Thoughts on upgrading from D90 (Page 3): You won't be sorry. I have 2 D7000 and bought the D7100 and I am in love. I do mostly wildlife and this is a great camera. Kept one 7000 for...

jolefont Loc: Brooksville, FL

Rwi66gasman wrote:

Already pulled the trigger on the D7100
Should b here Tuesday
Thanks 4 all the help !!!!!

You won't be sorry. I have 2 D7000 and bought the D7100 and I am in love. I do mostly wildlife and this is a great camera. Kept one 7000 for backup and gave other to my daughter, who gave my old 5000 to my other daughter, guess you could say we are a Nikon family, except for my Sony Son.

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Recently received my D7100 and a Nikon 18-200mm VRII lens from Adorama. Still learning as I upgraded from the D80. So far quite impressed. Have not taken a ton of photos but Iam more than satisfied with my very early results. The camera, lens, 32MB class10 card and extra battery from Adorama was $1,823.00.
Don

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

BboH wrote:

Take a look at the "reach" the 7100 has...
There are 2 "Image Areas" - DX (24x16) and 1.3 (18x12). If I remember correctly, using the 1.3 with a 1.4x teleextender about double the mm of your lens. 'bout blew my mind when I used a 2x with my 80-400 at 400mm.

Here's the question- are you increasing magnification or just cropping more. I'll bet just cropping by using a smaller sensor area. The focal length of a lens can't change no matter what camera you put it on.

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

romanticf16 wrote:

Here's the question- are you increasing magnification or just cropping more. I'll bet just cropping by using a smaller sensor area. The focal length of a lens can't change no matter what camera you put it on.

I would suspect both are in play. You increase the crop by using the smaller sensor area but you increase magnification by adding the teleconverter.

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

So in essence the only real increase in magnification is from the telex tender.Cropping doesn't increase magnification, it only decreases the field of view.

charles brown Loc: Tennesse

romanticf16 wrote:

So in essence the only real increase in magnification is from the telex tender.Cropping doesn't increase magnification, it only decreases the field of view.

Cropping doesn't increase magnification, it only decreases the field of view.

You would be amazed at how many people do not understand this and think that cropping is equal to magnification. Ive actually heard people say why buy a FF camera and use a 450mm when I can get a much cheaper DX camera and use a 300mm DX lens to get the same results.

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

romanticf16 wrote:

So in essence the only real increase in magnification is from the telex tender.Cropping doesn't increase magnification, it only decreases the field of view.

Correct

Indrajeet Singh Loc: Goa, India

charles brown wrote:

Cropping doesn't increase magnification, it only decreases the field of view.

You would be amazed at how many people do not understand this and think that cropping is equal to magnification. Ive actually heard people say why buy a FF camera and use a 450mm when I can get a much cheaper DX camera and use a 300mm DX lens to get the same results.

Exactly. I have just posted a series of images of a test I conducted yesterday to evaluate the DX "crop" factor, please visit it if you find the time. Just posted. Cheers!

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

D-7000 actually has a bit more of a dynamic range. Unless you are printing billboards, or have a reason for that many pixels, the D-7000 should last for years. I had to make the same choice between d300s and D7000. Went with the 7000 and am VERY happy. (of course, the 7100 was only a rumor at that point, but for the $$, I'd rather spend it on good glass.