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 >:(I am in desperate need of some advice! I love my D70 but I am getting horrible results when I  try getting any tiype of action shots at any level of light. I cant get anything in focus or its to dark or to
light. Please any advice would be helpfull.

As Ritz posted, let us know the settings you're shooting with, and we can go from there.  The D70 is a fine camera.  Hopefully we can figure it out together.

In His Grip,
kevin

okay so I have decided  to reset my camera to its default settings  and reread the owners manual . But I would really appreciate some tips on  gettting  action shots !

If you shoot in AV, at the widest (smallest #) setting your lense will allow, you should be able to freeze action pretty well. Hope this helps. Anyone that actually OWNS a D70 care to help out?
Peace, Ritz.

Ritz's tip is the key for natural light.  Your flash will also freeze most action under low-light conditions.  When my boys were small, I used a flash indoors, even when I didn't think I needed to, because they were always on the move.  When outdoors, the program mode for my AE-1 Program allowed me to set the speed and not worry about the aperture setting.

Let us know how it's working out for you.

In His Grip,
kevin

I posted this in the other thread entitled "Help" 

Try shooting in shutter priority - learn what shutter speeds will freeze action. A bird in flight outdoors can require a shutter speed of 1/800 to 1/1000; on a cloudy or dark day you may need to reset the ISO to 800.

A figure skater in mid jump, depending on the light conditions can be "frozen" at a shutter speed of 1/400 to 1/800 of a second, but in bright direct light might be caught with little or no motion blur at 1/200 of a second.

A lot of that is really just a matter of experience and the more you try the more you will learn.

Selecting aperature priority allows you to learn what shutter speed and what aperature will work in manual mode for what you want to do. Shooting wildlife that moves fast is always easier if you don't use manual.