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05/05/2014 10:03:28 PM · #26 |
lol! I was gonna ask that same thing
Thanks Mike I will have to check into that kind of lens too..
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05/05/2014 10:37:18 PM · #27 |
This is the perfect time for you to look at the mirror less range of cameras.
Olympus OMD or the FUJI system.
I sold all my canon gear to go Olympus OMD (two bodies, lenses and flashes)
It really is worth looking at these systems to see if they would suit your style of shooting.
Lots of people are heading for lighter gear.
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05/05/2014 10:38:47 PM · #28 |
| thats actually a good point, especially the new sonys have incredible af for a mirrorless. |
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05/05/2014 10:40:23 PM · #29 |
I upgraded from a d5100 to the d7100 over the holidays when I saw a deal too good to pass up. I like the 100% viewfinder and the easy access to changing manual settings on the d7100. If you like playing in manual, I would stick with the d7000 or d7100 rather than getting the d5200 or d5300. (Ironically most of my best shots were from my Nikon d5100 but I am pretty sure my problem right now is not a camera problem - it is a long commute and trying to work out to be healthier problem). Darn this getting older.
I will say that I do not like the auto-focus on the d7100. My eyes are in rough shape, and even with my glasses I struggle to get manual focus right on. But I have not yet figured out how to make auto-focus do what I want unless I am in live view. (There are videos out there - but I tend to get sidetracked.). From what I can tell, this problem is pretty much limited to me.
But I will also concur with those stating getting the best glass you can will make more of a difference to pictures than a camera. After getting a 35 mm f/1.8, I never want to take it off.
Good luck. Have fun with the search. |
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05/05/2014 11:08:29 PM · #30 |
I have the D7100 and I don't have oil spots. I bought it a year ago. I do have a couple of pretty big dust spots though...but I haven't cleaned the sensor yet and they don't go away with the automatic supersonic cleaning. But you only really see them at F22 or so.
And I know what oil looks like because I also have a D600 which developed oil spots while I was on my vacation in the Grand Canyon/Zion/Bryce. What timing! It was about 5 months old at the time, and under 5000 shots. The oil spots on the D600 showed up at F11, mostly in the top left quadrant, but there were about 100 of them. Try cleaning those up in all your Grand Canyon skies :(
Fortunately, Nikon did the right thing and recalled the D600. Mines been fine since it came back, though I've been using the D7100 more because I can bring smaller lenses with me when I travel.
RE the D7100...it's a great camera overall, but I don't think sensor is as good at shadow recovery as the D7000, and I find the sensor has more of a graininess to it than the D7000. It's not a Sony sensor like the D7000, D600, and D800. There's nothing wrong with it, and it does high sensitivity very well, but if you're a pixel peeper like me, you'll see the grain. On the other hand, compared to the D7000, it's 24 versus 16 mpixels, so by the time you reduce it to compare, the grain is gone.
ETA: Reading down the thread a bit...yes, you should look at the mirrorless cameras too! I'm actually heading in that direction. I'll keep the D600 and D7100 for a while with my lenses, but I'm looking at going smaller! The RX100 taught me that you don't need to carry a huge SLR and lenses to get stunning pics. I'm seriously consdering the A6000 + the Zeiss 16-70, since it's an APS-C sensor, 24 mp for landscapes, and the RX100 gave me a bit of a Zeiss addiction.
Tony Northrup has some very good hands on videos comparing various mirrorless cameras.
https://www.youtube.com/user/VistaClues
There are lots of others, but many are poorly done..I think his are very easy to watch. Also like Chris Nichols of the Camera Store's reviews:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCameraStoreTV
Of course, there's always the lab testing reviews at DPReview.com
Message edited by author 2014-05-05 23:24:20. |
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05/05/2014 11:14:54 PM · #31 |
I got a D7100 around Christmas, I can't say enough GOOD THINGS about it... I shot a ISO 25,600 the other day just to see what I would get, WoW... it did have a bit of noise, but Nik De-noise made it pretty nice. It would print around an 8x10 and look good. If I haven't tossed it, I'll go up-load so you can see that crazy high ISO....
I haven't had any problems with the auto focus, there was some strange factory settings, where the auto focus kept tracking when I moved the camera, found the problem in the book and fixed that. Couple of other odd settings as default (can't remember what now) but ez fix's ... The color is outstanding, shooting in low light is not a problem any more! Gads, I've been out in the sun gardening all day and my brain cell is fried, I can't think of what else I was going to say... As Jules1x said Darn this getting old!!!
