ND70

Jimmie Arroyo · 12-06-2004, 02:28 PM

Holly,

The remote is only about $20 and the receiver is built in the camera, nothing else to attach, I think.

Michele Rushworth · 12-06-2004, 02:42 PM

The D70's self timer can be adjusted to as short a time as two seconds, I believe. I think that a remote shutter release would be better though, since a lot can change in two seconds with a model.

Unfortunately the remote for the D70 looks like it needs to be operated from the front of the camera, as if you were taking a photo of yourself and you were holding the clicker standing in front of the lens. The sensor for the remote is on the front of the camera and I don't know if it would pick up a signal from a photographer standing behind or even beside the camera.

Marvin Mattelson · 12-06-2004, 08:05 PM

If some of your pictures are slightly out of focus it could be that you didn't have the camera set for AF-S (Single -Servo Autofocus) and not CF-A (Continuous-Servo Autofocus) or manual focus. The AF-S prevents the camera from shooting unless the focus is locked in. Obviously you'd have to be using an autofocus lens and the active focus area would have to be centered over what you have determined to be the critical are of focus. Also be careful the AF-area Mode isn't set to closest subject.

Jimmie Arroyo · 12-06-2004, 10:39 PM

The settings stay fairly similar through out the shoot. The pics that are slightly out of focus is very slight, I don't notice it myself until I start increasing the size on screen. Most people who would not use pics as reference would not likely notice. It does'nt happen much, mainly to the pics that I would have loved to use, of course. I am new with this camera so it was probably something I did. Live and learn.

I'll take plenty of practice shots at home before shooting models. A few pictures that I took of my wife and her sisters came out very good, my daughter's came out great also. They were with flash though, so the concern over shutter speed was'nt present.

I might get the remote just for the hey of it. It's only $20 and it'll come in handy for family pics.

Julie Deane · 12-07-2004, 12:40 PM

Hi Jimmie and Marvin and any other D70 users -

How does this camera operate in low light? I see from the DP Review that the lowest ISO is 200.

Michele Rushworth · 12-07-2004, 01:16 PM

ISO numbers are inversely proportional to the amount of light. A low ISO number is for taking pictures in a lot of light, so you would use ISO 100 (which this camera doesn't have) on a bright sunny day.

The higher numbers, like ISO 1600, are for low light. This camera does a much better job focusing in low light (thanks to an extra little light it fires to help the camera find edges to focus on) than my old digital Minolta did.

The resulting image gets grainy with lower light on the subject, however, just like on film cameras.

Julie Deane · 12-08-2004, 03:27 PM

Thanks, Michelle -

What I want to be able to do is use as low an ISO as I can in a low light situation to get the best image I can, without a lot of artifacts or graininess. With my old 2 megapixel camera, I can shoot pictures in my north light living room that has less light because of trees outside at 100 or 200 ISO with reasonable results. Is this possible with the D70? And does anyone have any examples?
(If I am inappropriately starting a new topic on an existing thread, feel free to move this)

Thanks!