rajesh_krishnamohan

Could anyone explain how to use the "Depth of Field" button

underneath your lens in D70?

Appreciate your responses.

<p>I purchased my camera in July 2004. My images

were not as sharp. The service agent suggested to send the camera for

recalibration. I also started noticing 2 dots in all my pictures (CCD

dust). I

was convinced that it was time to send it to Nikon Factory Service.

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The problem is defined as follows<br>

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<b>Description:</b> NIKON STB BAG FOR SPOTTER XL II

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<b>Problem:</b><br>

? CLEAN & CHECK <br>

? RECALIBRATE/ADJUST/FIRMWARE<br>

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<b>Category:</b> 'C' - Major Repair : Major Parts Replaced<br>

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The service charge was quoted as <b>$567.00</b> (almost 60% of the

price of the body).

Luckily I am covered under warranty. My question is<br>

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1) Since this is the first time I am sending to Nikon Factory

Service, do you

think the service charge is unusually high?<br>

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2) Should I be concerned at all that the Camera I purchased is a

defective one?<br>

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Someone please share your experience</p>

Nah, Buy D70

First of All "New Camera" gives lot more satisfaction and less of mental stress should something go wrong :-)

Also, D70 is a faster camera (1/8000 Sec) shutter speed Vs 1/4000 of D100. D70 has more buffer for shooting continous pictures and is lighter in weight.

While both are good cameras, I would just want to get the "New" feeling...

White balancing in this case may not do a lot of magic if most of the subject is dark or you are shooting sunset etc.

However, if you are shooting with your flash light set WB to "Flash". If you have object illuminated by yellow light/Sodium vapour lamp set it appropriately. If you are doubtful, set it to Auto.

Also if you are doubtful, take the picture in RAW format and you will be able to change the "White Balancing" mode when you open the picture in Adobe Acrobat or Nikon Picture Project

Ravi,

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For instance check this one

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Picture 1

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<img src="http://img2.dpreview.com/gallery/canong2_samples1/010814-1615-33.jpg"><br>

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Picture 2

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<img src="http://img.dpreview.com/gallery/nikond70_samples/dsc_0063.jpg"><br>

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These 2 are almost similar and you will not know the difference when you print them. Picture 2 is a little bit zoomed in. Other than that, I do not see any difference in the quality of the picture.

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Ravi, I guess you assumed that I would have made a mistake while shooting my DSLR and hence I feel it crapy. But the above images were not taken by me. So chances of your doubts (that I know nothing about photograpy), if any should be reduced now :-).

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Thank you

Michael,

I was really taken by surprise to see the quality of the image that you sent. Do you think it is possible to take the picture with that sharpness using D70? (ISO 64 wow!!)

Folks,

This thread was certainly not intended to compare DSLR's and P'N'Shoot. Obviously there are numerous other things that are clearly missing in a P'N'S. Just wanted to know why some type of images taken on a P'N'Shoot are much better than the ones taken using a DSLR though we pay quite a lot on these costly gadgets.

The story was entirely different in film cameras because, you get to choose the ISO of the film.

Regards

Guys,

This question may be weird, but I feel logical and is a brain

chewer. So I want some convincing answers as why someone should not

try this option.

I have a D70 with 18-70 mm DX lens. The DX lens costs about $400.

Does a significant amount of our photography fall under this category?

ISO 50 to 400

f/2.8~4.8

35mm-105mm

Shutter speed 15 seconds to 1/2000

4 Megapixel

With white balancing/different modes of metering

If all the above comes from a reputed brand for under 300$, How is

SLR better in this area. Especially my D70 supports a minimum of ISO

200 but ISO 50 is certainly way better. So what is the real

difference in the picture quality? Will these camera beat the SLR

picture quality (only in this segment)because it gives you f/2.8 @

ISO 50? I feel that I spent more dollars and still some areas of my

camera are inferior to those taken by my friends who spent lot less

on these point and shoot cameras..

Please pitch in your answers....

