At $999, Nikon’s D70 has turned a lot of heads and started a great deal of gossip in the digital camera social scene — enough to ruffle feathers at Canon, who's EOS Digital Rebel was until recently the best deal around in terms of quality, options, and price. Although the price extends past the $1000 mark when a kit lens is thrown in ($1299), the Nikon D70 offers up stiff competition nonetheless. Arriving on the scene two years after its predecessor, the Nikon D100, the new Nikon D70 adds a lot of new features and improvements to an already acclaimed line of digital SLR cameras.
At $999, Nikon’s D70 has turned a lot of heads and started a great deal of gossip in the digital camera social scene — enough to ruffle feathers at Canon, whose EOS Digital Rebel was until recently the best deal around in terms of quality, options, and price. Although the price extends past the $1000 mark when a kit lens is thrown in ($1299), the Nikon D70 offers up stiff competition nonetheless. Arriving on the scene two years after its predecessor, the Nikon D100, the new Nikon D70 adds a lot of new features and improvements to an already acclaimed line of digital SLR cameras.