Nikon CF-D70 Semi Soft Case for D70 Digital SLR with 18-70mm Nikkor Lens
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Manufacturer: NikonModel: 25303
Product features:
- Protect your Nikon SLR from abrasion and everyday wear
- Semi-soft case design for convenience and security
- Quick and easy to store and remove camera from case
- Elegant black color with Nikon logo
- For use with Nikon D70 with DX 18-70 lens
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Digital camera Review: Good for scratch protection, but impact? Forgeddaboutit.
Summary: 3 Stars
If a lightweight solution to fight scratches is primarily what you're after, this case will most likely fit that bill. Don't expect the sort of protection given by an old-fashioned leather hard case, the genotype that's capable of absorbing and protecting against mild to hard impacts (then again, who does for any amount of money these days; those types of cases are for the most part long lost). That sort of abuse won't go over well when using the CF-D70. This case is really all about protecting against relatively minor bumps and scrapes, and generally it does that task well enough.
That said, life does abound with more than just gentle bumps and mild glancing nudges and soft springtime drizzles. For those instances, Nikon doesn't offer a good on-camera solution for the D70s; even the now-discontinued D100 semi-soft case I switched to for a period (thinking it might afford noticeably superior protection) is at best only a middling better solution against sudden downpours and accidental whacks against the sort of things that could leave you wishing that you had left the D70s at home in the first place (or cursing aloud at Nikon for not offering one of those aformentioned, old fashioned leather hard cases). Or, as in my circumstance, switching to a Lowepro SlingShot quick access pack.
I certainly KNOW I can be hard on my gear; one look at any of my 35mm film cameras can testify to that. For me, the Nikon semi-soft solutions just don't offer the sort of protection I need. Moreover, I can get at my D70s just as fast with my Lowepro pack as I could with either Nikon case, and the piece of mind the thick padded sides of the SlingShot is well worth the inconvenience of a little more bulk (plus I get the benefit of the two padded slots for additional lenses or equipment). Yet for the casual photographer who only wants some light protection for their D70/D70s, even I have to admit that the CD-D70 does do that job reasonably well.
But frankly, I'd rather have that piece of mind.
One star for its ability to meet my more demanding needs, five stars for meeting the needs of someone only interested in sparing their D70 from the indignity of surface scuffs: an average 'average' of three, which only seems fair considering there's plenty of us D70 users in both camps.
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