jdedmonds

Move quickly; wives change their minds.

d3200prime

The best advice yet!

chrisg-optical Loc: New York, NY

I have a D7200 and get excellent results whether with kit lenses (from my previous D3300) or better lenses such as the Nikon 28-300 or the Tamron 90mm macro. I have no experience with the D7000 but at 16mp you should still get sharp results with those lenses.

Try this test - take a shot of a yardstick at a 45 degree angle to the plane of the camera, use AF-S mode and focus on a particular mark on the yardstick say 12 inch or 1 foot mark using a low f number for shallow DOF with a tele lens or tele range on a zoom. Then take a close look at the photo and see if the same point you focused on is sharpest or if it is at another mark. If the latter is the case then your autofocus needs tuning. Make sure all firmware is up to date (camera and lenses).

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

EVERYONE, please stop thinking of AA filters as being removed. Nothing was "removed". Many newer camera models were designed to not need them or work for uses that that do not require them because are not susceptible to the moire' effect, so never had a AA.

SpikeW Loc: Butler PA

Spike here.
First off let me thank everyone for all your replies to my question as to if I needed to go from a D7000 to a D7200. I have enjoyed all the responses and I have not had so much personal mail since people thought I had won the lottery. It was not so much that my pictures did not satisfy me but would a newer camera magically put me in the Elliot Porter category. No matter what, I have learned a lot from the responses and really appreciate them all. I also realize that newer equipment does not always produce expected results as my golf clubs have proven. In one response as to how to submit pictures with the aid of a smart phone the word smart on the phone is the reason I don't have one. Some where back years ago someone attached a Dr. in front of my name and that gives people a false impression of my intelligence. An example is when we recently purchased a newer car I had to take it back to find how to open the hatch to fill the gas tank. I was however able to find the cover even thought they hid it on the wrong side of the car. Now the windshield wiper switch is my next project. So once again thanks for my morning mail everyday. One last thing, as for wives changing their minds about new cameras the wife who resides here was my very best investment and requires no upgrades Thanks again until I have to write again about sending photos. Oh that ego thing.

cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

I had trouble getting as sharp images as I thought I should when I bought my D800e Nikon. It turns out that your way of holding the camera and and posssibly using faster shutter speeds has a lot to do with getting really sharpimages from these high pixel cameras. I changed my hand positions, learned to hold the camera soilidly against my forehead and went to faster shutter speeds and Auto ISO to gain what I had been missing.

papa Loc: Rio Dell, CA

Remember to turn off the "VR" when shooting from the tripod. Vibration reduction is for HAND-HELD ONLY.