Which one of these cameras? Hi, I have a bed and breakfast and I want to photograph it myself. I have thought and reserched this for 2 years. I am now ready to buy a camera. I have...

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Hi,

I have a bed and breakfast and I want to photograph it myself. I have thought and reserched this for 2 years. I am now ready to buy a camera. I have praticed with my little camera for a long time. I have even used my friends cannon but I want to do this now and I want to be able to move on to taking picutes of other peoples bed and breakfast.

This is very needed in our field. I think I can capture the feel people want. Now this is where I am at. I need to buy and it is between a D5100 or D7000. I have studied both for a long time.

I know the pros and cons of each but I am not sure which I should pick. Any advice? I really didn't just think this up yesterday I have done lots of home work on this.

Thank you. Linda.

Len

Buy the 5100 and save price difference toward additional lens.

Freddie Loc: Orlando, FL

Linda, I bought the D7000 in January and am loving it. I chose it so I could use some of my older AF lenses. If you have compared them, you know the D7000 does everything better and faster than a D5100, but will cost you $400 more. The D5100 will not autofocus on lenses without a focus motor in the lens. You will need AF-S lenses for it. There are plenty available, but more are available for less money for the D7000. That being said, if the D5100 will do all you want and you don't intend to buy a collection of lenses, save your money and you'll be very happy with the D5100. Use the $400 to buy a 55-200mm VR lens, or a fast wide angle fixed lens for indoor shots. I believe the D5100 and D7000 share the same sensor and processor so either one will give you great images when you learn to use it. Go for it and enjoy.
Freddie

henrycrafter Loc: Orem Utah

How you use the camera and how well you study out the camera to gain profiency is MUCH more important than whic camers you buy

millervito

Both cameras are good but as henrycrafter said being proficient is more important. My opinion is to pick up the cheaper cam and use the extra cash for the best glass you can buy. Cameras depreciate very quickly but good glass holds its value. Happy Shooting

CO

The D3xxx and D5xxx series Nikons have a pentamirror viewfinder. If you go to a D7xxx series or higher Nikon you get a superior pentaprism viewfinder. The glass prism inside give a larger, slightly larger view through the viewfinder. It helps with composition. I had two D7000s. I only sold them because I purchased two D500s.

Advantages of the D7000 over the D5100
1) Pentaprism viewfinder rather than pentamirror viewfinder
2) Dual command dials
3) Dual memory card slots
4) U1 and U2 memory banks on mode dial
5) Superior AF module (Multi-CAM 4800DX in D7000 as opposed to Multi-CAM 1000 in D5100)
6) 39 autofocus points and 9 cross point types in D7000 as opposed to 11 autofocus points and 1 cross point type
7) Has built-in autofocus motor

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

CO wrote:

The D3xxx and D5xxx series Nikons have a pentamirr... (show quote)

Why drag up this thread from 2011 to advise an OP who hasn't posted here since 2011?

CO

JohnSwanda wrote:

Why drag up this thread from 2011 to advise an OP who hasn't posted here since 2011?

Explain yourself. I don't know what the heck you're talking about. What is it that I dragged up? I opened UHH just now and saw this. It's possible that I gave similar advice in 2011. I've had two D7000's and I'm familiar with it so I gave advice. I didn't not look at when the OP posted this. It looked like a valid question so I answered it.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

CO wrote:

Explain yourself. I don't know what the heck you're talking about. What is it that I dragged up? I opened UHH just now and saw this. It's possible that I gave similar advice in 2011. I've had two D7000's and I'm familiar with it so I gave advice. I didn't not look at when the OP posted this. It looked like a valid question so I answered it.

What is a 'valid' question? Did you give a valid 2023 answer? Twelve years later? Really?

Why don't you just admit you don't know how to navigate the site? Pressing <Last> instead of <Next> and then advocating 10+ year old DSLRinosaurs in March 2023.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

CO wrote:

Explain yourself. I don't know what the heck you're talking about. What is it that I dragged up? I opened UHH just now and saw this. It's possible that I gave similar advice in 2011. I've had two D7000's and I'm familiar with it so I gave advice. I didn't not look at when the OP posted this. It looked like a valid question so I answered it.

I don't know how you managed to find this old thread since you weren't even on the site yet when it was posted. Maybe just check the date it was first posted. This happens all the time that people drag up old threads, and then others think they are new and keep posting even though the OP is long gone.

CO

JohnSwanda wrote:

I don't know how you managed to find this old thread since you weren't even on the site yet when it was posted. Maybe just check the date it was first posted. This happens all the time that people drag up old threads, and then others think they are new and keep posting even though the OP is long gone.

I was sitting at work programming and decided to open UHH to read the posts. I generally don't suspect that someone has dragged out an old post so I don't start looking at dates closely. Generally, the questions there are all current. I don't know the reason why someone would drag out one of their old posts. I'll look at the dates closely next time and skip any like this.

BebuLamar

CO wrote:

I was sitting at work programming and decided to open UHH to read the posts. I generally don't suspect that someone has dragged out an old post so I don't start looking at dates closely. Generally, the questions there are all current. I don't know the reason why someone would drag out one of their old posts. I'll look at the dates closely next time and skip any like this.

I didn't see the date either but I was about to ask the OP why she picked the 2 cameras that can only be bought used.

charles brown Loc: Tennesse

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