Nikon D7xxx owners thread

ronnus said:
I was trying (for once) to do the right thing and save/sell to raise funds, instead of rushing out with the credit card when the price dropped to £770.

I'm never being that virtuous again :thumbs:
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Possibility of a new d7000 and a new d300s this year, if you need a camera now, you need it! If not, sit tight!
 
tictoc said:
Possibility of a new d7000 and a new d300s this year, if you need a camera now, you need it! If not, sit tight!
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Heh :)

I'm almost tempted now to keep saving and wait on whatever comes out to replace the D300s, but that will likely take significantly longer than the D7000. Maybe :)
 
ronnus said:
Heh :)

I'm almost tempted now to keep saving and wait on whatever comes out to replace the D300s, but that will likely take significantly longer than the D7000. Maybe :)
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Only problem is supply, announced doesn't mean available!
 
tictoc said:
Only problem is supply, announced doesn't mean available!
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Has it been announced? I've not really been paying attention, but if someone told me there'd be a D400 coming out in June, I may take my chances and stick with my D90 till then... But so far I've only heard the usual foam-mouthed brainless rumo(u)rs from certain sites ;)
 
ronnus said:
Has it been announced? I've not really been paying attention, but if someone told me there'd be a D400 coming out in June, I may take my chances and stick with my D90 till then... But so far I've only heard the usual foam-mouthed brainless rumo(u)rs from certain sites ;)
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No, no, I don't have have any insider information. Just wondering when to sell my d7000 , jejeje
 
rumour is on everyday that D400 will be announce but rumour will just be on till the camera is announce.

Possible that Nikon will announce the D400 in july but then that mean you won't get the camera till october ish. But again with D4 and D800 announce i can't see nikon will announce anything soon for at least couple of months.

Also the D7000 won't have a new version that soon either.
 
If Nikon go by their usual schedule, there should be a D7100 or whatever it ends up being called around autumn this year (D70, D80, D90, D7000 have been 18-24 months apart). I'd imagine it'd have the same AF system (with kinks ironed out), the 86k meter (though they could stick with 2016), same framerate but better buffer depth), 24MP sensor. So a nice step up.

I'm not in the market for it though, unless they decide to debut on sensor phase detect on it, or something similarly gamechanging.
 
trouble is Nikon won't announce new version of D7000 until I've bought one :lol:

With technology, waiting for "new" kit is a forever game, there is "always a new version out in xx months", and its not just cameras - PC's, tablets TV's etc, you just have to decide what you want now and buy it. ( which I tried in Nov for D7000 :'( )
 
Personally i don't think D7100 will be announce. The D7000 is already stepping on the D300s toe and Nikon will most likely announce the D400 to make it on top of the D7000. If a D7100 announce that means it will be better than the D7000 and that means it will step on the D400's toe.
 
hewhoknows said:
Image is straight from camera, no editing. As you can see the player ive focusing on is blurry but the player behind in more in focus.
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I seem to get this problem sometimes with my 70-300mm VR. Pretty sure the lens is fine, as never once had a problem using it on my D80.
On the D7000 though its seems to back focus a little. But not all the time, sometimes its ok, othertimes its focused on something in the background, even though I nearly always just use single point focus.

Problem seems to mainly be with AF-C focus on sport subjects. AF-S hasn't caused any issues.
 
Jeff.B said:
Can you set the d700 so you can see all the focus points in the fiewfinder, can't seem to find an answer in the manual.

jeff
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You might be better of asking this question in the D700 owners thread.
I don't know, sorry.
 
Beardy said:
Looks better to me than ISO 6400 does on my D7000 to be honest! I shoot RAW but use Aperture to process. I don't think the NR is Aperture is much cop if I am honest....I did download the LR 3 test once and it looked much better.
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You (and others) might be interested to know that PC World are currently selling Lightroom 3 for £39.99 (plus Photoshop Elements 10 for £34.99). Adobe are bringing out a new LR soon, which might be the reason LR3 is going so cheaply.

I think it's still worth getting this version though. :thumbs:
 
stevek said:
You (and others) might be interested to know that PC World are currently selling Lightroom 3 for £39.99 (plus Photoshop Elements 10 for £34.99). Adobe are bringing out a new LR soon, which might be the reason LR3 is going so cheaply.

I think it's still worth getting this version though. :thumbs:
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Worth noting that it's the Student and Teacher Edition of Lightroom tho.
 
