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The D70 has one major shortcoming

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In Reply to: The D70 is excellent (nt) posted by rnhood on June 29, 2004 at 16:34:25:

and that is its use of a "porro" mirror viewing system instead of a glass pentaprism, as is used in the D100. Have a look; you'll find with the D70 that the image appears to be down a tube, whereas with the D100 it's right there. The D100 is heavier, and $500 more expensive, but you may find that it's worth the extra money....

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Interesting - rnhood 04:56:17 06/30/04 (1)
I will have to take a look. Not sure if this "porro" viewfinder would bother me or not. Likely not. I also think the D100 is faster but I could be wrong here.
The extra weight of the D100 really doesn't bother me because the D70 is not exactly light. $500?? Well that may have some say in this. Hard to say at this point.
- ok, maybe not "major" - gwkatabatic 11:08:36 07/1/04 (0)
  Being somewhat of a purist, maybe I went a little too far calling it a "major" shortcoming. There's no doubt that both the D70 and D100 are excellent cameras, it's just that, for day-in day-out use, I'd be willing to pay the extra for the D100 (and am seriously considering making the plunge). But that's just me, and is based on decades of using Nikon F2's with glass prisms.

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