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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See images taken with my CP-990/5700 & D70 at
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Do you have to go from that supplier?  Perhaps you can get a lower
price in UK for a D70 with 18-70 kit lens.  Wouldn't it be the same
for the employer no matter who they give their 350 quid to?

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    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.

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.

Have a look here for good unbiased Nikon lens reviews.

http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_surv.html

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).