Nikon D70 and Canon Flash

[Tony]

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Hi all,
I am interested in buying a Nikon D70. My options are 300D or D70... I
don't like the 300D and IMHO D70 is the best camera for its price range.
Unfortunately my analogic kit is by Canon. I haven't anything special,
NO L Series lenses or fancy accessories. I have a couple of Sigma lenses
Canon Mount, and a Flash 420Ex. I don't think this is enough to make me
stick with one brand rather than another. What do you think about this?
Would the Nikon D70 work somehow with the 420Ex by Canon? The Canon
420Ex is not a manual flash so I don't see how I could handle the light
coming from it.

Any suggestion, opinions before I buy?

Thanks,
T0n1

PS: I do weddings, portraits and glamour.

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>From: "Tony" 8904invalid@mynewsgate.net

>I am interested in buying a Nikon D70. My options are 300D or D70... I
>don't like the 300D and IMHO D70 is the best camera for its price range.
>Unfortunately my analogic kit is by Canon. I haven't anything special,
>NO L Series lenses or fancy accessories. I have a couple of Sigma lenses
>Canon Mount, and a Flash 420Ex. I don't think this is enough to make me
>stick with one brand rather than another. What do you think about this?
>Would the Nikon D70 work somehow with the 420Ex by Canon? The Canon
>420Ex is not a manual flash so I don't see how I could handle the light
>coming from it.
>
>Any suggestion, opinions before I buy?

I doubt the 420EX will work well if at all on the Nikon ... once you buy a
couple of lenses and a new flash you're spending almost as much as you would if
you just got the Canon 20D ... since you already have Canon mount lenses and
flash that's what I'd probably do, unless you plan on selling the Canon film
body so you don't need the Canon lenses and flash and can sell them.

 

[Tony]

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Thank you Bill. The fact is that the lenses came with the canon kit so I
would say I paid only $150 for them. The flash was on sale for $200. So
it's not that much. As I said the lenses are pretty cheap sigmas.

Thanks for any comments,
T0n1


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[Tony]

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20D

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"Tony" <8904invalid@mynewsgate.net> wrote in message
news:200412111813358904@mynewsgate.net...
> Hi all,
> I am interested in buying a Nikon D70. My options are 300D or D70... I
> don't like the 300D and IMHO D70 is the best camera for its price range.
> Unfortunately my analogic kit is by Canon. I haven't anything special,
> NO L Series lenses or fancy accessories. I have a couple of Sigma lenses
> Canon Mount, and a Flash 420Ex. I don't think this is enough to make me
> stick with one brand rather than another. What do you think about this?
> Would the Nikon D70 work somehow with the 420Ex by Canon? The Canon
> 420Ex is not a manual flash so I don't see how I could handle the light
> coming from it.
>
> Any suggestion, opinions before I buy?
>
> Thanks,
> T0n1
>
> PS: I do weddings, portraits and glamour.
>
> Inviato da www.mynewsgate.net

 

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"Tony" <8904invalid@mynewsgate.net> wrote in message
news:200412111813358904@mynewsgate.net...
> Hi all,
> I am interested in buying a Nikon D70. My options are 300D or D70... I
> don't like the 300D and IMHO D70 is the best camera for its price range.
> Unfortunately my analogic kit is by Canon. I haven't anything special,
> NO L Series lenses or fancy accessories. I have a couple of Sigma lenses
> Canon Mount, and a Flash 420Ex. I don't think this is enough to make me
> stick with one brand rather than another. What do you think about this?
> Would the Nikon D70 work somehow with the 420Ex by Canon? The Canon
> 420Ex is not a manual flash so I don't see how I could handle the light
> coming from it.
>
> Any suggestion, opinions before I buy?

Does the 420EX not offer a manual mode at all ? I would have thought there
was some way to use manual settings on it until you could get an SB800 for
the D70....

D70 plus the 18-70 kit lens will be a good start as long as you don't mind
ditching the Sigma lenses. I doubt you'll get much return value from them
though

 

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"Tony" <8904invalid@mynewsgate.net> writes:
> I am interested in buying a Nikon D70. My options are 300D or
> D70... I don't like the 300D and IMHO D70 is the best camera for its
> price range. Unfortunately my analogic kit is by Canon. I haven't
> anything special, NO L Series lenses or fancy accessories. I have a
> couple of Sigma lenses Canon Mount, and a Flash 420Ex. I don't think
> this is enough to make me stick with one brand rather than
> another. What do you think about this? Would the Nikon D70 work
> somehow with the 420Ex by Canon?

No. On my Nikon N90s, it will not even trigger.

> Any suggestion, opinions before I buy?

If you really set on the D70, sell your Canon kit.
Otherwise, to keep your kit, get the Canon 20D.

> PS: I do weddings, portraits and glamour.

If you do these professionaly, you probably need more flash power
anyway. The 420EX is too weak for bouncing inside even a modest
sized church.
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