Nikon D70 Specs Released (January 28, 2004) 1. Introduction 2. Update (January 28, 2004) 3. Specifications On January 28 2004, Nikon released the specs of the D70 to stimulate the PMA crowds. The D70 contains Nikon's latest flash technology, i-TTL, and can shoot at 1/8000sec, 3 frames-per-second, for a total of 9 JPEG or 4 RAW images. Flash sync has been rated at 1/500sec, but this is only when using an external flash unit such as the SB-600 or SB-800. Internal flash sync is 1/60sec. These specs are certainly better than expected, and most likely are meant to grab any market share from Canon's 300D (Digital Rebel). The D70 aslo writes RAW + JPEG files. Is the buffer much larger than the D100? Well, it sort of depends. The D70 buffer writes up to 4 RAW + JPEG files, at 5.8MB per file (5.0MB RAW + .8MB JPEG Basic). However, the D70 does write 9 JPEG Fine images vs. the D100's 6 JPEG Fine images. The D70 and D100 both write up to 4 RAW files, but the D70 increases the JPEG Fine amount by 50%. $1000 MSRP The price of the D70 is certainly a good deal, when compared to Canon's 300D selling for about the same price, and even when compared to the D100. The D100 does have a few more features, (like the MB-D100 grip, and 10-pin accessories) but they are few, and I suspect we have many potential Nikon DSLR owners debating a D100 or D70 purchase. Update (February 10, 2004) A recently obtained D70 manual states that the D70 built-in flash does sync up to 1/500sec. I emailed Nikon USA and they are just as confused on the specs. Apparently, no one has the definitive say on whether the D70 can sync up to 1/500sec with its built-in flash. 1. Introduction 2. Update (January 28, 2004) 3. Specifications