PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Presently have a Nikon D80. Looking to upgrade to a Nikon D7000. Have heard very little negative comments about the D7000 and many good ones.

Does anyone care to comment on the pro's and cons on the D7000?

Have heard many pro's on the D7000 even over much higher priced Nikon cameras.

traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.

I got the D7000, just after it came out and have not had a bit of trouble with it. I love it.
Refurbished ones would be the way I'd go or with the prices coming down quickly on them, a new one.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Positive:
A great camera for the money.
High ISO performance is amazing- almost as good as the F D700.
Build quality is almost as good as the Dxxx bodies.

Negative:
I had to recalibrate the focus- mine was backfocusing.
Different layout than the D200, 300 & D700 I was used to using.
Slower buffer- not as good for sports.

I would buy another if I wanted another DX body.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Its still the best DX body on the market. I owned 4 of them and never had any issues with any. If it weren't for going full frame I would still be using them today. Hold off until February 1 to see if its successor gets announced by then.

wsa111 Loc: Goose Creek, South Carolina

Great camera. The only adjustments i needed to perform are the backfocusing & fine tune center weighted & spot metering.
Some features like the U1 & U2 are super. I wish my D800 had those options.

MtnMan Loc: ID

I recently got the D7000. I prefer my previous D5100 over it. But my wife won't give it back.

The D7000 and D5100 have the same sensor and thus take the same pictures. The D5100 is half the price, lighter, easier to use, and has an articulated LCD which turned out to be a tremedous tool for a variety of uses I never imagined. You won't know till you have one how useful it is.

The D7000 has a number of mechanical features over the D5100. The only ones I like are the better viewfinder and the front dial for ISO. But I had my D5100 set up using the programmable function button for ISO so it isn't a big deal.

The thing I most don't like about the D7000 is the idea you need to use a bunch of buttons to change things and are supposed to look at the little green LCD to do it. I can't read the little green LCD without my reading glasses and have to search for the buttons. On the D5100 you do all those things on the much better laid out large LCD.

My pictures also don't seem as sharp with the D7000. There have been many complaints on that. I think it might be due to the differences in the focusing system or it might have to do with the metal parts of the body transmitting vibration. Working on that.

You might want to consider the new D5200. It has a better sensor than either of the above.

D5100 photo...try this without articulated screen


Making progress with the D7000, though...

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

Still the best DX camera on the market. Just remember as with most camera's 90% of complaints are user related. You can get these now from Adaroma for $750, now that's a steal.

graham52 Loc: Scotland

I upgraded to a d7000 from a d90 and have no complaints

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

Ah the old argument "must have an articulated screen" CARP.

I have a Canon 60D, a great camera, have used the articulated screen for macro and closeup, BUT it is NOT the be all and end all.

I needed two more bodies as my son has come into the business and being Canon users I looked into the 7D, and the D7000. After three weeks of looking and research I bought 2 D7000s and a Sigma 120-500 to compliment the 120-400 Sigma on the Canon.

The D7000 beats the 7D hands down and DOES NOT have an articulated screen.

For 40-50 years we managed without articulated and touch screens.

I want reliable, solid camera which the 2 D7000s are

lporrel Loc: California

Lovely photos. Are they photoshopped, or did they come out of the camera that way?

butterflygirl77nc Loc: North Carolina

I got a d5100 for Christmas, read through the entire David Busch manual and then discovered it couldn't focus on moving objects even with 3 different lenses and every different setting I could try. I thought I was an idiot until I took it back, traded out for a d7000, put it in manual, set my ISO and shot a seagull flying overhead. Nice shot and that's BEFORE I read the manual or set any of it's endless options! I'm now on page 97 of the David Busch book and I LOVE this camera!

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Thank you to all that responded to my questions on the Nikon D7000. Really sounds like the way to go.

Additional responses will be welcome.

Thanks again,

Don

sbesaw Loc: Boston

Ah, it's great to see a logical and correct conclusion. You won't regret it. the D7000, in my opinion, is the best crop sensor camera in the market and I get to shoot them all.

MtnMan Loc: ID

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Thanks.

Pretty much camera-direct output. The branches were growing out of the wood duck's head so I cleaned up around his head with the clone stamp. I probably added a bit of clarity in Lightroom. That would be all.

Janusz Loc: St.Catharines-Ontario

Hi, can somebody help me . I have Nikon D7000 - excellent camera but have some time trouble with setting even I read manuals very often !
Now I find that camera making photo only in JPEG - I have two cards one in slot 1 another in slot 2 .
Setting is : Recording in RAW . Second slot is set to :NEF/RAW +JPGE. I understand ( manuals page 89) that on card in slot 1 will be format RAW and on the card in slot 2 JEPG .
I find out that on both cards I have only format JEPG .
Please do not be sarcastic for my "English " as this is my second language . Kind regards - Janusz