Eventually sussed out my high ISO issues witht he D7000 - the luminence slider in camera raw was at zero ! A shot from me in ambient light at ISO6400 ...

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To the OP with the rear focus issue, I had the same trouble with my D7000 and Tamron VC lens. Problem was, like you suggest, it was not consistent so could not be dialled out in autofocus correction. What I eventually worked it out to be was the vibration control on the lens was still "settling" after the focus confirmation beep. Waiting and extra half second after focus confirmation confirmed this. I now just leave VC off and use the high ISO capabilities to keep the shutter speed higher.
 
it seems like thats the reason why most people suggest non VC of the tamron.
 
Testbloke that is incredible! (although the exif does say ISO3200)

If you don't mind me asking, how did you process this in camera raw? (which sliders did you use etc...)
 
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sorry, it is indeed iso3200. The key one I found was the luminence slider for noise, from memory moved it up to about 40, just zoom in then adjust till it looks okay. On this, I also did some grads in camera raw to vignette and darken th fresco in the back ground. Then in PhotoShop, this was Nik silver effex plug in and a sharpen. Edit, topaz adjust plug in on the dress to emphasise the detail.
 
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Does anyone with a D7000 own and use either or both of the new 85/1.8G and the 70-200 VRII?

I'm considering one or the other, perhaps both, to augment my 35/1.8G - especially since the rugrat is now getting to the point where she'll be walking/dashing around soon, and so I want to be in a position to be able to grab shots of her when out and about.

I've had the 70-200 VRI before, but only on a D700, and it was lovely. I expect it would be nice on the D7000 too, but figure that a logical upgrade (again!) path may lead me to a FF body at some point, in which point getting the decent lenses sorted now would be best.

Any images shot with either would be great if you have them.

Cheers!
 
py6km said:
Does anyone with a D7000 own and use either or both of the new 85/1.8G and the 70-200 VRII?
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I have the 70-200 VR II and use it for photographing my rug rats a lot ! I find the flexibility of the zoom a massive advantage when we're out and about or just in the garden. I don't find it too long given my kids are 3 and 1.

One thing to be aware of is that the VR II "breathes" so at when focusing on objects close by isn't actually 200mm. It actually works quite well for me when the kids are running towards me etc but some people don't like it. The VR I doesn't do it and on a DX body I believe is optically pretty much identical.
 
That's interesting, thanks for that. I'd seen mention of breathing, but didn't know what it was really.

Did you have to micro adjust the lens at all, or were you happy with the results straight off the bat? I'm less worried about things like that than I used to be, but have to admit I hadn't figured that the D7000 had this functionality until recently!
 
py6km said:
That's interesting, thanks for that. I'd seen mention of breathing, but didn't know what it was really.

Did you have to micro adjust the lens at all, or were you happy with the results straight off the bat? I'm less worried about things like that than I used to be, but have to admit I hadn't figured that the D7000 had this functionality until recently!
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No it's absolutely fine.....haven't have issues with any of my lenses. I have a 50mm F 1.4G, 24-70, and a 105mm Macro and they are all fine.
 
RobertPattinson said:
Other niggle is the buffer, if I reel off a quick sequence of RAW shots, it take ages to write them out... 10 shots about 8 seconds to wait...
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Yeah the buff is the down side but it all depend what you shoot. For fast action sports where burst and buffer is important then it may struggle abit but for general use, portrait, landscape etc it doesn't really matter ......
 
testbloke said:
Eventually sussed out my high ISO issues witht he D7000 - the luminence slider in camera raw was at zero ! A shot from me in ambient light at ISO6400 ...

Edit2_D7K2766 by Kevin.Addie, on Flickr

To the OP with the rear focus issue, I had the same trouble with my D7000 and Tamron VC lens. Problem was, like you suggest, it was not consistent so could not be dialled out in autofocus correction. What I eventually worked it out to be was the vibration control on the lens was still "settling" after the focus confirmation beep. Waiting and extra half second after focus confirmation confirmed this. I now just leave VC off and use the high ISO capabilities to keep the shutter speed higher.
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that's a fantastic image and shows the capabilities of the d7000 and good processing
 
OMG....I've done it.....pottled off to my local LCE this evening with D80 + bits to put down as a deposit on a D7000 . Had a conversation with them earlier in the week when they said....yup , back ordered , expecting them in 6-8 weeks . No worries...not in a mad rush , plenty of time for buyers remorse to set in :lol:

Walked in at 17:20....walked out at 17:45 with a new D7000 & grip ,a huge smile & a very dented credit card :lol: Top guys at LCE :thumbs:
 
I am seriously considering a D7000 however I have a couple questions regarding lens compatibility. I have a number of manual focus Nikon AI primes, a Nikon AF 80-200mm f2.8 and a sigma AF 28-70 f2.8.
Does the D7000 have the AF motor in the body which my two AF zooms require?

