Few SLR queries

[Cactusweasel]

Perhaps the moire problem varies from camera to camera? I've heard a couple of people now say they havent noticed anything, while on the other hand ive read lots of reviews that have found the moire problem.

The D70 is still a tempting buy, but I think ill hang on and see what this new minolta d7d can do

[Rhys]

Perhaps the moire problem varies from camera to camera? I've heard a couple of people now say they havent noticed anything, while on the other hand ive read lots of reviews that have found the moire problem.

The D70 is still a tempting buy, but I think ill hang on and see what this new minolta d7d can do

I heard that the moire is more lens dependent than camera dependent. Didn't somebody here try a Sigma lens and a Nikon lens and find the Sigma gave horrible moire while the Nikon didn't?

[Ant]

Maybe it varies with in-camera sharpening...which is adjustable, I don't know.

Some review sites can concentrate on the faults of a particular camera based on test charts, which may not have any relevance to real life photography.

[Ant]

I heard that the moire is more lens dependent than camera dependent. Didn't somebody here try a Sigma lens and a Nikon lens and find the Sigma gave horrible moire while the Nikon didn't?

Good point. I hadn't considered that.

[D70FAN]

I heard that the moire is more lens dependent than camera dependent. Didn't somebody here try a Sigma lens and a Nikon lens and find the Sigma gave horrible moire while the Nikon didn't?

I'm using both the Sigma 18-125 and the Nikkor 18-70 and they are about the same. That said I haven't seen much moire in any of the 4000 D70 shots so far. Actually it's a combination of many different things which cause moire I have now used 6 different lenses with the D70 and have not noticed an affect on the frequency that moire shows up.

18-70 DX Nikkor (nice lens but too short)
18-125 DC Sigma (as good as the Nikkor DX with extra length)
28-300 Tamron (not recommended)
50mm f1.8 D Nikkor (I love this lens)
80-400 VR Nikkor (wish I could afford this one).
24-120 VR Nikkor (I'm seriously thinking about this one)

Again, the occurance of moire is very (very) infrequent, and I have always been able to work around it.

[Terracotta]

Just an interesting observation, but both shots that produced moire while I had the D70 had large amounts of refraction separated light in the moire area...