Seriously. I love the D70. It’s a fairly…. extravagant…. gift, but the reality is that it’s basically the newest one my dad had purchased for the studio, but the flash (speedlight!!!) and the lightsphere (LIGHTSPHERE, omg) are new. And yes, one helluva gift, but it also means that I have my own setup for when Dad needs me to work — I can be second shot at weddings, do the tournaments, bring it for graduation shoots, etc. And, a d70 always gets more Ingrid pics out to my mom, so both of my parents have definite pros to me having a sweet camera in the house. Still pretty freaking generous, and OMG, D fricking 70.
This is so at the top of my wish list. Eeee. Between the two of us Ben and I have maybe 5 or 6 good Nikon lenses–they’ll work with the digital body, right? I am particularly craving a good digital macro capability for taking food pics.
I’m so so sorry about your cousin/horrible holiday. xoxox