2nd, can I use my primes in manual & aperture priority modes with full exposure metering? (Matrix, CW and most importantly spot). Is there a visual focus indicator and if so will it work with the AI lenses.

Thanks so much.
 
Yes, yes, yes and yes :)
 
ScenicsAbound said:
I am seriously considering a D7000 however I have a couple questions regarding lens compatibility. I have a number of manual focus Nikon AI primes, a Nikon AF 80-200mm f2.8 and a sigma AF 28-70 f2.8.
Does the D7000 have the AF motor in the body which my two AF zooms require?
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Yes the D7000 have AF motor on the body so you can use AF-D lens, so your nikon 80-200 and sigma will work fine.

ScenicsAbound said:
2nd, can I use my primes in manual & aperture priority modes with full exposure metering? (Matrix, CW and most importantly spot). Is there a visual focus indicator and if so will it work with the AI lenses.
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Yes you can use all your Nikon manual AI lens with full exposure metering. You need to program the lens information under non CPU lens so the camera will take care of the metering. Aperture and manual mode will work on the lens. You can't change aperture using the camera dail but when change aperture on the lens it will change on the camera indicator. Also when focus it won't have the dots on the view finder to tell you is focus.
 
Thanks so much dejongjand and badboy1984 - I think my mind is pretty much set now. Next step is to save a few more dollars and make the purchase.

From what I can tell my small nikon sb-22s wont work in ttl mode but will work in 'A' , for my big Metz I currently have a module for the F90x - does anyone know if that module will provide TTL on the D7000?

Thanks again - great thread.

edit -I should have mentioned -the Metz is a CT-4 with SCA300a cable & SCA346 TTL module.
 
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badboy1984 said:
Yes the D7000 have AF motor on the body so you can use AF-D lens, so your nikon 80-200 and sigma will work fine.

Yes you can use all your Nikon manual AI lens with full exposure metering. You need to program the lens information under non CPU lens so the camera will take care of the metering. Aperture and manual mode will work on the lens. You can't change aperture using the camera dail but when change aperture on the lens it will change on the camera indicator. Also when focus it won't have the dots on the view finder to tell you is focus.
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Are you sure about the focus I dictators? All mine do seem to give the dot when focus is there and even indicate which was to go.
 
dejongj said:
Are you sure about the focus I dictators? All mine do seem to give the dot when focus is there and even indicate which was to go.
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You mean when using non CPU lens? i.e Nikon AI lens.

It don't have focus dot show on the view finder when i use my AI manual lens to tell me i'm in focus or not.

I may have something turn off on my setting, i need to double check tonight and update you on this.
 
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badboy1984 said:
You mean when using non CPU lens? i.e Nikon AI lens.

It don't have focus dot show on the view finder when i use my AI manual lens to tell me i'm in focus or not.

I may have something turn off on my setting, i need to double check tonight and update you on this.
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I'm pretty certain, but are starting to doubt myself now. I'm certain I've seen it and used it on both my 105 f2.5 and on my 75-150. I can't check now as I've send my body for a service last Saturday.
 
dejongj said:
I'm pretty certain, but are starting to doubt myself now. I'm certain I've seen it and used it on both my 105 f2.5 and on my 75-150. I can't check now as I've send my body for a service last Saturday.
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I can confirm the focus indicator do show up on the D7000 and the D300 i got.

Programe the lens on the non-cpu data and it will meter it for you then you can use the green dot on the view finder as reference on the focusing.

I did a serious of test on both my D7000 and D300 and the green dot indicator is bag on the focus everytime on the manual focus lens.

What i do is press half way on the shutter button then turn the focus ring till the indicator pop up then press the shutter to fire the shot. Bag on evertime for me on both my 28mm f2.8 AI and 135mm f2.8 AI

I've never realise but it certainly help me alot now on using these top quality manual prime lens :)
 
Thanks badboy :) I was starting to doubt myself there...It is one of the things I really like about the D7000 how well it handles those 'old' lenses, and there are some gems amongst them. I can whole heartedly recommend anyone the 105mm f2.5 and also as an alternative the 100mm f2.8
 
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