Nikon D7xxx owners thread

Hi guys just new on here been using a d40 for the last 3-4 years, just recently treated myself to the d7000.

I am very confused at the minute as it's a bigger jump than I expected but I'll get there I'm sure!

Any general tricks or tips you have for me? :)
 
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It was a bigger jump for me as it was my first camera. Although I obviously wasn't used to doing it another way.

I love my d7k
 
j4m3s said:
Hi guys just new on here been using a d40 for the last 3-4 years, just recently treated myself to the d7000.

I am very confused at the minute as it's a bigger jump than I expected but I'll get there I'm sure!

Any general tricks or tips you have for me? :)
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Don't be afraid of high iso and shoot at faster speeds than you were used to. Those are my two tips to tame the d7000.
 
Cheers djongj, yea the iso is something I'm tip toeing across at the minute!! :p
 
dejongj said:
Don't be afraid of high iso and shoot at faster speeds than you were used to. Those are my two tips to tame the d7000.
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Jean-Paul

Wise words. I notice that shutter speeds which gave me good pics with the D700, show motion blur with the D7000. Might be the weight of the D700 stabilising me. Agree with the high ISO also.
 
:wave: I upgraded to a D7000 from a D5000 last week and it had it's first proper outing on Sat. Such a difference and so many more buttons :lol: Going to be a few weeks of learning ahead! :clap:
 
Hi guys, I own a D7000 too and it is my first DSLR. Lot of reading I went trough :) Got a bunch of quality lenses too ;) One of those is the tokina 11-16. Any of you using it on D7000?
I would need a lens correction profile for D7000 for photoshop cs5. There is one made for this tokina, but with D300s.
Help please..
 
I've got a D3100 and find that sometimes photos which look in focus on the rear screen are actually out of focus when viewed on a PC monitor. Just wondered if anyone has this problem with the higher resolution screen of the D7000 as am thinking of upgrading. Thanks.
 
Hi Guys

Just opened the box on my new D7000. Excited is not the word!! Upgrading from a D5000. Expecting a steep learning curve.

Anyone got any advice on a new lens as well. Was thinking of a fast 17-50. Either tamron or sigma, I have no more money for the nikon. I already have a nikon 70-300 vr and the small but mighty 35mm 1.8

It was reading this forum and this thread that convinced me to upgrade, you are all a great bunch

Off to a hot air ballon festival to try out the new toy!

Cheers

Brett
 
Jez2011 said:
I've got a D3100 and find that sometimes photos which look in focus on the rear screen are actually out of focus when viewed on a PC monitor. Just wondered if anyone has this problem with the higher resolution screen of the D7000 as am thinking of upgrading. Thanks.
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Yes I do have that at times.
 
brett23 said:
Hi Guys

Just opened the box on my new D7000. Excited is not the word!! Upgrading from a D5000. Expecting a steep learning curve.

Anyone got any advice on a new lens as well. Was thinking of a fast 17-50. Either tamron or sigma, I have no more money for the nikon. I already have a nikon 70-300 vr and the small but mighty 35mm 1.8

It was reading this forum and this thread that convinced me to upgrade, you are all a great bunch

Off to a hot air ballon festival to try out the new toy!

Cheers

Brett
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Have fun at hot air balloon festival! I was hoping to get down to it but won't get the chance, some fab shots to be had there.
 
brett23 said:
Anyone got any advice on a new lens as well. Was thinking of a fast 17-50. Either tamron or sigma, I have no more money for the nikon. I already have a nikon 70-300 vr and the small but mighty 35mm 1.8
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I've got a similar set of lenses- 70-300 vr, 50 1.8 and the sigma 17-50 2.8 and love it. The 17-50 lives on my D7000.
 
Jez2011 said:
Thought that might be the case, thanks.
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Most cameras I've used have a handy focus checking feature which allows you to zoom into the focus point of your image at 100%. This is usually a one button operation but a little research shows that Nikon failed to include this on the D7000 :cuckoo:

If you click play to review your image and click the 'info' button six times you will be zoomed into the focus point at 100%. This will allow you to check for sharpeness with a good level of accuracy, even on the small screen.
 
Yes sure, problem with that is that you loose the overview. Pixel peeping will ruin your enjoyment in my opinion.
 
dejongj said:
Yes sure, problem with that is that you loose the overview. Pixel peeping will ruin your enjoyment in my opinion.
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You've lost me. First of all you don't lose the overview because you get a full frame image on screen when you press the play button - this can be used to check the general look of the image along with framing.

What pixel peeping has to do with what I said I don't know. You're not pixel peeping you're checking the focus accuracy of your shot.

If you're not concerned with the focus accurancy of your images then there isn't much point being interested in photography.
 
gingerweasel said:
Most cameras I've used have a handy focus checking feature which allows you to zoom into the focus point of your image at 100%. This is usually a one button operation but a little research shows that Nikon failed to include this on the D7000 :cuckoo:

If you click play to review your image and click the 'info' button six times you will be zoomed into the focus point at 100%. This will allow you to check for sharpeness with a good level of accuracy, even on the small screen.
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Thanks, knew you could do it that way, but wanted to find out if the increased resolution of the D7000 screen meant you could check focus at a glance, ie without zooming in.
 
