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[nuno]

hey elliot,

i am attaching some examples i took with the one of the most inexpensive nikon lens (28-80 G). i guess i am not having the same problem as you are.

i allways shoot fully manual and i adjust the white balance for every single place... in my opinion white balance is the most important aspect when shooting digitally. when you cant get the most accurate white balance for a scene, you can always perfectly adjust it in nikon capture if you shoot RAW mode (some way or another, you will always get the right white balance for every picture you take).

i read in some foruns that there are some people having back focus problems with d70 (not sure if thats the same as you), but you can call for nikon's assistance for a recalibration if thats the case.

 

hope i've been helpful some way,

nuno

[Elliot]

Nuno,

 

Thanks for your response. I am kind of confused. I took the camera to the pro-camera shop here in Atlanta. They checked it and found nothing wrong with it. I purchased another D70 for my brother and I am playing here with it. Both cameras are taking the same pictures. I am starting to believe that the problem is the part behind the view finder...... ME.

 

 

I have been reading quite a lot about pixels and light. Everything that I read explains that if white balance is not adjusted the images will not be acurate. However, I have found some hate forums against the raw extensions. Some profesional people say there is very little difference between raw and fine JPG. Of course the main problem is the file size.

 

After reading how the camera works and the main difference between CCD - CMO's and the Foveon chips, I have to agree that the raw format is the best one. The problem is that old people like me have to re-train ourselves to think digital.

 

My daughter is just starting in college and took 3 years of photo classes between high school and a small art institute. She develops her films at home with very primitive equipment. She continues to tell me that the problem is me. On the other hand I see the pictures she takes with the old Hasselblad and they are just simply beautifull.

 

She has an old large format camera her uncle gave to her (He is a profesional photographer) and even this old, old, old inexpensive large format takes great pictures. The 19.5 years old daughter tells the old techno daddy with all the new gadgets that he should change all back to film.... Hi Hi Hi The judges are my two boys, 19.5 years old (they are tripplets) The boys think that Carol's pictures are better. This is the daughter that learned 3D Max and Solidworks. She follows almost everything I do. I am an old ham radio operator..... she can even copy faster morse code than me..... The pressure is high to get these picture out of the D70 to come out nice. Hi Hi Hi

 

I have tried every lens and all the photos come out the same way. The pro-camera shop told me today to use the camera on ISO 200 or 300 and use the camera either on manual or semi-automatic but to try to use as much ligh as I can capture. I have been playing with white balance an using the lamps or the flash. I see some improvement. I am going to keep reading.

 

Thanks

Elliot