Advice: D70 28-80 or D70s 18-70?

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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:38:37 +0100, in rec.photo.digital.slr-systems "Alex
Berry" <asss39@pipex.dsl.com> wrote:

>As part of a long-service award with my employer, I have the option to
>choose something from a catalogue to which they will contribute £350.
>In the catalogue is the Nikon D70 with the 28-80 AF G lens kit. This will
>cost me approx £350 on top of my employer's contribution.
>
>I've been in touch with the suppliers who have agreed to offer me a special
>order D70s with the 18-70 DX lens. However, this would cost an extra £150 on
>top of the standard D70 kit being offered. In other words, £500 for me to
>pay in total.
>
>I'm completely stumped which one I should get. These are the only two
>options. I can't, for example, take the older D70 with the newer 18-70mm DX
>lens.
>
>I already own a Nikon 35mm slr (F60) for which I have a couple of Nikkor
>lenses, including a 70-300mm AF-G tele zoom, and the 35-80 F4-5.6D it came
>with. I plan to sell the F60 but keep the 70-300 telephoto lens.
>
>What would you advise?

It's your choice, but it doesn't seem like you do wide angle photography as
your current widest lens is 35mm. the 28mmill crop to the same FOV on the
D70 to ~28 X1.5 = 42 mm. The 18mm crops to 18*1.5= 27.
So if you use your 35MM a lot and might like something wider, go for the
18-70.
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In article <_cqdnecFTa7yy3_fRVnyiw@pipex.net>,
Alex Berry <asss39@pipex.dsl.com> wrote:
>As part of a long-service award with my employer, I have the option to
>choose something from a catalogue to which they will contribute £350.
>In the catalogue is the Nikon D70 with the 28-80 AF G lens kit. This will
>cost me approx £350 on top of my employer's contribution.
>
>I've been in touch with the suppliers who have agreed to offer me a special
>order D70s with the 18-70 DX lens. However, this would cost an extra £150 on
>top of the standard D70 kit being offered. In other words, £500 for me to
>pay in total.

[ ... ]

>I already own a Nikon 35mm slr (F60) for which I have a couple of Nikkor
>lenses, including a 70-300mm AF-G tele zoom, and the 35-80 F4-5.6D it came
>with. I plan to sell the F60 but keep the 70-300 telephoto lens.
>
>What would you advise?

Hmm ... how much do you use the 35mm end of the 35-80 lens? To
get the same coverage on the D70 (or D70s), you would need to go to
23.33mm -- a bit wider than the 28-80 could give you.

The 18-70 lens, in contrast, would give you coverage equivalent
to a 27mm lens on a 35mm film camera.

You seem fairly well covered on the longer end (with your
70-300mm), so I, personally, would probably go for the 18-70mm. As it
turns out, I bought my D70 (over a year ago, now) as body only, and used
a "28-105mm f3.5-4.5 D" as the lens on the camera most of the time. I
tend to prefer longer lenses normally, so I've gotten along quite well
with this, but I'm now waiting for the local camera store to get some
more of the 18-70mm lenses in stock. so I can add it to the collection --
just for those occasional times when the 28mm end of the other is not
wide enough, and I need TTL metering or autofocus (neither of which my
20mm f2.8 or my 16mm f3.5 fisheye have).

On the long end, I also have a 180mm f2.8 which has been
retrofitted with the CPU chip, so the TTL metering works, although there
is no autofocus.

You might want to hold onto the F60 for a while, and see how
much you use the 25-80mm. If you have a body cap, you could sell the
body and keep *all* lenses. There are no doubt people looking for a
spare F60 body for their own collection, so you should be able to sell
it, though for less than it could bring with a lens.

Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 7/23/05 3:43 PM, in article 8rh5e1t06i29ggbt25pcr70slh8mgba04u@4ax.com,
"Robbie" wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:38:37 +0100, "Alex Berry" <asss39@pipex.dsl.com> wrote:
>
>> As part of a long-service award with my employer, I have the option to
>> choose something from a catalogue to which they will contribute £350.
>
> Wow, we get a set of Walmart drinking glasses for 25 years service... not sure
> if that is as much as a pound...
>
> I'd take the 18-70... more wide for the buck... remember it becomes 27-105
> when
> on the D70.

I bought a D70s with the 18-70 lens.......

Great camera and excellent lens! Go for that combo......

PC

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I have the 18-70 kit lens with the D70. It's really a great lens, and I
think it gets a bum rap because it's a "kit." lens. Great lens, regardless
of price. I use it a lot at 18 just for the wide angle effect (distortion).


"Alex Berry" <asss39@pipex.dsl.com> wrote in message
news:_cqdnecFTa7yy3_fRVnyiw@pipex.net...
> As part of a long-service award with my employer, I have the option to
> choose something from a catalogue to which they will contribute £350.
> In the catalogue is the Nikon D70 with the 28-80 AF G lens kit. This will
> cost me approx £350 on top of my employer's contribution.
>
> I've been in touch with the suppliers who have agreed to offer me a
> special order D70s with the 18-70 DX lens. However, this would cost an
> extra £150 on top of the standard D70 kit being offered. In other words,
> £500 for me to pay in total.
>
> I'm completely stumped which one I should get. These are the only two
> options. I can't, for example, take the older D70 with the newer 18-70mm
> DX lens.
>
> I already own a Nikon 35mm slr (F60) for which I have a couple of Nikkor
> lenses, including a 70-300mm AF-G tele zoom, and the 35-80 F4-5.6D it came
> with. I plan to sell the F60 but keep the 70-300 telephoto lens.
>
> What would you advise?
>