I have a Nikon D80 and three lens. The kit lens, Nikon 10/24 wide angle zoom and the Tamron 18/270 zoom. My wife what me to shoot video. I am avid about still photography. We are going to Alaska. If I get a D7000 body I can shoot still photos and make my wife happy by shooting video. Concerns. I have heard of D7000 problems with focus. Cost. Learning a new system.
The big one what will the difference and problems in using my lenses with the D7000? Any advice will be useful.
D80/Tamron
D80/Tamron
D80/Nikon 10/24
thegrover wrote:
I have a Nikon D80 and three lens. The kit lens, Nikon 10/24 wide angle zoom and the Tamron 18/270 zoom. My wife what me to shoot video. I am avid about still photography. We are going to Alaska. If I get a D7000 body I can shoot still photos and make my wife happy by shooting video. Concerns. I have heard of D7000 problems with focus. Cost. Learning a new system.
The big one what will the difference and problems in using my lenses with the D7000? Any advice will be useful.
I have the D7000 and the 18 to 270. I'm sure that your 10/24 will work on the D7000 too.
You
heard "the D7000 problems with focus", who, what, where? I've had no problems with focus.
Hi: The D7000 like most all Nikons are able to accept most all Nikon lens mounts. As for the D7000 focus problems when using video, the folks on Amazon are referring to auto focus. For instance, if your filming your dog in the park and its running around - the tracking system will try to find your dog and focus/refocus. In playback, you'll have to do a lot of editing as you'll capture a lot of blur. When I shoot video, I shoot manually and I'm very satisfied with the video. You just need to remember that you only have 20 minute recording capabilities.
When I purchased my DSLR, I wanted the ability to do both as you are now. I considered Canon's 60D but went with Nikon because I liked the features and the feel of the D7000 in my hands. As I have young children and wanted video as well as stills, I ended up buying a Canon Vixia41 anyways. IMHO, if you have the money - HD camcorders today are small and light and can fit comfortably in your camera bag. So, if you plan on just taking little snippets of video on the go, the
D7000 is fine on manual settings. However if your wife wants you to take video while walking, on tour, capturing a parade or festival, you might want to just keep your camera (unless you want to upgrade) and purchase a camcorder. Hope this helps!
Seems like almost all DSLR cameras need some practise to get the focusing on point all the time. To Avoid focus issues I increase my iso, set the aperture to around F/10 and use 720p option. I also use manual focus and use the radial selectors to choose what part of the screen I want to be in focus. The one issue I have, is the built in microphone picking up lens focus sound.
Our SLRs with video capabilities are NOT camcorders. If you want easy, point and shoot video, get a camcorder. The D7000 and all the others really need to be on a tripod with a pan head when used as video. Camcorders will stabilize your image MUCH better than the D7000 with a VR lens. The exposure adjustment and focus will be much better on a camcorder for casual shooting.
Now the quality of the D7000 video will blow away the camcorder, but it is much more demanding of a steady platform. Out in the sun the live view will be difficult to see on the D7000 unless you buy one of those attachments that allows viewing. All in all, the camcorder will make you and your wife much happier if video is the goal.
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