Ready to buy a Nikon D70, need some advice!

[Jeff H]

Hello all,

After seeing some price drops in the Nikon D70, I have decided to seriously persue my purchase. I have run across a package at www.expresscameras.com it is the Continental package which includes the following:

Package Includes:

Nikon D70 Digital Camera Body

Nikon 28-80mm Auto Focus Lens

Nikon 70-300mm Auto Focus Lens

128MB Memory Card

Deluxe Case

Deluxe Lens Cleaning Kit

Tripod

High Speed Card Reader


The price is $1199.00. Is this place reputable and would any of you recommend purchasing the extended warrenty?

I look forward to you replies.

Jeff

[foramit@hotmail.com]

Jeff:
Check www.wolfcamera.com for the list of supplied accessroies with the Nikon D70 camera . This comes with US MANUFACTURERS warranty and with all the supplied accessories.
No doubt the price there is cheap, BUT that will be with no warranty ( Store warranty is useless) and when you buy all the missing accessroies itwill set you back by good amount. The store will then try to sell you te other accessroies that you will need to get started at a HIGH price. If you say no, they will become Rude:
MORE Imp: The memory stick they are giving is 4X ( 1X = 150KB) that means to save and trannsfer a 6MB image it will take quite a long time. Its useless memory.
Think of buying something with US warranty and with all accessories, then you will need extra memory , thats ALL. I bought te D70 , lens Kit, for 1299,Including shipping and No Tax for CA. after doing 2 monhts of research, and bought seperate 512MB 60X flash card, 79$ extra. Thats all I needed to get started .
Discount all the cheap price, as they all have some BIG Catch and no accessories.


PS: The 2 lens in the kit you mentioned are NOT NIKON MAKE:
They are Sigma lens, Trust me, Original makes are lot better and makes a HUGE visible difference. Dont get Sigma Kit.
Hope this helps .
Amit

[Jeff H]

Originally Posted by foramit@hotmail.com

Jeff:
Check www.wolfcamera.com for the list of supplied accessroies with the Nikon D70 camera . This comes with US MANUFACTURERS warranty and with all the supplied accessories.
No doubt the price there is cheap, BUT that will be with no warranty ( Store warranty is useless) and when you buy all the missing accessroies itwill set you back by good amount. The store will then try to sell you te other accessroies that you will need to get started at a HIGH price. If you say no, they will become Rude:
MORE Imp: The memory stick they are giving is 4X ( 1X = 150KB) that means to save and trannsfer a 6MB image it will take quite a long time. Its useless memory.
Think of buying something with US warranty and with all accessories, then you will need extra memory , thats ALL. I bought te D70 , lens Kit, for 1299,Including shipping and No Tax for CA. after doing 2 monhts of research, and bought seperate 512MB 60X flash card, 79$ extra. Thats all I needed to get started .
Discount all the cheap price, as they all have some BIG Catch and no accessories.


PS: The 2 lens in the kit you mentioned are NOT NIKON MAKE:
They are Sigma lens, Trust me, Original makes are lot better and makes a HUGE visible difference. Dont get Sigma Kit.
Hope this helps .
Amit

I just ordered my Nikon D70 From Bestbuy tonight! I got a great deal through them (recieved a 10% discount) due to some repair issues i had with them earlier in the year on a laptop. I also purchased the Nikon 70-300mm lens, 2 Sandisk 512mb Ultra II CF cards and I purchased a spare battery as well. I plan on going out this week and getting the remote for the camera at a local camera store.

Jeff

[D70FAN]

Originally Posted by Jeff H

Hello all,

After seeing some price drops in the Nikon D70, I have decided to seriously persue my purchase. I have run across a package at www.expresscameras.com it is the Continental package which includes the following:

Package Includes:

Nikon D70 Digital Camera Body

Nikon 28-80mm Auto Focus Lens

Nikon 70-300mm Auto Focus Lens

128MB Memory Card

Deluxe Case

Deluxe Lens Cleaning Kit

Tripod

High Speed Card Reader


The price is $1199.00. Is this place reputable and would any of you recommend purchasing the extended warrenty?

I look forward to you replies.

Jeff

Jeff,

Don't. The lens kit offered here is not what you will want with the D70, and the "accessories" are second rate as well.

Your first lens should have a minimum focal length of 18mm, and be designed for a dSLR. The Nikon "kit" lens (18-70mm DX) or the Sigma 18-125 DC are good starter zoom lenses, and run about $300. For a longer reach the Nikkor 70-300 G lens runs about $150 and the 70-300 ED lens is about $300.

I know the deal above looks good on the surface, but one way or the other you are going to end up paying around $1300, so you might as well start out with a lens that matches well to the camera, and buy the standard Nikon "kit".