From D70 to D80,...........nice!

[marcos]

I know I haven't post anything in about a year, but lately took he camera for a lens cleanup at Wolf Camera and saw the D80 from the corner of my eyes, 12 minutes later I was paying for it, . I wasn't going to, but three details that made my desicion, bigger sensor, 1O megapix, go down to ISO100 and the ability to use lockup mirror function when used with a remote cable (US$45), one more feature, 11 focal points.....oh boy, I'm glad I bought it, I'm a happy camper!
By the weekend I'll post some pixs from a helicoter over looking Grand Cayman (D70)

[Yi-P]

Bigger sensor? Are you talking about the bigger SCREEN??

[marcos]

Sensor is slightly bigger, meaning more details, also the LCD screen is 2.5"

[Yi-P]

23.7 x 15.6 mm (D70)
23.6 x 15.8 mm (D80)

I dont think that will really hit a size difference. Tho the 10MP sensor is always good to have

[marcos]

Yi-P, I was under the impression that there was more of a difference. Anyways, just for the lock up mirror function, more focus points and 10mp worth it.
Few good details I noticed, I need less pp from the D80, noise is a lot better and white balance is much, much better than the D70.

Anyone interested in a D70 body? email me.

[Grev]

It's defintely good, better noise handling and stuff. Although I don't think I have surpassed my D70's limits though.

[Yi-P]

I'm still working right under the D70's limit. So there is still room for improvement before moving on to next body.

Lens lust still on top of the list

[losfp]

Marcos, the D80 has pretty much the same sized sensor as all the other Nikon DSLRs (they all share a 1.5x crop factor) - but you do get a bigger viewfinder and screen compared with the D70