Nikon confirm D70s and D50 are real

[georgie]

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05033 ... 50real.asp

[gstark]

Georgie,

Yes, I saw that; it seems to be genuine too.

[atencati]

The D50 I can see, but D70s? I can't seem to find any reference to it other than speculation, no hard evidence. I still don't understand why Nikon would take the product of the year that is still selling at an unbeleivable rate and change it after less than a year. Canon made the changes because it was being blown out of the water by Nikon.

When your on top, why change?

A

[Nnnnsic]

Because it needs to.

I'm confused why they didn't change the internals to match the megapixel value of the 350. It seems to me that that's still going to hook a lot of people and I'm not entirely sure what the extra "s" does that my plain old vanilla model doesn't.

[gstark]

The D50 I can see, but D70s? I can't seem to find any reference to it other than speculation, no hard evidence.

The manual seems real enough.

Not too many differences, but a new battery, and a corded remote will possibly be useful for adding a handgrip.

[huynhie]

Nikon has refined the D70, hence the name D70S. Just like the D2Hs, F90x F4s etc.

[genji]

i would have preferred a 'X' like the F90X