About the D70, I've been following its progress closely on Photo.net, and there are mixed reviews. It's a great camera for the price, but if you are at all used to manually focusing lenses, forget it. The viewfinder is apparantly very small and can be frustrating if you like to do your own focusing. If you like to take action shots, the auto focus is the same as the D100--slow. If you want really high quality and can afford it, the D2X--12 million pixels, will be avaible soon.