christel93

forwarding this for a friend....I am a Nikon user. I own the D300. I am looking into the D7100. I have seen several not satisfied with it. I mostly shoot wildlife.. but also shoot landscapes and do macro.. I guess you could say I shoot most anything.. It there anyone on here who can tell if this camera is going to keep up with the D300.. or am I going to be disppointed with the purchase of a D7100? My Nikon D300 is 6 years old and has already been sent in for repair once.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

I think overall, the D300 is a much better camera, but if it is kicking on its last leg and you just need a new camera, the D7100 is a mighty fine camera to have! (Sorry, probably not of much help, since I'm a Canon shooter).

hlmichel Loc: New Hope, Minnesota

Is your friend asking this same question on the D7100 users group on Facebook?

Have her purchase another D300 or buy a D7100 from a place where she can return it easily if not satisfied.

christel93

lol..yes she is..i keep telling her about this forum but she still hasnt done it so i told her i would post here too to see what i could find out..we both shoot wildlife together so shes really worried about the shutter lag..i told her to go to canon..lol but she has too many lens invested to be able to afford to switch to canon

hlmichel Loc: New Hope, Minnesota

I just posted a link to some bird in flight shots done with the D7100--on the FB page.

I once shot with a guy--we were shooting a Taekwondo demonstration. I was spraying and praying and he was in single shot mode. Time after time he came up with perfectly timed shots while I got a card full of crap. Out of 100 shots, I may have gotten one decent shot(and a headache from flying wood during the breaking demo)
I asked his secret and he told me to know the lag of your camera and shoot in anticipation.

Granted, I am not a wildlife shooter--though I love shooting birds in flight when I get the chance.

christel93

cool..thanks..i will let her know

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

I've heard lots of good things about the 7100. I have the 7000 and think it is a great camera for wildlife, sports, landscapes. It is a better camera than I am photographer that is for sure.

Db7423 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

Perhaps the biggest difference is the 24mp sensor in the D7100 and the absence of the AA filter like the D800e. ;)

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

The D7100 is a vastly superior camera body to the aging D300. Sharper images, faster processor, much larger files for larger prints. Different control layout but that is all you would have to learn. The resulting images blow away the 12MP results from the D300 in anything larger than 11x14 prints.

Rbrylawski Loc: Tampa, FL

You said you've seen several not happy with the D7100? That would be news to me. I've never heard of anyone not happy with the D7100, myself included.

Maybe this link comparing the D300S and D7100 will be of interest to you:

http://www.nphotomag.com/2013/02/25/nikon-d7100-vs-d300s-how-do-these-cameras-compare/

christel93

thank u so much i will share this with her

amehta Loc: Boston

Shutter lag usually has two parts: autofocus time and actual shutter actuation time. The shutter actuation time for the high end Nikon and Canon DSLRs are are in the 40-60 millisecond range (D300, D300s, D7100, D3s, D4; 7D, 1DX).

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/D300/D300A6.HTM
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/nikon-d7100/nikon-d7100A6.HTM
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E7D/E7DA6.HTM

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

I have a D300 and a D7000 that I just acquired last year. The 7000 definitely has better IQ at higher ISO's. I do like the feel and placement of the buttons on the D300 better though. The 7100 is an improvement over the 7000 and I wouldn't hesitate to get one over a D300.

Spaaarky Loc: Norfolk/Cambs border UK

I shoot a lot of birds and BIF.

I had the D300s which was a fine camera, but was beginning to show it's age.

Two month ago I bit the bullet and traded the D300s in for a D7100 (I also own a D7000) .

In conclusion the D7100 blows the D300s out of the water, in every way, just get used to the button layout.

I use the new San Disk Pro cards (95mbs) and have no problems with the buffer, although I do not spray and pray.I do shoot in RAW.

Take a look at my Flickr page, the link is in my signature.
The 40th picture is the last one taken with the D300s.

steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA

I recently purchased a 7100 and I am very happy with it. The autofocus time and the shutter actuation time have not been an issue. However, there is one thing which your friend might want to consider- burst rate.

The 7100 is capable of shooting up to 6 frames per second in DX mode, 7 frames per second in 1.3x crop mode. However, once you fill the buffer, the shutter release is disabled until those images are written from the buffer to the card. How long a delay this is will depend on how fast a SD card you use. With a 45mb/s card, it is about a 1 second delay, a 95mb/s card is roughly 1/2 second delay.

For my shooting style- mostly landscapes, detail shots and occasional staged movement (e.g. wedding procession)- this is not an issue. I typically shoot single shots or short (4 to 5 shot) bursts anyway. If her shooting style is to shoot in longer bursts, I think your friend will find she will be missing shots waiting for the buffer to write to the card.

However, if she is willing to shoot in JPEG rather than raw, it becomes a non-issue, as the buffer will write fast enough to keep shooting continuously.

I am happy with mine. I especially like the extra reach I get from the 1.3x crop mode, and while this reduces the file size, they are still plenty large at roughly 15mb.