Daughters D70 failing, what next

9designs2 · 30 Mar 2013 at 18:16

My daughter has my old D70, which seems to be throwing up memory card access errors quite often now.... So perhaps time to give her an upgrade, (she's 21 this year :eek:

It has the 18-70 original kit lens which seems quite good, but I have the thought it focuses using the body with the little drive shaft ?
So what replacement body would be good..... Used D90 ? Or is the D5100 an option ? She also has a 70-300 Sigma Apo, which I need to check how that works........ Budget is limited, but she is pretty good, shows me up some times...

So worth getting something reasonable.

the shadow · 30 Mar 2013 at 18:36

Used D90 http://snapsort.com/compare/Nikon_D70-vs-Nikon_D90

K.C. Leblanc · 30 Mar 2013 at 19:42

The D90 would be my recommendation. The D5100 is more modern, but has a smaller more plasticy body then the D70. It also won't auto focus lenses that lack a built in motor (which might include the Sigma 70-300, there are two versions, one with one without).

D.P. · 31 Mar 2013 at 00:52

D90 or 2nd hand d7000.

9designs2 · 31 Mar 2013 at 17:19

D90 looks the way to go, also noticed it's a touch smaller than the D70, which will be appreciated.
Is it worth getting the 18-105VR as well to replace the 18-70 ?

kidloco · 31 Mar 2013 at 17:29

9designs2 said:
D90 looks the way to go, also noticed it's a touch smaller than the D70, which will be appreciated.
Is it worth getting the 18-105VR as well to replace the 18-70 ?

If you can pick It cheap then yes, it's a pretty good kit lense and the VR is very useful.

9designs2 · 31 Mar 2013 at 18:59

About 320 looks to be average price for a body...... What's going to be a good price with the lens ?