Nikon D70

The Nikon D70 is a digital single-lens reflex camera, introduced at the 2004 PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show, as Nikon's first consumer-level digital SLR, and a competitor to the Canon EOS 300D. It was often sold in a "kit-package" with the Nikon 18-70mm AF-S lens. The Nikon D70 was succeeded initially by the Nikon D70s and more recently by the Nikon D80 and Nikon D90, announced on August 9, 2006 and August 27, 2008 respectively. The Nikon D70 is the first DSLR camera built by Nikon's factory in Thailand.

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Nikon DX format sensor

1.5x field of view crop
6.1 megapixel sensor (23.7 mm × 15.6 mm)
1/500th second x-sync
Nikon F-mount lenses
File formats include JPEG, NEF (Nikon's raw image format), and JPEG+NEF
Single Servo and Continuous Servo focus modes
Continuous shooting at 3 frame/s up to 144 images using a high-speed storage card (minimum burst of 4 images with a low-speed storage card)
ISO 200–1600 (in full stops or 1/3 stops selectable)
Configurable Auto-ISO (Automatic sensitivity change to keep required Shutter and/or Aperture values)
New TTL Flash System

Due of its hybrid electronic/mechanical shutter, it is possible to flash sync the D70 and D70s beyond their published 1/500 maximum sync speed up to the maximum shutter speed of 1/8000.

The Nikon D70 has been considered superior to its predecessor, the D100,[3] despite the higher price of the latter. The D70 is backward compatible with most of the older Nikkor lenses. Sigma, Tokina and Tamron are other popular lens suppliers of Nikon F-mount lenses.