Template:Infobox Digicam The Nikon D70 is a consumer digital SLR camera model. In Spring 2004, Nikon introduced it at the 2004 PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show, as a direct competitor to the Canon EOS Digital Rebel (EOS 300D in Europe) (Digital Photography Review, 2003).
The D70 features:
- Nikon DX-format sensor (1.5x field of view crop)
- 6.1 megapixel sensor
- Nikon F lens mount
- File formats include JPEG, NEF (Nikon's raw image format), and JPEG+NEF
- Single Servo and Continuous Servo focus modes
- ISO 200-1600
Digital Photography Review (2004), regards it very highly and rates it superior in many ways to the older D100, even though the D100 is more highly priced. Both the Nikon D70 and Canon EOS 300D/Digital Rebel are ground breaking with respect to their price/performance ratio. Feelings often run high between advocates of the D70 and those of the 300D; advocates of the 300D point to a lower price point, and supposedly better sensor technology yielding less noisy images, while advocates of the D70 point to greater control over the operation of the camera, and defend the quality of the sensor. The D70 is backward compatible with most of the older Nikkor lenses. Sigma, Tokina and Tamron are other popular lens suppliers of Nikon F-mount lenses.
MSRP as of 2004 was $999 (and $1299 with an 18-70 mm f/3.5-4.5 kit lens) in the United States.