Review on 📷 Nikon D70S 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only) - Professional Photography Equipment by Darius Early

I have had this camera for about two months and have taken about 100 photos (storage) to date. Having been a photographer for almost 35 years, I have certain prejudices. In particular, I've never felt comfortable with automatic exposure, and even less with autofocus. In fact, the last autofocus camera I owned was a Nikon N8008s, which I ended up selling at auction because I couldn't adjust to the various automatic settings. Still, I like this camera. Why? The D70s is a very easy camera to use and I only had to consult the manual to check a few settings and check out some of the features. It only takes a few minutes to set up, to be honest, and the controls aren't all that different from a film camera. I should point out that this camera was actually designed for autofocus lenses and if you choose to focus manually you will disable many of the camera's functions. Money for myself) I use my manual focus lenses on this camera. It's true that I don't get readings from the internal exposure meter and have to rely on a portable Gossen or the Solar 16 Rule (quite effective indeed) to determine exposure. Therefore, the LCD preview screen is crucial for determining or adjusting the exposure. I should also note that the depth of field preview feature is also lost when using manual focus lenses. I was stunned when I couldn't close the lens and started looking through the manual to try and figure out what I had done wrong, which was nothing other than the fact that I had used the wrong type of lens. While I miss this feature so much, I'm not sure how much of that loss is down to the viewfinder. Others have mentioned the low magnification and tunnel vision through the viewfinder and I can attest to that fact. I compared the viewfinder views to my trusty old FM and was just blown away by how poor the D70 compared. Ultimately the best camera is the camera you use and the D70 has become my camera of choice. Even though I use this camera like a classic Leica M-series, that is with manual exposure meter and exposure preset while waiting for a photo, I find that I can live with this ease of use. At some point I'll probably buy an autofocus lens (maybe a 35 f2) and take full advantage of its features. But for now, I'm content to use the camera the old-fashioned way.