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what's up price pipe fans I'm Brian Tommy we have a face-off between two of our favorite mid-range digital SLR cameras it's a picture perfect punch out between the Nikon d70 100 and the Canon EOS 70d our judges for this fight are Cena reviews senior editor Laurie boom boom brunnen and senior editor Josh the Gold man Goldman will take both judges scores and average them out to the nearest tenth of a point the final prize fight score will be an average of all rounds using the same decimal system let's do this first round is design and interface both of these camera bodies are comfortable to use they aren't overly complex with easy to navigate menus for DSLR users and can be found for around $1,100 each now a lot of times this comes down to personal preference Josh likes nikons layout better while Lori prefers canons the convenience of nikon's power switch right next to the shutter release makes more sense to us and while we're fans of canons flip out LCD that design choice forces some of the direct controls to be on top pressing a button directly in the middle of the mode dial to unlock it can be awkward and even though its menus are easy to navigate its directional pad control dial combination can make it a pain that comes d70 100 gets things started with the 4 and Canon 70d gets a 3.5 next round is features both of these cameras bring features you'd expect from a mid-range DSLR Nikon brings dual SD card slots and clean HDMI output for video but it lacks the ability to change aperture during video shooting you have a fixed LCD screen that limits its usefulness and if you want Wi-Fi you'll have to purchase a dongle add-on now Canon 70d articulated touch screen LCD built-in Wi-Fi and its ability to control aperture while shooting video sets it apart from the d70 100 it really has the advantage if you're looking to shoot video but the lack of a headphone jack and clean HDMI out is a bummer it's still won't matter this round goes to Canada with the 4 and nikon gets a 3 it's after a between 2 cannon has the slight lead next I the shooting performance fast don't lie and the numbers don't lie we're tenths of a second matter now the d70 100 is generally faster for still photography with a tenth of a second advantage in time - first shot both cameras are dead even with raw shot two shot time as well as JPEG shot two shot time now in dim light situations the d70 100 has the advantage by three tenths of a point where the 70d has a two-tenths of a point advantage for typical shutter lag now for typical continuous shooting speed Canon 70d also edges out Nikon with 7.1 frames per second versus Nikon 6.3 frames per second for the d70 100 also Canon 70d shines during live view shooting with autofocus performance that outclasses other DSLRs these results are all tenths of a second apart but in real world use the d70 100 feels faster with the ability to power on and shoot with one hand and it gets the edge this round with the 4.5 and the Canon 70d gets a for the final round that decides it all is image quality the d70 100 brings better detailed resolution and naturally sharper images because it doesn't have an optical low-pass filter it also brings better colour reproduction without fiddling with the settings valori says it doesn't preserve as much highlight detail as she'd like now the Canon 70d is no chump but the judges aren't too hot on his default color settings and images just aren't as sharp with its optical low-pass filter now josh says it's the high iso results that tilt this in favor of Nikon d70 100 Nikon takes the final round at the 4 and Canon gets a 3 let's average out all four rounds and in a prizefight wear Nikon trailed early the d70 100 closed the gap on Canon 70d and takes this battle three point six and is your prize fight winner I'm Brian Tong thanks for watching we'll catch you guys next time for another prize fight