The
Nikon D1H, D100 and D70 Digital Cameras Compared
by Lars Troels
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BATTERY
TECHNOLOGY
Li-ion
technology in D70 and D100 is far superior to the NiMh technology
in the D1H. With the D70 I always make more than 1000 shots
on a charge, D100 easily makes 500 and is almost as good. The
batteries have no memory effect and can be charged in small
portions and when you want to.
The
NiMh batteries in D1H are heavy, big, expensive and bad. Already
after 200 shots the indicator begins to warn about lack of power,
and I haven’t heard of anyone making more than 300 shots on
a charge. You always end up carrying extra and half full batteries
around, as they cannot be charged before they are completely
empty. It takes a lot of power to run the fast motor, the giant
buffer, etc. on the D1H. With the D70 you never have to be concerned
about power, there is always enough power.
AUTOFOCUS
The
Multi-CAM900 autofocus module in the D70 and D100 doesn't come
close to the Multi-CAM1300 module in D1H. The Multi-CAM1300
is the same AF system as in one of the worlds fastest 35mm SLRs
the Nikon F5; it needs almost no light to focus and can keep
up with every and any situation. There is enough torque to keep
a good speed even in older big tele lenses.
However, I must say that I have used the D70 a lot for sports/action
photography and it works pretty well. It is just that the D1H
is even better.
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spoiled with the D1H, it is somewhat annoying that on
the D70 it takes work in the menus to change from Single
to Continuous autofocus shooting mode.
This
switching to Manual, Single and Continuous can be done
with a single button at the front of the camera on both
the D1H and D100.
On
the D70 you can only choose between Manual and AutoFocus
from a button, Single or Continuous have to be set through
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