Popular Photography Names Nikon D70 as Camera of the Year
It’s the time of year when awards start to be handed out, and first off the blocks is Popular Photography magazine, who have made the 6 megapixel Nikon D70 DSLR their Camera of the Year.
“The question for ‘04 was how quickly a camera maker would seize on this revolutionary fervor, and add some sophistication, features, fine-tuning, and, well, “maturity” to what the D Rebel had wrought…without pushing the price to a pro-caliber level.
Nikon worked fast, and we had our hands on a nearly completed D70 in time for our May issue. As that article and our lab test of a production model in our June issue showed, Nikon got it right.”