Nikon D7000 vs D7500 (Page 3): You might want to save yourself some disappointment and go to a 7200. All that I have read is the 7500 is a downgrade... You might want to consider "Why...

larryzplace Loc: Elk Grove Village Illinois

davsam501 wrote:

I've been a D7000 user with Nikkor 18-200 for 10 years. Thinking about upgrading to the new D7500 with Nikkor 18-300. Any feedback would be appreciated. I've been very happy with the D7000, but is it time to change? Recreational user and do not take videos.

You might want to save yourself some disappointment and go to a 7200. All that I have read is the 7500 is a downgrade... You might want to consider "Why would I downgrade" I like my D90, D7000, D7200, Definitely will skip the 7500...

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

larryzplace wrote:

You might want to save yourself some disappointment and go to a 7200. All that I have read is the 7500 is a downgrade... You might want to consider "Why would I downgrade" I like my D90, D7000, D7200, Definitely will skip the 7500...

The D7500 with the exceed 5 processor is NOT A DOWNGRADE. Not everyone feels the D7500 is a downgrade. Make sure you read all responses.

cygone Loc: Boston

By the way, your book, 'Secrets to Nikon Autofocus System' is one of the best photo books I've ever read. It's a fantastic educational read.

tkphelps

My new 18-300 lens is 0.6 oz lighter than my 18-200. I love that lens, and I don't find any problem with sharpness at 300 mm. I think sharpness criticism has been aimed at the old 18-300, but the new one is better. I use both card slots in my D7200, and it has no problem with a 128GB card. My default is to put stills on card 1 and video on card 2 with card 2 set for overflow from card 1. The only problem I could imagine with one slot is that you must pay attention when you download your shots. I think I will get a D7500 for myself, but I probably have more money than good sense.

cbw60

I like the 18 -140 lens. I love my 7200.

tkphelps

ELNikkor wrote:

How often do you really need the 300 end of the zo... (show quote)

I can't begin to change lenses in 10 seconds. 40 seconds might be reasonable if you don't use rear lens caps, and some improvement would come if you have a friend with an extra hand available. On a recent trip to Europe, I found that most of my shots were at 35 mm. I also used settings of 75, 18 and 300 with about 5% at the longest setting. And yes sometimes 300 is not long enough. I can't imagine a lightweight 2 lens system covering that range that weighs less than the one heavy lens. the 18-300 weighs 19 oz, but even the two cheap kit lenses weigh 18 oz together, and you only get to 200 mm. If you put any 300 mm lens into the mix two lenses still wiigh more than the 18-300.

advocate1982

truckster wrote:

Since you said any feedback ... that 18-300 is a HEAVY lens to lug around all day. That said, I still like it but if I had it to do over it would have been the 18-140 or 18-105. Can't speak for the cameras, but I'm sure there will be others who can.

don't know about the 18-140, but the 18-105 has the optics of a coke bottle. The 18-135 is/was even worse.

advocate1982

orrie smith wrote:

Do you miss the second card slot? I do not know how comfortable I would be on a shoot without a second card to record backup data. Just curious.

Lets see, I put hundreds of thousands of images through my D300 (well past the 150,000 exposure life of the shutter and still going) and I have never lost a single shot. If you shoot weddings, then MAYBE, the dual slots would be useful, but even then, I think more hype than reality because we shot weddings for years before the dual slot was even invented.

Steve Perry Loc: Sylvania, Ohio

advocate1982 wrote:

Lets see, I put hundreds of thousands of images through my D300 (well past the 150,000 exposure life of the shutter and still going) and I have never lost a single shot. If you shoot weddings, then MAYBE, the dual slots would be useful, but even then, I think more hype than reality because we shot weddings for years before the dual slot was even invented.

If I were doing paid gigs, I'd want the extra slot, but otherwise, I agree. I personally have no issues with a single card slot and I think that it's overblown for most people.

advocate1982

There is a large and noticeable quality jump between the 7000 and the 7200. Enough to make it worth the upgrade just because. That gives you the option of dumping the 7000 back to backup status, or selling it to offset some of the cost of the upgrade. I lusted after the 7000 for years, and was just about to shell out for the 7200 when the D500 came on scene. I prefer the D500 because it has the same size body as my D300. It was that smaller body format of the D7000 that kept me lusting but not buying. But then I packed around an FTn for almost 30 years, and when I got the FE the first thing I did was get a motordrive for it to get the damn camera big enough to hold on to.

No idea about the 7500 because it's still not available around here.

advocate1982

Steve Perry wrote:

If I were doing paid gigs, I'd want the extra slot, but otherwise, I agree. I personally have no issues with a single card slot and I think that it's overblown for most people.

Photo journalist - all my work is paid, and mostly unrepeatable. Still no issue with a single slot.

Steve Perry Loc: Sylvania, Ohio

cygone wrote:

By the way, your book, 'Secrets to Nikon Autofocus System' is one of the best photo books I've ever read. It's a fantastic educational read.

Thanks so much!

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

mrpentaxk5ii wrote:

For those of you that can't live with out a dual c... (show quote)

Jerry (Beercat) in the Wedding section just told a story of being sued, and losing the lawsuit when he had a card fail. Most of us in our section can't live without the second slot, as a back up.

The ONE TIME (maybe not really the first time, but the last time for sure) I changed my card from back up to overflow for a race, and forgot to put it back to "back up" function. I did have a card failure. It actually fell apart INSIDE my camera. Thankfully, with some creative surgery, I got it out, ripped apart an old 4gb card, and put the guts of the "failed" card in the 4gb shell, it worked in my card reader, and all was not lost. I won't buy another camera body without it, and I certainly won't forget to switch back to back up......that is, until I forget to do it, then nevermind...

PeggySue58 Loc: Sedro Woolley, WA

cbw60 wrote:

I like the 18 -140 lens. I love my 7200.

I have the same setup D7200 with an 18-140 lens that stays attached to it, unless I feel I want to switch to my 50mm prime. I love the pics I get with my D7200 and the 18-140! I love my D7200, would not go to the D7500 if I was looking to upgrade, I would go with a D500 instead, but my D7200 does everything I need and more, so I will not be looking to upgrade!

mdpathjp

The D7500 has a different battery than the D7000 while the D7200 has the same battery. If you're using ADR with the D7000 it will work with the D7200 but not the D7500 for which you will have to update your software unless of course you subscribe to photoshop.