farlymac
PF McFarland
The N70 is right in the middle of the N line of consumer/enthusiast cameras, and was introduced by Nikon in 1994. I bought mine because I wanted the AF Nikkor 28-80mm 1:3.5-5.6D zoom that was mounted on it. As it turned out, that was the only thing good in the deal.
The N70 (F70 in Europe) has auto and manual focus, wide and spot area on the AF coverage, single and continuous AF, and Focus Tracking. Plus Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual exposure control through the “rainbow” LCD panel on top the camera.
My camera apparently had some rough usage, as the area around the viewfinder is cracked in three places. The metering and AF systems don’t work well in lower lighting situations. And the film drive quit after 24 exposures. It still rewound the film, but would no longer advance it. The shutter and mirror still worked, so I didn’t notice the problem until I saw the frame count was still on 25, when it should have been on 31. Oh well, at least the lens works fine.
Nikon N70 by P F McFarland, on Flickr
One of the ethereal photos from the test roll of Kodak Ektar 100.
Walrond View by P F McFarland, on Flickr
The results from the failed film drive while trying to shoot a panorama.
Seeing Multiples by P F McFarland, on Flickr
See all the rest at https://flic.kr/s/aHskpBQ2x6
PF
The N70 (F70 in Europe) has auto and manual focus, wide and spot area on the AF coverage, single and continuous AF, and Focus Tracking. Plus Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual exposure control through the “rainbow” LCD panel on top the camera.
My camera apparently had some rough usage, as the area around the viewfinder is cracked in three places. The metering and AF systems don’t work well in lower lighting situations. And the film drive quit after 24 exposures. It still rewound the film, but would no longer advance it. The shutter and mirror still worked, so I didn’t notice the problem until I saw the frame count was still on 25, when it should have been on 31. Oh well, at least the lens works fine.
Nikon N70 by P F McFarland, on Flickr
One of the ethereal photos from the test roll of Kodak Ektar 100.
Walrond View by P F McFarland, on Flickr
The results from the failed film drive while trying to shoot a panorama.
Seeing Multiples by P F McFarland, on Flickr
See all the rest at https://flic.kr/s/aHskpBQ2x6
PF
Austintatious
Well-known
I bought an N65 for the same reason. That is a sweet little kit zoom ! Now on my N80.
Sold the N65 to a sutdent for what I paid, got the zoom for the effort
pvdhaar
Peter
The 28-80mm 1:3.5-5.6D punches well above its weight, which if you think about it shouldn't be all too hard as it weighs next to nothing; and that's a definite positive! Couldn't fault the image quality when stopped down a tiny bit.. great for hiking and travel.
farlymac
PF McFarland
Yeah, I'm keeping it on the N90s for now. I have the 28-105 on the F100, and just got the 24-120mm 3.5-5.6D.
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