On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:59:45 -0800, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello frank, > > One thing you have to be aware of...If they just look through the > viewfinders, the Nikon will look pretty good. > > Basically, the viewfinder on the D70 is too fine so that you can't > really see the out of focus areas very well. Sort of like there is no > matte. So if they use AF instead of trying to focus, it will look a > little small, but just fine for aiming the camera. It is when they > actually try to manually focus that the difference really shows up. > > On top of that, most people look at it with the kit lens. The Nikon > kit lens is a 3.5-4.5 18-70 while the Pentax is a 3.5-5.6 18-55. So > the Nikon will appear brighter than the Pentax when zoomed. Not > really comparing apples to apples. > > My friend told me that the D70 is selling like hotcakes to > scrapbookers who are really just using it as a glorified P&S. For > that use, the viewfinder is adequate. For someone who wants to be a > photographer, the viewfinder is poor. > > --
I've been alluding to what you said, Bruce, but thanks for the advice. I'll be much more explicit, now, WRT the *istDs and its ability to manual focus. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