Jez2011 said:
Thanks, knew you could do it that way, but wanted to find out if the increased resolution of the D7000 screen meant you could check focus at a glance, ie without zooming in.
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No screen will ever do that.
 
gingerweasel said:
You've lost me. First of all you don't lose the overview because you get a full frame image on screen when you press the play button - this can be used to check the general look of the image along with framing.

What pixel peeping has to do with what I said I don't know. You're not pixel peeping you're checking the focus accuracy of your shot.

If you're not concerned with the focus accurancy of your images then there isn't much point being interested in photography.
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I think you misunderstood me.

The screen is tiny, as you say you need to zoom in six times by then the overview is lost.

When I had trouble with a lens the shop took test shots and tried to verify that way and couldn't see anything wrong. Even on my MacBook air that I brought in as I knew you couldn't see it on the camera screen it was hard to spot. However on my 30" monitor it was obvious but even then a 2550x1600 resolution required zooming in to be be certain.

My point is the tiny screen can only show so much and won't show all flaws.
 
I should have my D7000 by Wednesday. I've spent the whole day trawling the web to learn as much as I can and I've been reading through John Batdorff's D7000 guide.

I still need to decide on my lens lineup (which is easier said than done) but I can't wait to get my hands on it.



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I'm hoping to have mine by about mid week as well, can't wait! It'll be such a step up from my D60.
 
I'm beginning to see why some people carry 2 bodies and primes only. The zooms I have have rapidly become "primes with other focal lengths handy".

What are you thinking of for your lens lineup?

I've currently got 10-20, 17-50, 50, 105, 70-200, and it's actually turned out that the 17-50 is least used, even though it is awesome. I very rarely feel as though there's something missing, and the times I do, well, I hope for a lottery win one day :p

The lenses I'd like to complete things are the PC-E trio and a 400. Like I said, lottery win :lol:
 
No lottery required for the e series :) just keep an eye on eBay.

Failing the lottery win a kidney sale might work for the 400 :)
 
dejongj said:
No lottery required for the e series :) just keep an eye on eBay.

Failing the lottery win a kidney sale might work for the 400 :)
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I was meaning these:

http://www.europe-nikon.com/en_GB/p...ingle-focal-length/24mm-f-3-5d-ed-pc-e-nikkor

http://www.europe-nikon.com/en_GB/p...ingle-focal-length/45mm-f-2-8d-ed-pc-e-nikkor

http://www.europe-nikon.com/en_GB/p...ingle-focal-length/85mm-f-2-8d-ed-pc-e-nikkor

And yeah, the 400/2.8 is not going to be happening for a loooong time. I'm considering cutting alcohol out to save for one of them, it's how I got the 70-200 :lol:
 
Oops. Well in that case you may have to sell the girl friend as well :)
 
I'm useless at picking lenses, I tend to go around in circles until I drive myself mad.

I've shot mostly Full Frame with primes as I love the shallow depth of field they offer.

I'm thinking about picking up FX compatible lenses in case I ever go back to full frame (I like to dream I could turn this into a career someday).

I shoot mainly street and portraiture leaning heavily towards portraiture these days and hoping to get some experience of studio work.
 
^ street: 24mm/28mm/35mm prime
portraiture: 50mm/60mm micro/85mm (might be a bit long) prime

Pick one that suits you the most, and go from there. The 85mm might be a bit long for some portraits on a crop, although you might find that it suits you. Perhaps the 100mm Series E prime, which can be picked up for relatively cheaply?
 
The 100mm f/2.8 series E is great, alternatively the 105 f2.5 ais is very good as well.

And the original street sweeper the 24-120 f3.5-4.5 is one of my favourites for street photography. Oddly twisted around for zoom but other than that brilliant unless you can afford the latest version f/4 with vr.
 
I tend to shoot a lot of shallow depth of field type images which concerns me a little about using a crop sensor. I know I might struggle to achieve this at the shorter focal lengths without sitting on the subjects lap.

In the past I've been drawn to 35, 50 and 85mm but I now it's not that straight forward on a crop because of the FOV.

I'm definately going to pickup a Nikkor 70-300, for the current price it seems a no brainer just to have incase.


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You can still throw stuff out of focus, no problem at all. Any decent fast Nikon prime (and they are almost universally so) will be adequate.
 
+1 Rob said:
I'm hoping to have mine by about mid week as well, can't wait! It'll be such a step up from my D60.
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:) Yippie! At long last! It might tempt me back to SD card, given the reviews.... a 7000 as a second body could be doable! :)
 
Have recently upgraded from the D5000, there's a bit of a learning curve what with having more buttons etc. but I am liking it though, especially the commander flash mode, which was missing on the D5000.
 
stokes said:
:) Yippie! At long last! It might tempt me back to SD card, given the reviews.... a 7000 as a second body could be doable! :)
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Just checked the on-line tracking and it's now in the UK!
 
The Eagle Has Landed ...

Sadly I can't shoot anything with it because I haven't purchased any lenses yet :lol:

First impressions, it's quite small in the hand compared to other camera bodies I've owned but not so much that it's uncomfortable.

The viewfinder is tiny and quite dark but I'm assuming this would be the same for any crop sensor camera.

Must decide on lenses, must decide on lenses...



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LOL And this is a larger one of the crop cameras :) And at least it is a 100% viewfinder...Now go and get a lens :p
 
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