camera comparison help: I have a Nikon D7000 and am happy with it as a whole. I have been toying with buying a bridge or a pocket camera but looking at advertisements for years I see...

SpikeW Loc: Butler PA

I have a Nikon D7000 and am happy with it as a whole. I have been toying with buying a bridge or a pocket camera but looking at advertisements for years I see that The D7200 because the have removed some kind of filter takes sharper pictures, and of course sharper is always a tantalizing addiction. Now I see a D7200 refurbished for a reasonable price. Now to make maters worse I see a Nikon D7500 refurbished for only a few dollars more. Now this is a newer camera so should have enough upgrades to swing me toward it. Now my question is what would be a better camera overall, the sharper pictures in mind. The newer camera has fewer MPs which I guess is not a problem or why would they make a newer camera with less if it is a major problem. Just looking for opinions.

bleirer

Cell phone cameras are improving dramatically, too, and the high end ones are worth considering instead of a pocket camera because they are where you are all the time when a shot opportunity happens. I'd invest your money in a quality 'real' camera however you personally define it to use when you can, but it's not out of the question to skip over the whole pocket camera category. I'll get crap for this, I'm sure, but he asked for opinions!

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

SpikeW wrote:

I have a Nikon D7000 and am happy with it as a who... (show quote)

FWIW - I think that the D7100 was the first model after the 7000 that got rid of the AA Filter (Anti-Ailiasing) which increased sharpness, the 7200 & 7500 carried that along with additional improvements like built in wi-fi. The 7100 on also had dual SD card slots I believe, where the 7000 only had a single SD card slot.

SkyKing Loc: Thompson Ridge, NY

...the Nikon D7200 is the better of the two cameras...but not by much...

davidb1879

Re: SpikeW: Sharpness depends not only on the camera, but also on the lens, the photographer's ability to hold the camera steady and his experience in using the right settings. For example, if the subject is moving, a faster shutter speed is required. Good luck on your journey. Davidb1879

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Dngallagher wrote:

FWIW - I think that the D7100 was the first model after the 7000 that got rid of the AA Filter (Anti-Ailiasing) which increased sharpness, the 7200 & 7500 carried that along with additional improvements like built in wi-fi. The 7100 on also had dual SD card slots I believe, where the 7000 only had a single SD card slot.

The D7000 has 2 card slots. Just clarifying.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

kpmac wrote:

The D7000 has 2 card slots. Just clarifying.

My mistake, you are correct on the d7000 dual slots.

Bill_de Loc: US

Dngallagher wrote:

My mistake, you are correct on the d7000 dual slots.

And, the D7500 only has one.

You need another cup of coffee.

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Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Bill_de wrote:

And, the D7500 only has one.

You need another cup of coffee.

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Oh wow....I used to shoot Nikon, still have a D7100 in the box...my current camera is a Cannon 80D...I better stick to Canon

CO

I have two D7000's (has anti-aliasing filter), a D750 (has AA filter), and two D500's (no AA filter). There is a difference. When I first got the D500's, the image quality blew me away. There is a difference in fine detail. The omission of the AA filter does produce sharper images.

Don't worry about the fact that the D7200 has 24 megapixels and the D7500 and D500 have 21 megapixels. 21 megapixels is more than enough. I'm glad they went from 24 to 21 megapixels. Since it has fewer pixels, the pixels can be made slightly larger. That's a good thing for a variety od reasons.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Dngallagher wrote:

FWIW - I think that the D7100 was the first model after the 7000 that got rid of the AA Filter (Anti-Ailiasing) which increased sharpness, the 7200 & 7500 carried that along with additional improvements like built in wi-fi. The 7100 on also had dual SD card slots I believe, where the 7000 only had a single SD card slot.

AA filters have little to do with SHARPNESS. Case in point, the D5, which delivers very SHARP pictures, has a AA filter.
SHARPNESS is more a matter of photographer knowledge and skill than AA filters.

CO

Here's a test shot from the Nikon D800 (has AA filter) and the D800e (no AA filter). They're both 36 megapixel cameras. The omission of the AA filter helps to resolve more fine detail.

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billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

CO wrote:

Here's a test shot from the Nikon D800 (has AA filter) and the D800e (no AA filter). They're both 36 megapixel cameras. The omission of the AA filter helps to resolve more fine detail.

Really? your going to use the image you enlarged for printing? In my opinion this is a poor example of an argument for non AA camera's. IMHO, neither will produce a USABLE image.

Collhar Loc: New York City.

In the long run some seemed to be more interested in their own little war of words and their perceived knowledge and offered no help to the person who asked the question.

CO

billnikon wrote:

Really? your going to use the image you enlarged for printing? In my opinion this is a poor example of an argument for non AA camera's. IMHO, neither will produce a USABLE image.

I didn't enlarge it. The people who took the photos for the test did. No, I wouldn't use the image for printing. The omission of an AA filter does resolve more fine detail though. Camera makers are removing AA filters for a reason. With the newer high resolution sensors, it's less likely that moire patterns will appear in an image.