Just got my camera from eBay and Oh Man...

[roncgizmo]

This thing is great! and so was the seller BTW I ordered it Friday night and got it Monday the seller was so nice he sent me a few shot that he took with it for me before he packed it up
Check him out some time eBay Store - cu-cameras: A V Accessories Cables, Film Cameras, Consumer Electronics

I took the D70 out to the park the other day just to see how it
was.. Let's put it this way, the last time I shot in full manual I was using a Canon A-1 lol

I added some shots to My Gallery and would like some feedback if you don't mind. The shots I took are really not what I like to do I've always been more into the Abstract but I feel a bit limited with the lenses I have right now. none on the shots have been photoshopped at this time. Thanks, Ron

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[Douglas]

Grats! Waiting for my D70 to come. Paid for it last friday. Hoping I get it today as I cant wait to get to learn it either

[Jeff Perry]

Ron, I am so happy you are pleased with your decision. I know how you feel, and the D70 looks like it is performing well for you. Nice images, especially right out of the camera. Like I told you before, now comes the really hard part, deciding which lens(es) too get next

Jeff

[roncgizmo]

Jeff, Thanks for all the help in the decision making. So far I have the Nikon 35-70 and Nikon 18-55 (D40 kit lens) and I'm know looking for a 70-210 before I start looking at real lenses. You're right about the hard part.. it looks like a good fast lens today is a going for $400 to $500 on the consumer high end I was thinking about a 50 1.4 to start things out
as what would of been my 105 for film but it's going to come up 30mm short.

[roncgizmo]

Here's one more.

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[Douglas]

The one thing I notice in both pics is that they look a little dark. Not sure if they were just in shady areas. In another post I made, someone made mention that the D70 had a tendency to underexpose a bit.

[Jeff Perry]

Douglas, I tend to agree, although my experience with the D70 has been that the images shot in the shade are a little flat, some would call them dark or underexposed, I lile to suggest they lack a bit of contrast. It doesn't take much to punch them out a bit, all the info and detail is there, just not "fully awake", and Ron did say that these were straight from the camera. Back in the days before D-Lighting, it always suited me well since I rather liked to start with underexposed images to avoid the dreaded loss of detail in any blown highlights.

Jeff

[roncgizmo]

Jeff, If you (or someone else) would like to play around with it to show
Douglas what it might look like in the hands of someone who knows PS or
? you're more then welcome to it. I have a few programs but don't yet feel confident with my abilities.

[Douglas]

Originally Posted by Jeff Perry

Douglas, I tend to agree, although my experience with the D70 has been that the images shot in the shade are a little flat, some would call them dark or underexposed, I lile to suggest they lack a bit of contrast. It doesn't take much to punch them out a bit, all the info and detail is there, just not "fully awake", and Ron did say that these were straight from the camera. Back in the days before D-Lighting, it always suited me well since I rather liked to start with underexposed images to avoid the dreaded loss of detail in any blown highlights.

Jeff

Oh yeah. The detail and such are there and spot on. I was mainly curious if this was a cloudy/shady day that caused the flat lighting, due to what was mentioned to me in another post about the D70. Just trying to gauge what I can expect when I get mine

[roncgizmo]

Originally Posted by Douglas

Oh yeah. The detail and such are there and spot on. I was mainly curious if this was a cloudy/shady day that caused the flat lighting, due to what was mentioned to me in another post about the D70. Just trying to gauge what I can expect when I get mine

It was a sunny day but it's a small park with a lot of trees
so it was very shady.
I can't recall what the lens was I only have two right now
and they are both slow.