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05/05/2014 11:30:15 PM · #32 |
found it...  So this is F4, 1/320 and 25,600 ISO... I ran it thru Nik de-noise, and sharpened it, otherwise it's pretty much straight out of the camera, I didn't even change the white balance.
The house is real dark, there is one window behind him, Oh I did lower the exposure in camera raw because it is a little Over exposed.
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05/06/2014 01:23:50 AM · #33 |
| I'll just stick my 2 cents worth in and say, that I (like someone else posted) went from the D50 to the D7000 with no regrets. I considered going FF, and definitely would have if I ever wanted to be a full time portrait photographer, but otherwise I knew that the size of the enormous files would have eaten up HD space and driven me crazy. The D7000 does everything that I wanted it to and more... |
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05/06/2014 06:19:13 AM · #34 |
There is one annoying thing about the D7000. It does not have a locking mechanism on the Mode Dial. The D7100 does.
When shooting in the bush or at an event the button gets bumped, a lot, in and out of bags, as you pick it up, and if you are not on the ball it can have disastrous effect on "that once in a lifetime" shot if it's bumped off from S mode to M mode or A mode. All midrange to prosumer DSLR's have this issue and slowly the manufacturers are fixing that issue. Th D7100 now has a Mode Dial lock release button. |
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05/06/2014 07:12:57 AM · #35 |
Thank you all from your imput this really has helped me ..
I have not even heard of the "mirror less" cameras.. Sounds interesting and I have my mind open a lot still because I have not decided on what to get yet and my heart is not set on a particular camera. I appreciate all of the suggestions.
I love my sony cybershot now, but I just can't add any lenses to that thing.. if I could add and exchange lenses and that was a DLSR to shoot raw, I would stick with that camera.. its been awesome so far and I have had that a few years now.
The price of these cameras is what is getting me now because I have never spent this much on any item like this.. my guitar wasn't even this much! LOL
I have found it interesting on the 7xxx series there is a lot of different things I had no idea that you may have to change the different menu settings like that too. I am not really a person that likes fiddling with the settings a lot to make something work. That would frustrate me to no end and make me batty.
Its why I hate my Iphone right now and the upgrade to O7.. it makes me "sea sick- motion sick" . I only use it now just to call people.. I am a person of simplicity. I love to just turn something on and go.. I don't mind programming settings to get a picture and putting it the modes I need, but this extra settings might drive me to a new level of frustration.
I have always kinda wondered.. sometimes newer is not always better? |
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05/06/2014 07:44:28 AM · #36 |
some background. a DSLR has a mirror in it that redirect the light to the veiwfinder and an AF sensor. when you click the shutter the mirror flips up, the shutter opens and exposes the sensor, this makes the camera body very bulky.
your sony and other point and shoots and mirrorless cameras don't have this flipping mirror mechanism and are much smaller but the AF is very lackluster and can be painfully slow compared to a DSLR
so we all kind of stuck with the DSLR and the bulk
Sony is doing some magical stuff sensor based AF and the new a7 is quite impressive in its speed. its not quite their yet with the higher end bodies of DSLR, but for anyone that shoots portraits and landscapes its a very viable option or those that are willing to trade performance for traveling a bit lighter.
the problem still is that you are buying into a system where you can switch lenses and nikon and Canon make some fabulous glass with tons of options, only sigma is really starting to compete in pure IQ to maybe provide an alternative for sony and others.
for me and a lot of other glass is king, i could care less about many of the the features of my 5d2 or the newer bodies but that's my subject matter. i care that i hit focus and the image has stellar clarity in a variety of lighting conditions and I can use glass that produces maximum color and sharpness.
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05/06/2014 11:40:59 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by HarveyG:
There is one annoying thing about the D7000. It does not have a locking mechanism on the Mode Dial. The D7100 does.
When shooting in the bush or at an event the button gets bumped, a lot, in and out of bags, as you pick it up, and if you are not on the ball it can have disastrous effect on "that once in a lifetime" shot if it's bumped off from S mode to M mode or A mode. All midrange to prosumer DSLR's have this issue and slowly the manufacturers are fixing that issue. Th D7100 now has a Mode Dial lock release button. |
FWIW, that's never happened to me (mode dial changing by accident), and I don't particularly like the lock on the D7100. I wish at least if they wanted one they'd use a push button that stays in, so you can leave it locked or unlocked. I saw that on some camera--maybe the Fuji XT-1. |
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05/06/2014 12:49:31 PM · #38 |
| No problems, oil spots or otherwise, with mine. Upgraded from a D90 so lovin the low-light performance - I had to dial up to ISO 5000 to get some indoor shots of one of my nieces, no noise at all, and not at all possible with the D90 and a gigantic whack of NR. |
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