Nikon D7xxx owners thread

htid said:
It's the lens before the PF..AF-S is it? Yeah it's glued to my 1.4tc but I wouldn't have thought lens would have any impact on amount of noise anyway? But you're right that it's underexposed...I guess I should experiment with ETTR so as not to get as many darker areas which will show the noise more clearly.

Depending on my Christmas bonus I'm considering a d750 or d810 as a second body for dull days where I need to knock the ISO up.
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It was more to find out what your using, adding the 1.4 as you know is stopping you down and I didnt feel with my 300mm AFS and D7100 helped things for this time of year, I prefered to crop in for my shooting and use the lens wide open to get exposure better and keep SS down.. If it's to far away they are just record shots. We always want more length in wildlife photograpy. Also, looking at your EXIF for the photo, it's been cropped to something like 1400 x 1100, which is a huge crop from 6000 x 4000, so is going to be noisey along with the UE.

Although I have a D750 now I use manual all the time now and find my settings of 1/800, auto ISO, (upto 3200 this time of year), a little + EC of 0.7 etc... as most of my photography is of ground or perched birds, so dont need such high SS as BIF are difficult with the winds we have been having recently, plus the grey skies. Plus I'm crap at it!:D.......Using manual mode, all the main settings are so easy to change with the camera at your eye.

It will be interesting when you get your Sigma, to see how the body copes then. If you are going to be in the market for a new body, I would try the D810 for the cropping ability it will give you, if needed. It would be a perfect match for the D7200 IMHO.
 
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just ordered one ...... a D7200 .......... I'm expecting my images will then be as good as @gramps ......... if not, it's his fault
(still reckon that it will not be a patch on the D750 cropped - but you never know)

soon be a D7100 and a lightly used D700 for sale along with a good D300 ....... if I can find the boxes ........ I need the space ........ why do I never want to sell any camera kit??
 
BillN_33 said:
just ordered one ...... a D7200 .......... I'm expecting my images will then be as good as @gramps ......... if not, it's his fault
(still reckon that it will not be a patch on the D750 cropped - but you never know)

soon be a D7100 and a lightly used D700 for sale along with a good D300 ....... if I can find the boxes ........ I need the space ........ why do I never want to sell any camera kit??
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I'm sure it'll be an improvement on d750 cropped! You're getting an extra 1.5x crop factor at the same MP...to get the same reach you'll surely have to crop in quite a lot.
 
D7200 definitely works with Focal :)
 
Not long got me a D7200, dunno about anyone else but I'm loving the NFC. I like being able to share instantly, with little PP, it suits me down to the ground.
 
ronnus said:
Not long got me a D7200, dunno about anyone else but I'm loving the NFC. I like being able to share instantly, with little PP, it suits me down to the ground.
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I'm not using it to share but do like the idea that I can take photos using my phone since I don't have a remote release. It's brilliant that I can see live on my phone screen what my camera can see even from about 5 or more metres away! Also planning to use it as a remote release to hide from birds round a corner whilst still being able to see the birds and not scare them off.
 
Thanks for all the lens suggestions, guys - will take a look at them - then I just need to make a decision!

Why can't I have them all!?
 
htid said:
I'm not using it to share but do like the idea that I can take photos using my phone since I don't have a remote release. It's brilliant that I can see live on my phone screen what my camera can see even from about 5 or more metres away! Also planning to use it as a remote release to hide from birds round a corner whilst still being able to see the birds and not scare them off.
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The remote shutter is a very cool feature, and I'm hoping that Nikon works on the app to add functionality. I've been using a Sony QX10 "lens camera" for a few years now that pushes live view to a smart device, and I love it. Get some wild perspectives, and even use it as a remote inspection camera. Brilliant. And it's only going to get better.

wallyboy said:
is the NFC an easy transition,
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Can I ask what you're transitioning from? For me it's a way of quickly and easily sharing images without messing with card readers and lightroom until later. It's more of a fun feature than anything else, but one that makes me enjoy my cameras more.
 
