ;)

what lens was used for your close ups on the bee then?

that was the 70-200 on its own!!! From about 8ft away.

I don't exaggerate when I say its a good'un :D

8 feet!!!!!! http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/images/smilies/eek.gif

good god!

i wouldnt be able to see a bee from 8 feet let alone decide to photo it!

Hey-Up!

I don't want to startle you, but, have you seen the quality of the pictures from the Sigma SD10 DSLR?!

Stunning!!

Pete

Tiggs, has your camera arrived yet?

Just checked mine was dispatched from pixmania last night, phoned dhl and its on its way should be in my hands by tommorow :D

yep- i just got in and its sat here!

my 70-200mm 2.8 sigma will be here mon!

Good on ya' Tiggs and Jye! :D

Dixons have the D70 in their stores now

BUT

with the 28-80mm Zoom Nikon Lens - at £850 ..... they also do this kit with the addition of a 75-300mm Zoom at £1050 (but these are not in stock)

So, its true - if you want a UK one you can get one, just NOT with the 18-70mm Lens everyone wants! :(

Pete

what diff does the flash card make to these? i have a 512 with it and want a 1gb as well- the cost difference between cards is a lot for faster cards- does the D70 need a fast one or does it buffer internally somehow???

"In continuous shooting mode, the D70 lived-up to Nikon's promise of 3 frames per second, capturing 11 images in 3.3 seconds; subsequent shots were taken at 7/10 second intervals. The D70's buffer performance is very good, taking only 10 seconds to flush a full buffer of JPEG Fine images to the CF memory card. These measurements were made using an AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm lens and a fast Transcend 1GB CF memory card, shooting Large (3008x2000) JPEG Fine images"

So, I would guess that a fast card is not required unless you want to regulary shoot lots of shots with the motordrive (sports?)

Pete

Is this 18-70 lens available more readily on it's own?

ie, if a D70 body could be sourced more readily, can the lens be sourced separately more easily?

theres a few D70's on ebay now via private UK sellers- be interesting to see what they go for

Think I've seen the 18 - 20 advertised for £350 somewhere imlach, meant to retail at over £400 iirc.

Printed out the 200 page pdf manual earlier, gonna read it now in bed, lol :D

£300 at Amazon - Camera Body is £750 ..... making £1050

The KIT is £899

Pete

My camera has landed wahhay!! :D

A friend is on his way to Singapore at the mo. Can pick me up a D70/18-70 AFS for around £700 depending on exact rate of exchange on the day. Silly not to :D

Harry_Boy

It's a while since I caught up with this thread so I'm not ignoring you ;)

Can I bring a couple of lenses to the next meet and have a play to see if it all works?

TIA

Andy
Sure mate!!!:D:D:D

Havent had much of a chance to play with my D70 but managed to snap a few trial shots at a friends. It was starting to get dark and was pretty overcast but even in auto and with me fiddling with everything without a clue I think these looks quite nice :)

I guess saving it as a smaller sized jpeg pretty much destroyed a lot of the detail, I'll need to find a decent way of hosting the originals.

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v296/Jyester/DSC_0006.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v296/Jyester/DSC_0052.jpg