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I have them both. My lady usues the D 70 and it is a very good camera. The only demand I put on any camera is that it take good pictures without "Glitches"..I am not a technical sort of person and could not tell you why one is supposed to be better than the other. I prefer the D100 because it seems more like my favorite camera of all time, the F5. I am a big person with large hands, it just fit me better than the D70 and performs as advertized..

I use a two stop ND filter....It is amazing how much one will help when taking pictures in bright sunlight..Set the ISO to 200

James...I bought a 5700 some two or three years ago..I was still learning how to operate it when I traded it off..To say the least none of the Cool Pix series seem to be very user friendly..One of the problems I had were my fingers accidently changing settings...Once I got it where I wanted it I took scotch tape and taped them all down...I have rather large hands and I think my problems stemmed from my big fingers changing settings ..Good luck with yours...

You do not need a full version of P/S...The LE version will do any necessary editing. Cost around $100.00 and is much better than anything Nikon puts out. Very easy to use...

I have had a 24/120 and 28/200 for some four or five years or so...I use the 28/200 most of the time...I personally like it because it is more flexible and gives me a small telephoto..

I recently bought a D70/SB 800 in Houston at Houston Camera Exchange for less than what I could find on the web..I have been doing business with them for some twenty years. They are very reliable and support any purchase you make from them. I think B&H is also very competive and a good company to do business with.. But, In the long run I like to see what I am buying. Support to me is a very important issue.

I find using the auto wb is best for most shooting...if need be it is very easy to compensate + or -.. It works great for me under any lightimg situation..

I made the mistake of shooting a bunch of pictures in NEF...I do not print my own for the most part...The lab I take my work to could not open a NEF file...I converted them to PSD..NEF files run around 34/35 MGs..PSD around 3/4 MGs..Nothing lost as far as I can tell..

Iwould never buy any kind of camera on E/Bay and would be wary of of any expensive item. There was a piece on MyYahoo two or three days ago suggesting there is a "skull dugery" going on behind the scene. Let"the buyer beware"

I download thru a card/reader directly to a CD..Or "send" it to a zip disk, then go to P/S for editing before it is loaded to a CD. I never use Nikon Capture..

I have a N90s and a F5, use a SB28D speedlight. What is amazing is they will focus on total darkness, but have difficulty in dim light. I have been succesfull in getting a focus off the subjects shoes.Also I will use manual focus and set the f/stop to get as much DOF as I can.

TTL means "Thru the Lense"...You are "looking thru the lense" when you look thru the view finder.."A"..could mean aperture or automatic.Read your amera manual.

To all your questions...Read your instruction manual again...and again ...and again..It is all in there..

I have a MD battery pack for my D100...I have'nt looked a D70 that closely, but I have serious doubts that it would function on one..

I use a SB28DX on a D100...Works great in all modes...I doubt any flash will work very good unless it is a digital flash...However I use a SB 26 on a 5700 and it works great. It will never show an ISO above 100. Do not ask me why, it just works...

Both N90S & F4 are great cameras..I believe the F4 will have more features that would appeal to you..On the N90 you have to change the aperture manually, whereas if memory serves me right you do not have to do this on the F4..You can't go wrong with either one..

I wish to say how much PN has improved over then past years...It

seems not to long ago that it is was one "flame war' after

another..Cannon vs Nikon it seems any statement you made was met with

great distain....My compliments to PN and the moderators who have

made what it is today...It was bad..I just quit participating..

I wiah I had the money to buy one...But in reality how many of us can

justify buying one when a D70 or D100 would serve our purposes...Is

it a ego trip? I can see how professionals would use one. But how

many professionals do we have on this forum that can justify this

expense and have a real need for one?

On my 5700 I use a SB26 flash....It is slow focusing... You just have to be patient...the flash shows a ISO of 100..It will actually take good photos at 30 feet...I solved the problem by buying a D100..

Since I do not have a macro lens for my D100, I use my CoolPix 5700

for these...It is not a true macro,but it is close enough for

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Presently I take my work (digital) to Photo Lab in Houston..They do

excellent work..I have been using them for 12/15 years...They charge

me $.42 for a 4/6 copy...I presently have a HP1280..It is a great

printer for anything except "facil tones". My question is there such

thing as a printer for digital only that I would not have to profile

and do it at cost equal to or less than what I am now paying?

I am a Shrine Photographer...We are guys who treat our patients at no

cost in one of our twenty three hospitals for burns, spinal cord

injuries and congenital diseases such as MS...I am allowed at times

to take under comtrolled circumstances photos of our patients,random

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If I am reading you right..The only way I know is to do it is with a split or transtion ND filter.. They can be quite expenstive if you by Sing-Ray (?)..founded by Galen Rowell....I almost sure someone else makes them also that might not be so costly.

I have the first model of an F5....I do not believe that you would find any changes that amount to anything...As far as I am concerned it is the best SLR ever made...It is very heavy ,especially with a battery pack...I use a Quantum Turbo (for fast recyle) with mine...It is very rugged and reliable....Also makes an excelent weapon..

I have both of these flashes and a SB 24 also....I consider the SB 28 the best...