And it's brilliant for family shots with you (the photographer) included in the pic. Beats setting the self timer and running round the front!
 
wallyboy said:
ronnus
it will be from I phone 5c, I have downloaded the app, if I was reading it right you could be anywhere, and down load pics from camera to phone, then to say flickr,
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I'm an android guy, but from what I can read online the iPhone 5c doesn't have NFC capability. My understanding too from fiddling with various iPhones is that like with Bluetooth, the NFC implementation apple uses is locked down to apple devices and standards only, for example iPay.

I could be completely wrong and apple may have enabled NFC to work with an iOS Nikon app, but from the spec sheet the 5c doesn't do NFC in any way, so do some research before thinking about a D7200 if you intend using NFC functionality.
 
ronnus said:
I'm an android guy, but from what I can read online the iPhone 5c doesn't have NFC capability. My understanding too from fiddling with various iPhones is that like with Bluetooth, the NFC implementation apple uses is locked down to apple devices and standards only, for example iPay.

I could be completely wrong and apple may have enabled NFC to work with an iOS Nikon app, but from the spec sheet the 5c doesn't do NFC in any way, so do some research before thinking about a D7200 if you intend using NFC functionality.
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I already have the 7200, it is a shame if it doesn't do it, I will do some research,
it is one of those things if its there use it,
 
wallyboy said:
ronnus
it will be from I phone 5c, I have downloaded the app, if I was reading it right you could be anywhere, and down load pics from camera to phone, then to say flickr,
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As has been said not sure if it works with iPhone but the way it works is as you've described. Only trouble is the bloomin app won't close unless you kill the task which a loooot of people have been complaining about. Still pretty cool feature!
 
htid said:
As has been said not sure if it works with iPhone but the way it works is as you've described. Only trouble is the bloomin app won't close unless you kill the task which a loooot of people have been complaining about. Still pretty cool feature!
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If it can't use NFC can't it do the same thing using the wifi connection? It's probably not as quick to set up but the output should be the same.
 
rob-nikon said:
If it can't use NFC can't it do the same thing using the wifi connection? It's probably not as quick to set up but the output should be the same.
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That's a very good point, NFC in this case triggers a local wifi connection between the two devices. Connecting manually should work between a Wi-Fi enabled phone/tablet and the camera. Props to rob-nikon for filling in my brain gaps!
 
ronnus said:
That's a very good point, NFC in this case triggers a local wifi connection between the two devices. Connecting manually should work between a Wi-Fi enabled phone/tablet and the camera. Props to rob-nikon for filling in my brain gaps!
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I seem to remember trying it out and doing it by wifi previously. It was a pain as you have to go through the camera menu and connect the tablet using the wifi setting menu but it's possible. I quite liked being able to check the images on a tablet rather than take the sd card out, but although the function is there it's probably not something I'm going to use much. I can see it being useful for others.
 
rob-nikon said:
I seem to remember trying it out and doing it by wifi previously. It was a pain as you have to go through the camera menu and connect the tablet using the wifi setting menu but it's possible. I quite liked being able to check the images on a tablet rather than take the sd card out, but although the function is there it's probably not something I'm going to use much. I can see it being useful for others.
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That sounds familiar, I've got an Eye-fi card in my Ricoh GR and although the card is fully supported by the camera, it involves much meddling with menus and disconnecting my home wifi to make it work.
 
With an iphone 5S connection via wifi is a little bit fiddly - but better than not having any wifi at all. NFC works on iphone 6 I believe.
 
minnnt said:
It is THE sharpest zoom lens on DX. It's like having a bag full of primes. It weighs around 800g though so it's a fairly hefty beast. Focus isn't as fast as the 17-55 but it's a 'faster' and sharper lens all round. Quite a limited range though of 27-52mm equivalent.

Does anyone use the Sigma 30mm f1.4 art lens?
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Damn, that's a nice looking lens!
 
