The D50 is a bargain if you can do without the little extras of the D70s. For going out photographing birds etc. I've really noticed no difference. As a snapshot camera it produces great colours. At the price it now is it can;t be beaten.

thanks don and greypoint, i was going to use it for wildlife photography.

A good plot would be to look in the gallery for pictures of the type of wildlife you will be shooting. A fair number of these image details also show the lens used. Wildlife is a broad spectrum so that would help us in making sugestions.
You can include links to them to save going into to much detail.

Don

...and the budget!

hi don, i am going to use the camera to photograph birds and plants, i have found a website where the nikon d70s is only £90 more thab the d50 so i'm considering getting one of them.

fishingruddy

:) the d70 is well worth the extra money.i started off with the body only because i had nikon lenses from my old film slr.since then i've started building a nice budget collection including the sigma 170-500mm which is good for wildlife.

D50 is better than D70 for birds. It's ccd will give less noises at high ISO. You need high speed for birds as birds are active early in the morning and late afternoon. Maximum usable ISO for D70 maybe ISO400 while D50 could be use at ISO1600. It's because of the newer technology of the D50. Just like newer and cheaper pc are always better than older and more expensive models.

I use a D50 and VR80-400 handheld for birds and am very happy with it. I shot more than 5,000 photos in six months. For macro I use MicroNikkor 60mm and it works very well. Why buy camera with more functions than you need? New models will come out every 6 months and they will be better and less expensive. I used to taking bird pictures with Leica IIIf rangefinder camera. Today DSLRs are much more convenient. I do not believe that the top Nikon model will take better photos than the D50. Manufacturers like to use the words 'novice' and 'pro' to make extra profit!

:) i thought the d70 and d50 shared the same ccd.

thanks ruchai, i went for the d50 and am very happy with it, i think it's more user freindly than the d70 even if it doesn't have the exta toys
fishingruddy

You are wrong. D50 are made long after D70, no reason for Nikon to use old ccd when more capable one are available at lower cost. Look at the test result here: www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/D50/ZNOISE.gif


You can see the whole story here: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PROD...D50IMATEST.HTM

With fast development in technology you usally pay less for more if you wait. Personal computers are the obvious exsample.

According to the graph above, D50 at ISO800 produce less noise than D70s and Canon 350D at ISO 200! If you are going to use the camera for taking bird pictures at dawn and dusk the choice is obvious. Use the money saved for better glasses.