Nikon D70s

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I have been persuing photography for over 2 1/2 years all together, at the very beginning i bought a D70s body and 3 lenses and the rest etc etc, do i need to upgrade my camera? It's still in fully working order, but with technology moving on do i need a fresh peice of kit?
 
Why? The D70s is a great wee camera, I still use mine (and a D70) quite often in preference to much more modern gear.
 
Why do you "think" you need to upgrade?

If you need to ask us, then no!
 
if your not blowing up photos more then 8x10 then having 2-4 more mega pixels are not going to make a huge difference, but looking through the veiw finder of a full frame camera is. also if you want any of the new technology its going to be showcased on the newest models, which would be the full frame versions.
 
What lenses do you have? Good glass is a far more worthy investment than latest camera bodies.

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James
 
Of course if you are wanting to sell the camera for next to nothing and buy something new, I'll take it off your hands, George :lol:
 
It's all in the 'kit bag'...I need a new lens, 200mm i think im after, im pretty low on the old dough ***!
 
D70s is a great camera, but if you are asking about upgrading, then you probably have some idea thats what you want to do.
There are quite a few used D80 ( £320 ish ) and D200 ( £420 ish) models, the Fuji S5Pro is available for around £420 refurbished from Fuji but its aimed at portraits weddings and studio work mainly with its wide dynamic range. You could use your lenses comfortably with those, but i doubt in most cases that you would see much difference in the resulting images ( apart from the Fuji).
The D200, I found, is nice to use, it has a few more features than the D70s that you might find useful, and a bigger lcd screen.
D300 is a more expensive upgrade, bigger screen, good high iso capability and more modern autofucus among many other things. But if you are thinking of full frame, then thats a whole new ball game. You would probably need new lenses or make sure the ones you have are FX compatible, then the only route left is better lenses.
There are lots about, you dont have to spend mega bucks and there are a few " consumer " grade lenses that wont break the bank but give results close to the expensive ( heavy) lenses. If your looking at 200mm, I can recommend the Nikon 18-200 VR as a good lightweight walkabout lens. Sigma do a nice 70-200 f2.8 and Nikon do an excellent 80-200 f2.8, both around the £590 mark.
You could get one of those and keep the D70s then think about upgrading the body later.

There is always a ready market for a used D70s ( me, for instance :thumbs:) but you wont sell it for too much and prices are dropping as the newer cameras come down in price.

Hope thats given you something to think about

Allan
 
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