D70 improvements over time?

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Hello all..
Do camera manufacturers make changes/improvements/refinements to cameras in the
months, years after their release?
Specifically I am wondering if the Nikon D70 is the same camera that it was when
originally put on the market. Canon is about to release a new, obviously
improved Rebel, and one might suppose that the mere leap in technology from the
first D70 to this new Rebel will be very telling. But if Nikon has actually
been making improvements to the D70 all along the past 18 months or so, the new
Rebel might not be all that much better.
On the other hand, if the D70 is unchanged in the past 18 months, I might think
of waiting on the next Nikon....

Any thoughts?

Tim

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> On the other hand, if the D70 is unchanged in the past 18 months, I might
> think
> of waiting on the next Nikon....
>
> Any thoughts?
>

Well, I'm still waiting for 3-D TV. :-) I would say the fact that the D70
still sells like hotcakes and gets good reviews, even against competition
with more megapixels, the only think Nikon can do to the D70 is up the
megapixels, which may be a good thing or a bad thing. IMO Nikon seems to
take a wait/see attitude towards the competition, and then improve on the
next model -- rather than try to be on the cutting edge right out of the
gate. A cable shutter release and mirror lockup for the D70 would be nice.
I wonder if they can put a mirror lockup in a newer firmware version we can
all use.

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Cameras are made in production runs and the only changes in digital cameras
from run to run tend to be in the firmware - which is usually updatable for
older runs too. Only cameras that remain on the market a long time (several
years for example) will have many 'improvements' over the originals - and
these are usually simply corrections to faults. Whereever there is
significant change they change the name by adding a number or letter. The
camera companies want you to know you're getting the latest.

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"Destin_FL" <mounttimmy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all..
> Do camera manufacturers make changes/improvements/refinements to cameras
in the
> months, years after their release?
> Specifically I am wondering if the Nikon D70 is the same camera that it
was when
> originally put on the market. Canon is about to release a new, obviously
> improved Rebel, and one might suppose that the mere leap in technology
from the
> first D70 to this new Rebel will be very telling. But if Nikon has
actually
> been making improvements to the D70 all along the past 18 months or so,
the new
> Rebel might not be all that much better.
> On the other hand, if the D70 is unchanged in the past 18 months, I might
think
> of waiting on the next Nikon....
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Tim
>
>

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"[BnH]" <b18[at]ii[dot]net> wrote in message
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> For digital, I believe so. For D70 sucessor, just wait a little while .
> 1 thing for sure ... it won't be a quantum leap .... just a frog leap
> maybe

To be pedantic, it will certainly be far more than a quantum leap.

The phrase "quantum leap" is almost always used incorrectly these days. A
quantum leap is the smallest possible change that something can make.

From "Quantum":

1.. The smallest amount of a physical quantity that can exist
independently, especially a discrete quantity of electromagnetic radiation.
Basically, saying something is taking a quantum leap actually means the
tiniest possible movement, not a huge jump.

Another incorrectly used phrase is "Meteoric Rise"....