Regards

BTW,Which service center is that you guys are talking about? I am planning to send my D70 to California to get my CCD cleaned/Upgrade firmware/Re-calibration. Will it take long time? Will they charge me for that? (It is within the warranty period)

And I am very nervous (and sorry) to hear that they could not locate you N80

Anil,

You might have read , the 35 mm film is a little larger than the CCD and hence the DX lenses are specifically designed for Digital CCDs.

This convenient zoom lens offers ample 18-70mm zoom performance. Equivalent to a 27-105mm lens in 35mm format, such a focal range comprises the most commonly used focal lengths - offering maximum versatility that can accommodate anything from tight portraits to expansive scenes. (courtesy Dpreview.com)

Exceptionally high optical performance designed specifically for use with digital SLRs. The output is vibrant.

Regards

Vivek,

Thank you for your concerns. There are lot of websites like Airliner.net, Jetphotos.net where people post only pictures of airplanes. I have not heard of any law that restricts taking pictures of airplanes. Of course if you take pictures from a "No Trespassing" area, you may be questioned or filed under suspicious activity. Out here, there is a public airport viewing gallery called "Founder's plaza" from where you can take pictures without any problems. In fact lot of kids come out to this place and they wave at the pilots as they planes taxi. Nice place to relax!!

Cool!!

Thank you all for your patient replies

Jim, I did use a tripod (come on) :-) Also the image that you are seeing is a crop from my 6 Mega pixel (also sharpened using picture project). But I shot at f/5. Will try at slower f stops and see how it goes.

Thank you once again

Hello All,

I have a Nikkor 70-300 mm AF-G lens F 4~5.6 lens. Off Late, I am

realizing that I need more zoom occasionally. The prices of

telephoto lens above 300mm(as you all know) is pretty high. I wanted

to buy a Teleconverter instead. I am using Nikon D70. I would like

to get the pros and cons about using teleconverters and also suggest

me a good one for the price range of US $300.

Also check the attached image. This is just an example where I

needed a teleconverter. Yes, the image is aweful, but will it get

any better if I used teleconverter?

Thank you once again<div></div>

Hi,

I checked my other pictures too. Looks like I have dust like you said. Thank you for noticing it. Now how do I clean it :-)

Regards

Hello Pros,

I would appreciate if someone could explain the effect of aperture

size on the sharpness of the picture. Has it got anything to do at

all? When I zoom using my Nikkor 70-300 mm on my D70,(300mm) and

Aperture around 5-5.6, the pictures are not as sharp. The subject is

about half a mile I should say. (Check the attached image). But it

is not as sharp (though the zoom brings the object nearer). It was

an overcast day and I do not think that it was affected by bad

lighting.

Please share your thoughts on what is optimal aperture size??

Regards<div></div>

Yesterday I was shooting pictures of a moving car that had the "day"

lights on. The car was coming towards me (from far) and I was using

my Nikkor 70-300 mm lens to zoom in. I noticed 2 dim lights

(possibly glare) below the actual lights when I was focussing the

car. The dim lights did not show up on the photo though. I am

wondering if this is normal?

Thanks for replying in advance.

Thank you for your replies.

The focus was somewhere on the horse. But given that the F-stop for the picture is pretty much on the higher side, I expected that the horse would appear very sharp. Am I wrong?

I should probably rephrase my question. Why is the image on the focus not very sharp?

Regards

Hi all,

I wanted to find out if my camera has to be recalibrated as I suspect

that the images are not sharp enough. I am an amateur photographer

and I need some expert's opinion on how to do a "focus test" to

confim if I do need to send the camera for re-calibration.

Alternatively, I am also posting an image with this question and you

can help me.

Thank you in advance and Regards<div></div>

Hi Folks,

I've been noticing the same problems that Williams is mentioning. Of course I am an amateur photographer, but I've compared my photo quality with other point and shoots of "Canon G5" and the image quality was clearly superior when it came to sharpness. What do I do? Check this and let me know.....

http://www.photo.net/photo/2522971&size=lg