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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / August 2006Back-up camera for Nikon D70s
Hello out there! Since december 2005 I am using the Nikon D70s. Now my work with the camera gets more professional, so I want to buy another camera to have a back-up. Until recently the D200 was my clear choise. Another D70s would not give me anything more than I already have, why I think that would be a poor choise. The D200 would give me a lot more. Now the D80 is coming. Should I wait and see, if that could be a good choise, or is the D200 always the better camera in this trio? Your opinions are very welcome! Mikael (Denmark) >Hello out there! >Since december 2005 I am using the Nikon D70s. Now my work with the camera >gets more professional, so I want to buy another camera to have a back-up. >Until recently the D200 was my clear choise. Why buy a much more expensive camera to have as a back-up? THis implies you are still to use the D70s as trhe main camera. >Another D70s would not give me >anything more than I already have The very definition of a back-up. >, why I think that would be a poor choise. >The D200 would give me a lot more. The shouldn't it be your main camera and the D70s become the back-up. >Now the D80 is coming. Should I wait and see, if that could be a good >choise, or is the D200 always the better camera in this trio? The D80 uses different memory. >Since december 2005 I am using the Nikon D70s. Now my work with the camera >gets more professional, so I want to buy another camera to have a back-up. >Until recently the D200 was my clear choise. Another D70s would not give me >anything more than I already have, why I think that would be a poor choise. >The D200 would give me a lot more. I think you mean the D200 would become your main camera and the D70s would be the backup camera in case the main camera fails? If so, the D200 is a very good choice. >Now the D80 is coming. Should I wait and see, if that could be a good >choise, or is the D200 always the better camera in this trio? The D200 is a better camera in almost every way. But the D80 will be quite a bit less expensive with most of the performance of the D200. I think you need to consider what you're using now, and if the D200 is worth the extra money over the D80. If you give us more information about what you want to do with the camera, perhaps we can offer more specific recommendations. > Now the D80 is coming. Should I wait and see, if that could be a good > choise, or is the D200 always the better camera in this trio? > > Your opinions are very welcome! Typically the older camera becomes the backup. The D80 uses SD memory v. the CF in your D70s which makes for poor interchangeability. Buy a second D70s ... the prices will be colapsing now ... esp. on used D70s'. Or, upgrade to a D200 and the D70s becomes the backup. Cheers, Alan  Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. > The D80 uses SD memory v. the CF in your D70s which makes for poor > interchangeability. Not really. There are SD to CF converters available. He could stick on in the D70 and then standardize on SD. KMA >> The D80 uses SD memory v. the CF in your D70s which makes for poor >> interchangeability. > > Not really. There are SD to CF converters available. He could stick on > in the D70 and then standardize on SD. Kludge. Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. >>> The D80 uses SD memory v. the CF in your D70s which makes for poor >>> interchangeability. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Kludge. Why? Think of it as a set of training wheels for the stupid that can be used to facilitate the advancement of the proper technique of inserting CF cards. Rita > Typically the older camera becomes the backup. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Or, upgrade to a D200 and the D70s becomes the backup. That was my thought - to buy a D200 and let the D70s be the backup. In that way I would get a better camera and still have a good backup camera. And here I would like to know, if you wold clearly recommend the D200 instead of the D80. Even if an extra D70s would be the cheapest way to get a backup it also would not give me anything new - no better resolution, no more fps and so on. The higher price just means, that I have to save money for a longer time! :-) Mikael >>Typically the older camera becomes the backup. >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > so on. The higher price just means, that I have to save money for a longer > time! :-) The spec at dpreview for the D80 is wholly respectable. There is nothing deadly wrong with it, although the SD card thing to me is a bit of a strange change. With the savings you look to better lenses which is more important in any case. Or perhaps a high end flash, if needed. Or a CF tripod. Or... Cheers, Alan Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. >> Or, upgrade to a D200 and the D70s becomes the backup. > >That was my thought - to buy a D200 and let the D70s be the backup. In that >way I would get a better camera and still have a good backup camera. And >here I would like to know, if you wold clearly recommend the D200 instead of >the D80. The D200 is clearly the better camera, with more features and capabilities. But you have to ask yourself one question...do I feel lucky? :-) Oops...I mean do you feel that those features and capabilities will be useful to YOU and your shooting style? > The D80 uses SD memory v. the CF in your D70s which makes for poor > interchangeability. I think the memory card issue has gotten silly as prices have plummeted. With a 2GB SD card going for well under $100 (more like $50). SignatureAlbert Nurick | Nurick + Associates - Web Design albert@nurick.com | eCommerce - Content Management www.nurick.com | Web Applications - Hosting |
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