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[alden]

I played around with my D7100 and the f/1.8 50mm all day yesterday. It's a great camera and that's a great lens. 

 

 

 

 

I never use a flash. 

[Daniel]

I've been incredibly lucky enough to get a D7000 for Christmas along with a 50mm f/1.8G

WOW!!!!!

I'm absolutely blown away by this combination and I'm sure my other lenses will be providing further breathtaking moments. However, it's taking a bit of time to get used to the D7000 after upgrading from a D60. It's gonna be fun though without a doubt

Nice when I got my d7000 I up graded from the same camera. Do you shoot in RAW or jpg file format?

[Outdadarwin]

Nice when I got my d7000 I up graded from the same camera. Do you shoot in RAW or jpg file format?

Hi Daniel,

I shoot raw, and have done so for a few years, although it does involve more work in PS.

I like the flexibility raw gives me, especially with white balance.

[Big Lew]

Nice when I got my d7000 I up graded from the same camera. Do you shoot in RAW or jpg file format?

Hi Daniel. I'm very much a RAW shooter. I like the flexibility it gives me.

Isn't the D7000 a fantastic camera though.

I also love the shots from Alden. The Bokeh on the 50mm is amazing.

[TBonz]

You can't help  but like the images from a 70-200/2.8 VRII but it's a lens you will most likely not like for casual walking around.   It is big and heavy.  So unless you are tasked to shoot something like an event or its capabilites trumps the burden of hauling it around, a lighter and less expensive alternative of that focal length might be more pragmatic.  Of course, YMMV.

 

It really isn't too bad to carry around for a few hours...I don't really even notice it...Even if it is a touch heavy, the quality makes it well worth carrying!  I do use it for events, but it is also my favorite shooting lens...You will want to keep the shutter speed up when hand holding it, but that isn't too hard with the D7000 or D7100 and their ability to use fairly high ISOs and the 2.8 aperture. 

[stepone]

I have the D7000 and no desire for another camera (still i have one more, from before D7000:). Money are an issue, as always, but really don't feel i need more MP or that i am limited somehow by the camera. I could say the limit is me, still lots of features to discover and enjoy with D7000. Got an SB-700, 18-105 VR and 50 1.8 D. So far i don't feel i need more. 

 

The only thing i don't like is the M42 adapter and lack of infinity focus (i know there's the one with glass...but...the lens has all the glass i need). For old lenses and manual focus i use my Pentax k-x and M42 adapter, with some lovely cheap manual lenses (Russian mostly).

[Paladin]

I've been advised against the D7100 and told to go for the D7000 by my local camera dealer he told me the removal of the low pass filter on shots with reflections is a problem so D7000 it will be

I have to wonder if your dealer stated this through personal experience or just passed onto you what he had heard someone else say?

I have read where the removal of the low-pass filter on the sensor may show moire patterns on certain images, but in the same reading no-one has ever seen any such problem in their images, besides if you did for some reason come across this in the odd photo or two, a moire pattern can be easily taken away in post processing through Photoshop or any similar type photo editing program.

[Kcanny23]

I have owned both the D7000 and the D7200 and I do not see a difference in clarity both cameras deliver exceptional images. I even talked to Nikon and they said the only difference you will see is the video for the D7100 would be better. Being a photographer i do not use the video on either one of my cameras. So unless you are going for video save yourself a few hundred and buy the d7000 and put the money towards a lens. After all my goal is to own a full frame Nikon in the near future! So my D7000 gets me the images I am looking for, completely happy with my D7000!

[Merco_61]

With the high resolution of a D7100 or a D800, the low-pass filter is more or less redundant since the lens itself works as a weak low-pass filter. That is why Nikon and Pentax have removed them or put in a weaker filter instead on their hi-res models to gain a bit more contrast.

[Chrisf]

The d7000 is a good enough camera I think. Now with the 7100 having more mp you need more high quality glass since the flaws in low end glass is more apparent at high mp counts.

[whitelotus9]

Isn't the removal of the low-pass filter one of the main things done during a conversion to enable IR photography with a DSLR?   If it is, the fact that camera bodies can be purchased without one would save having to get the modification performed. 

As of today I have stepped up from a D3100 to a D7000.  I fellow photographer recommended the D7000 over a D5300 which I was going to upgrade to.  I'm very happy that I took her advice and got the D7000!!  Yes the D7000 has less MP but it does have an internal focus motor and two SD card slots (primary and backup) among other features. 

[Merco_61]

The filter pack consists of three filters cemented together in a traditional DSLR. UV-cut, IR-cut and low-pass. The low-pass filter is not completely absent in the D800E or D7100, but is a much weaker version.

[ems12]

Well I did something that most suggest you not do apparently, Go from a D90/80 to a D7000.

 

But I have no regrets.

 

With the money I saved buying a slightly used D7000 and 3 lenses I have enough money left over to buy a really nice lens.

 

IMO if you really want new then the D7100 but as I said there are some strong deals on D7000's with a lot of extra's thrown in. 

 

 

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