Hi all, just got my D7200. I'll mainly be using it for aviation photography, so a decent buffer is always needed, especially at Airshows. So i'm interested to hear opinions on shooting in DX or 1.3 crop mode (using crop mode gives you a far better buffer) - Does it significantly impact on picture quality?

Thanks in anticipation.

Dave.
 
htid said:
Anybody underwhelmed by noise/higher ISO? I upgraded from my d7000 to the d7200 as I felt my d7000 was giving too much noise even at 800. I read that the 7000 was known for being pretty noisy, but I'm also noticing it quite a lot at I SO 800 on the 7200 as well. Not as impressed as I'd hoped :/
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You have to nail the exposure at higher ISO or it really magnifies the noise etc
 
BDL said:
Hi all, just got my D7200. I'll mainly be using it for aviation photography, so a decent buffer is always needed, especially at Airshows. So i'm interested to hear opinions on shooting in DX or 1.3 crop mode (using crop mode gives you a far better buffer) - Does it significantly impact on picture quality?

Thanks in anticipation.

Dave.
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If you have a decent memory card you won't have a buffer issue :) and 1.3 is just the same as cropping but more chance of cutting something off and missing the shot :(
 
AdamSi said:
You have to nail the exposure at higher ISO or it really magnifies the noise etc
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Thanks I didn't know that. I've been out with it today and have been ETTR to lower the amount of noise visible. Seems to have worked although I only needed to go to 800 today seeing as it was a nice-Ish day
 
htid said:
Thanks I didn't know that. I've been out with it today and have been ETTR to lower the amount of noise visible. Seems to have worked although I only needed to go to 800 today seeing as it was a nice-Ish day
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I've been really lazy of late with exposure and it's really show bad noise mainly around darker areas, lower ISO you can pull detail out of shadows no problem but no chance at higher ISO
 
BDL said:
Hi all, just got my D7200. I'll mainly be using it for aviation photography, so a decent buffer is always needed, especially at Airshows. So i'm interested to hear opinions on shooting in DX or 1.3 crop mode (using crop mode gives you a far better buffer) - Does it significantly impact on picture quality?

Thanks in anticipation.

Dave.
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The crop mode was first introduced on the D7100 where the buffer was awful (dx mode was 6 images lossless 14-bit IIRC), the 1.3 crop mode increased the buffer a little to 8 images! It was a little better in 12 bit lossless RAW. The slight increase using the 1.3 crop mode was probably why nikon put it in. Nikon fx camera also had cropping modes at the time too.

The d7200 buffer is very good (3 times that of the d7100 and double that of d7000) so 1.3 crop mode isn't as much use unless you want to go to 7fps instead of 6fps (12 bit lossless RAW) or 6fps instead 5fps (14 bit lossless RAW) and want smaller files which are the main reasons to use it. Another good reason for the 1.3 crop mode is the 51 AF points pretty much covers the whole 1.3 crop area. The D7200 AF area coverage is quite large anyway, it's on FX cameras like the D750 where the 1.3 crop and DX mode help increase the AF coverage across the frame.

If you do use the 1.3 crop mode the buffer allows 29 14 bit lossless raw images (around 5 seconds of continuous shooting compared to 3 seconds in dx mode (18 14 bit lossless RAW images). The buffer can be increased further by using 12 bit lossless RAW images if you do like continuous shooting (dx 27 images-4.5 seconds, 1.3 crop 44 images-6 seconds).
 
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JulesP said:
I used that site for checking card performance - decided to go with the Kingston U3 90/80 MB/s cards at 64GB for slot 1 RAW and 32GB in slot 2 for JPEG.
They seemed the best compromise between performance and price to me and so far very happy with them :)
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Thanks guys - They seem a decent price, Mr Amazon is doing well from me at the moment!
 
BDL said:
Mr Amazon is doing well from me at the moment!
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That's good - my wife has shares in Amazon as she is employed by a subsidiary:banana:


Actually - to be fair they're doing well from me too!
 
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