Nikon D70s Digital SLR Camera, an upgrade to the Nikon D70, is sporting additional features and capabilities as well as beautifully designed menus. Compared to the Nikon D70 digital SLR camera, it comes with a larger LCD monitor and improved auto focus accuracy. It uses a newer battery pack, the EN-EL3e, which offers slightly higher capacity. It also has a slightly wider flash coverage.

Nikon D70s Digital SLR Camera has an LCD color monitor of 2 inches or 50 millimeters. Compared to the LCD monitor of Nikon D70, which is 1.8 inches or 46mm, it is slightly larger. Also, the screen menus in D70s were re-designed menus of D70.

It also features an increased 18 mm angle of coverage from its built-in flash. This is better as the flash in the Nikon D70 can only be used with lenses as wide as 20 mm. The built-in flash, which pops up automatically, is synchronized to a shutter speed of up to 1/500 seconds.

It has a sensitivity ranging between ISO 200 to 1600, which can be controlled automatically across the same range of settings. Just use the Auto ISO to maximize available light. It has auto focus accuracy and utilizes the 5-area autofocus system. Also included is the AF-assist illuminator for maximum performance under bad lighting conditions.

In addition, you can use Nikon D70s digital SLR camera with optional cables for remote control. There is the MC-DC1 remote cord as well as the ML-L3 wireless remote control to help you shoot more conveniently. You can also make use of the software called the Nikon Capture (Version 4.2) to help you connect the camera to a computer via USB.

It features a start up time of 0.2 seconds. Its shutter release has speeds ranging from 30 to 1/8000 seconds. It is also capable of rapidly shooting 3 frames per second for a continuous burst of 144 JPEG images. For a full creative control, it features 30 to 1/8000 seconds shutter speeds.

The camera utilizes 1,005 image sensor and 3D Color Matrix Metering to help you select the right effects for each scene. With this metering system, you will be able to estimate the correct brightness, color, contrast, distance and focus area for a scene. Also, you can reference the results against 30,000 sample images stored in its database.

It comes with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that offers higher capacity. The EN-EL3e can deliver the power to shoot up to 2,500 images on a single charge. The higher the capacity of the battery, the more quality images you can have.

This camera was designed with Nikon F lens mount, which allows you to use other AF and DX Nikkor lenses. Like the other Nikon cameras, it utilizes the same Nikon DX format sensor.

If you are looking for the same excellent image quality and high performance offered by the Nikon D70, this camera is ideal for you. The Nikon D70s Digital SLR Camera is a user friendly camera like the D70 but with additional refinements.