Evolution Of The Revolutionary: The Nikon D7000 D-SLR Is The Preeminent Digital Camera For Demanding Photo Enthusiasts

[James Shadle]

The D7000 Offers Creative Freedom with Advanced Features Such as a New 16.2-Megapixel DX-Format CMOS Sensor, Six FPS Shooting, 39-Point AF System and 1080p HD Movie with Full Time Autofocus MELVILLE, NY (September 15, 2010) – Nikon Inc. today introduced the new D7000 digital SLR camera designed to fulfill the needs of passionate photographers who [...]

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[Norm Dulak]

Capt.:

I'm a believer in the D7000, and I pre-ordered mine some time ago. :)

Today (if the UPS truck hasn't washed over the bridge), I also expect delivery of the new Nikkor 28-300mm VRII lens. If this lens is good as I think it is I will order another, and these lenses will become important parts of our upcoming Antarctica adventure. :D

Norm

[James Shadle]

Norm,
I'm looking at getting a D7000. I was impressed with the ISO performance with 16mp!

I just received an email from Tamron and my 70-300VC is in the mail!

[Tom Graham]

D7000 looks real good -but- why wouldn't you wait to see what the D400 offers? (That's what I'm doing, if you can wait several months)
Tom

[Norm Dulak]

D7000 looks real good -but- why wouldn't you wait to see what the D400 offers? (That's what I'm doing, if you can wait several months)
Tom

Tom:

My view is that the spec's of the D7000 are excellent, and so is the price point. No doubt the D300's successor will offer more, but probably at a cost closer to $2,000. Then there will be the successor to the D700. Why not wait for that also? The fact is that technology will continually leapfrog in this way.

That's the problem also with a replacement for my old iBook computer, which I've been trying to find for some time. I've pretty well settled on some MacBook Pro model, but every time I think I've identified the one, the models improve and the price drops. It can drive you crazy if you let it. :(

Norm

[Tom Graham]

I'm not into FF/FX so the D700 replacement does not interest me.
With computers as with cameras, if you have nothing now, then buy now. But if you're satisfied with what you have now, then relax until a new offering is so much better that you can't resist it. That's my approach to my toys!!!
Tom

[James Shadle]

I shoot professionally so backup is important.
My strategy might be to pick up a D7000 now and use it as needed along side my D700.
My D300 finally bit the dust (it earned it) and a 16MP crop factor camera with good noise characteristics is appealing.

When the D400(?) comes out I would pick one up, using the D700/D800 and D400 as primaries (Unless a D4 blows me away) and D7000 as backup or in situations where weight might be a consideration.

[Norm Dulak]

I shoot professionally so backup is important.
My strategy might be to pick up a D7000 now and use it as needed along side my D700.
My D300 finally bit the dust (it earned it) and a 16MP crop factor camera with good noise characteristics is appealing.

When the D400(?) comes out I would pick one up, using the D700/D800 and D400 as primaries (Unless a D4 blows me away) and D7000 as backup or in situations where weight might be a consideration.

The D7000 will travel with Linda and me, along with our D300's which are still going strong and remain excellent cameras. A D200 we used to carry as a backup will finally be retired.

By the way, the D7000 also has an "electronic virtual horizon", which is said to be useful for landscape shooting. Does anyone know whether, or how, that works? :confused:

[Alan Lillich]

Norm: My guess is that the D7000 virtual horizon is the same as that in the D700 (I own) and D3 (never used). On the D700 you can set one of the function buttons to activate it, the exposure meter in the viewfinder then shows rotation around the lens axis. You can go into the Setup menu and turn the virtual horizon on for the rear LCD, you then see an airplane-like horizon display - again for rotation only. Neither mode shows up-down pitch on the D700.

[James Shadle]

The D7000 will travel with Linda and me, along with our D300's which are still going strong and remain excellent cameras. A D200 we used to carry as a backup will finally be retired.

By the way, the D7000 also has an "electronic virtual horizon", which is said to be useful for landscape shooting. Does anyone know whether, or how, that works? :confused:

It should work the same way it does on the D700. You can download the D700 manual from Nikon USA.
It is a very cool feature - I shoot left eyed and I'm right eye dominate or cockeyed, so it's great especially when very low and my head is at an angle.

[Norm Dulak]

Alan & James:

Thanks for explaining the virtual horizon! :cheers:

Norm