Seems we might be switching to Canon (got a 350D in hand at the moment - hate the handling, but like the better out of the box jpg's compared with the D70 and this is very important to my other half who does using the the camera for childrens portrait work!).

Anyway how much is our (UK supplied, great condition) D70 body with 2 batteries + IR remote, boxed and 18 months old... Couldn't tell from Ebay as there were some silly priced ones (£650 seems step for used D70 on BIN surely) and imported ones and I'm not yet convinced we want to switch, but 350D jpg's do look better and that is a massive factor for us as post processing is something that costs way too much time?

Cheers

Jon

Keep both, you know you want to.

I'd have thought that you wouldn't loose much if any on the D70 if you sold it, mainly cos Nikon still have a small supply and demand problem, mainly because they are batch making them. (Nikon UK's words not mine)

Simple, don't use JPG's.....If your doing portraits then most of your shots should be very similar, then batch process them in Capture to give the results you want. Capture is the tool

Portrait work isn't a in studio or with backgrounds, but in lots of different locations with very different lighting so the pictures are often very different and need different post processing or batch processing would be a much better option!

I must keeping both appeals too, but spending on two different systems seems silly - we'll see :)

Jon, I'm not familiar with the D70, but I'm sure it must be like my Canons where you can set various parameters for JPEGs (contrast, sharpness, saturation, colout tone) so that they come out of the camera just the way you like them.

It would be worth spending some time with the camera and handbook, then trying some different levels before jumping ship. Simon C could advise you further I'm sure (has D70) or STi Frenchie who knows a lot about Nikons.

Cheers,

Richard.

Keep the Nikon unless you desperately need the money from it to fund the Canon.

Both cameras will produce great results, and if you have glass for both systems, you'll always have a freedom of choice for super bodies they bring out!

Seriously though, if your wife is struggling to get the images she wants from the D70 then maybe a P&S would be better for her, or a D50 which produces images more like the Canon with JPEGs.

Geezer

I'd have a read of the manual first before changing cameras, I'm not sure which variant you have (D70 or D70s). In my manual (D70s) all the info on changing colour flow and image optimization starts on page 56. With the D70s you can set teh camera into portrait mode so that all the images are optimized for skin tones rather than trying to reproduce every colour faithfully.

Personally I shoot in raw and adjust teh colours on the computer.
Like this :D

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a233/scoobysi/Faders%20at%20CIN/DSC_0735-01admin.jpg

Any excuse eh Simon? :D

I would compare the setups of the two cameras to see where the difference (if any) is as both cameras are fairly equal according to any review I've read, the real difference comes in the handling and personal preference of the handler. Caveat: this does not cover the case where you've already invested in glass from one manufacturer or the other.

If shooting RAW is not an option, switch to JPEG and turn all of the in camera processing off and switch the colour shooting mode to Adobe RGB as it has a better colour gamut. To cheap'n'cheerfully process the images, you can then use a batch process in Photoshop to sharpen them which will give you greater control over the quality of the final result (once you've found your optimum sharpening parameters). It's hardly the ideal workflow solution I know but you do have to put some work -- even a little -- into processing your shots after you've pressed the button, just like in the good old (bad old?) days of film :)

:lol: Pretty much mate :D but it does show what the camera can do :D Well thats my excuse anyhow.

One of my wife's cousin's daughter (no idea what relation to me that is!)

http://www.alwyngreer.com/temp/celina.jpg

Hmm...those colours look much more vibrant in PS CS2 than they do in IE...

We've tried all sorts of settings with the D70 JPGs (and been through the manual)... And its not that she struggles to get what is wanted, just that it is time consuming with the 60-70% of images with the Nikon, where the canon's seem right 80% of the time...

But to be honest its looking like we might keep both now (And a P&S...), we'll see this weekend when she'll be using both in anger!