Nikon N70 Testing

[PFMcFarland]

The N70 is right in the middle of the N line of consumer/enthusiast cameras, and was introduced by Nikon in 1994. I bought mine because I wanted the AF Nikkor 28-80mm 1:3.5-5.6D zoom that was mounted on it. As it turned out, that was the only thing good in the deal.

The N70 (F70 in Europe) has auto and manual focus, wide and spot area on the AF coverage, single and continuous AF, and Focus Tracking. Plus Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual exposure control through the “rainbow” LCD panel on top the camera.

My camera apparently had some rough usage, as the area around the viewfinder is cracked in three places. The metering and AF systems don’t work well in lower lighting situations. And the film drive quit after 24 exposures. It still rewound the film, but would no longer advance it. The shutter and mirror still worked, so I didn’t notice the problem until I saw the frame count was still on 25, when it should have been on 31. Oh well, at least the lens works fine.


Nikon N70 by P F McFarland, on Flickr


One of the ethereal photos from the test roll of Kodak Ektar 100.

Walrond View by P F McFarland, on Flickr



The results from the failed film drive while trying to shoot a panorama.

Seeing Multiples by P F McFarland, on Flickr


See all the rest at https://flic.kr/s/aHskpBQ2x6

PF