Nikon D70

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ACCT=130907&TICK=NIKON&STORY=/www/story/01-28-

2004/0002097672&EDATE=Jan+28,+2004">Nikon D70 Press Release</a>

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Built from ground up as a digital SLR, the Nikon D70 offers tremendous

value to consumers by incorporating many advanced features and new

innovations

that make photography with the D70 faster, easier and better. Its DX

format

6.1-effective megapixel CCD sensor is optimized to deliver images with

excellent sharpness and clarity, while a new advanced system Large

Scale

Integrated Circuit (LSI) processor ensures images with vivid color,

accurate

white balance and minimized noise. Nikon's new Dynamic Buffer

technology

allows the D70 to continuously take up to 144 pictures at a speed of

three

pictures per second (when using JPEG NORMAL -- Large image settings,

and a

SanDisk® 256 MB Ultra II CompactFlash card). Additional

features such

as exclusive new Digital Vari-Program modes, simultaneous

compressed NEF

(RAW) and JPEG writing capabilities, and new i-TTL flash

compatibility with

sync speed of 1/500 second further cement the D70's place as a clear

leader in

its class of cameras.

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I have a Metz flash unit with my NIkon F801s (N8008s). Will this be compatible with

the D70?

Remco JAn Woldhuis

The SB-28 isn't compatible, which will annoy a lot of people. Only that newer, less

powerful SB-28 verison is compatible.

I ordered mine about a week ago. The camera store is estimating that the D70 will be available for purchase on or around March 19. There is a media blackout that ends on the 18th.

I can't wait to get mine.