Nikon D7100: I have the chance to pickup and slightly used Nikon D7100 at a very good price. Is this a good camera to add to my arsenal. I have read that there have been problems with...

Donkas1946 Loc: Southern NH

I have the chance to pickup and slightly used Nikon D7100 at a very good price. Is this a good camera to add to my arsenal. I have read that there have been problems with the lens front focusing. Anyone out there experiencing this. Will value your opinion as always. The rest of my arsenal consists of Canon 5dIII and Canon 7dII. Thanks in advance.

DavidPine Loc: Fredericksburg, TX

It is probably the best DX camera on the market.

Donkas1946 wrote:

I have the chance to pickup and slightly used Nikon D7100 at a very good price. Is this a good camera to add to my arsenal. I have read that there have been problems with the lens front focusing. Anyone out there experiencing this. Will value your opinion as always. The rest of my arsenal consists of Canon 5dIII and Canon 7dII. Thanks in advance.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

Donkas1946 wrote:

I have the chance to pickup and slightly used Nikon D7100 at a very good price. Is this a good camera to add to my arsenal. I have read that there have been problems with the lens front focusing. Anyone out there experiencing this. Will value your opinion as always. The rest of my arsenal consists of Canon 5dIII and Canon 7dII. Thanks in advance.

I have used mine extensively and never had a front focusing problem. It can be caused by not holding the camera correctly and getting your hand in front of the focus light in low light situations but I keep my focus light off. The wife had issues with this on her D70s and I keep explaining/yelling at her to move her hand off the top of her lens. Suddenly, the images that she gets are in tack sharp focus when she does it right. With me, if there is low light, I manually focus anyway. Also, "front" focusing can be caused because the operator has the camera set to focus on the nearest object (not necessarily what they want to shoot). You HAVE to select your correct focus point etc.. This is photography after all and not snap shooting with a point and shoot.

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

The D7100 is a very good camera but the rest of your arsenal are Canon's, you'd be spending a lot of money on lens.

Ol' Frank Loc: Orlando,

cjkorb wrote:

The D7100 is a very good camera but the rest of your arsenal are Canon's, you'd be spending a lot of money on lens.

Spend the money! You can't go wrong. :thumbup:

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

Ol' Frank wrote:

Spend the money! You can't go wrong. :thumbup:

I agree and welcome to the Nikon Camp! Like David said also,..What lens are you considering? :thumbup: :thumbup:

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ol' Frank wrote:

Spend the money! You can't go wrong. :thumbup:

Maybe I'm missing something...all three cameras are on par with each other, the 5D111 possibly being the better camera of the three. What would be the big advantage adding the D7100 to the other two Canon's be when the poster will have to spend hundred's more just for extra lens's and we don't know how much the poster is paying for the D7100 in the first place?

PhotoPhred Loc: Cheyney, Pa

I love mine but I started with Nikon and have several lenses for Nikon. Canon is also very good. I would be a difficult decision if I were you.

Jerry Green Loc: Huntsville, AL

Perform Autofocus Fine Tune on it and your other cameras to check front focus/ back focus. Many cameras of all brands benefit from the adjustments. Do it with all the lens that you plan to uses on your cameras.
Dot Tune is a simple and free process to use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zE50jCUPhM
If you want get real serious use Lens Align.
http://michaeltapesdesign.com/lensalign.html

My friends and I use fine tune all our cameras and lens both Canon and Nikon. Canon calls it Micro Adjustment.

CaptainBobBrown

D7100 is a noticeable step up from the D7000, itself a great camera in the APS-C world. Use LensAlign to see if micro adjustment is necessary for the lens/body combo of interest but if you like look and feel of Canon DSLR's you'll probably find the Nikon D7100 frustrating to use unless you make a determined effort to adapt your shooting habits and practices to the different control layout. Unless you plan to switch to shooting mostly/exclusively with Nikon no gain in wasting the money. I'm a Nikon shooter but looking to switch to MFT. The best camera is the one you always have with you when you want the shot.

Drala2k Loc: Vermont

I have the D7100 and at first had some issues with getting use to the focusing. I then set the camera up with back button focus and never looked back. The D7100 is a solid camera that will produce good output if you take the time to learn it. Plus you can fine tune your focus to specific lens.

Donkas1946 wrote:

I have the chance to pickup and slightly used Nikon D7100 at a very good price. Is this a good camera to add to my arsenal. I have read that there have been problems with the lens front focusing. Anyone out there experiencing this. Will value your opinion as always. The rest of my arsenal consists of Canon 5dIII and Canon 7dII. Thanks in advance.

tradergeorge Loc: Newport, Kentucky

Donkas1946 wrote:

I have the chance to pickup and slightly used Nikon D7100 at a very good price. Is this a good camera to add to my arsenal. I have read that there have been problems with the lens front focusing. Anyone out there experiencing this. Will value your opinion as always. The rest of my arsenal consists of Canon 5dIII and Canon 7dII. Thanks in advance.

I did the same thing recently. I had an opportunity to buy a used D7100 from (honestly) a little old lady who said she used it at church....LOL....Turns out, the shutter count was only about 1500...It was a steal...I really felt bad for paying so little. Anyway, I have many NIKON cameras, but I wanted this one because it is the epitome of the DX camera. Many reviews put it as being equal to several of the FX cameras on the market. In any case, it looks like NIKON took all the complaints and suggestions everyone sent in and this is the result. It seems to have just about everything right about it.