Nikon D7xxx owners thread

wallyboy said:
Talking of focus, do you guys use single point focus AF-C or cluster nine point.
AF-C for moving birds
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Mostly 9 but sometimes more ... I have no chance of tracking with single-point :(
 
wallyboy said:
I have been trying to lock 9 when I focus, doesn't seem to hold it just go's to 1 when I BBF, is there a way to track with 9 showing.
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I don't think so, but the 9 will be working ... menu a3 'Focus tracking with lock-on' can often assist the keeper rate if your tracking skills aren't 100% as it can delay the AF re-focusing on something else if you momentarily lose focus.
 
gramps said:
I don't think so, but the 9 will be working ... menu a3 'Focus tracking with lock-on' can often assist the keeper rate if your tracking skills aren't 100% as it can delay the AF re-focusing on something else if you momentarily lose focus.
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I have focus lock on normal,
I some how thought this might be the case, focus picking up from one spot with a nine point area, just as a matter of interest do you keep your your focus in middle of viewfinder when tracking,
 
Mainly, yes it gives me more flexibility ... though I'm not suggesting it's the best way, many are more dexterous than I am now :)
 
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 :/
 
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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Not really ... e.g. ISO 1600 recently on a dull day and it works for me. :)


Common Teal by Roger, on Flickr
 
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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then you are not using it right..:rolleyes:
 
one of the reasons I bought 7200 was to compliment 200-500 lens, and one of the things that sold it to me after lots of reading was the high iso quality, I have set my iso on auto having confidence in camera, one of the shots I took on holiday was darkish and of looe harbour iso was 6400 and I was pretty pleased with result
looe by night by walter, on Flickr
 
htid said:
Maybe not. Here's an example SOOC, 100% crop. Dull, grey day with very little light. Seems very noisy overall to me, especially in the background. Maybe I'm just expecting too much from ISO 1000.

Curlew_Noise by Chris Cotton, on Flickr
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I think you are asking a bit much with 100% crop....
 
mark richards said:
I think you are asking a bit much with 100% crop....
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Yeah fair enough I guess I am. I expected pretty much no noise whatsoever up to 1000 ISO and the level of noise I have here visible at about 2500. Guess if I want that I need to go FF!
 
I don't think you would have had 'no noise' on that shot with FF :)
 
Ok maybe I just need to only shoot on bright days where I dont have to up the ISO much. Oh and get closer to the subjects so I dont have to crop as much! ;) I'll stop complaining now then!
 
Under those conditions especially, you certainly need to get closer than having a bird in the corner of the frame on a 100% crop! :)

What lens were you using?
 
I have similar pics with my 5200 with 200_500 lens, what I tend to do is keep pic then when bettered delete, or sometimes some noise adds to pic reflecting the day, so to me can be a keeper, depends on result,
 
I know it seems counter productive as it will slow the SS, but try a bit of positive exposure compensation in camera.

Going from a D7000 to D7100 i was quite disappointed and much prefered the D7k overall. The noise performance was no better and i can't say i noticed a big jump in performance either. But then i have never been in the 'D7k has crap AF' camp.

I do keep considering upgrading my D7000 to the D7200 though but then i don't want to end up with the same situation as before.
 
gramps said:
Under those conditions especially, you certainly need to get closer than having a bird in the corner of the frame on a 100% crop! :)

What lens were you using?
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Sorry that wasn't the full image, I just cropped in that way to show the file info in the top left corner. The curlew was central in the frame. Trouble is I can't get any closer as the area I go to is open rocks where there's no cover whatsoever. I literally have to sit near a large rock and hope something comes within shooting distance!
 
htid said:
Sorry that wasn't the full image, I just cropped in that way to show the file info in the top left corner. The curlew was central in the frame. Trouble is I can't get any closer as the area I go to is open rocks where there's no cover whatsoever. I literally have to sit near a large rock and hope something comes within shooting distance!
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I do sympathise, I often find myself in the same situation ... the nature of wildlife I guess :)
 
minnnt said:
I know it seems counter productive as it will slow the SS, but try a bit of positive exposure compensation in camera.

Going from a D7000 to D7100 i was quite disappointed and much prefered the D7k overall. The noise performance was no better and i can't say i noticed a big jump in performance either. But then i have never been in the 'D7k has crap AF' camp.

I do keep considering upgrading my D7000 to the D7200 though but then i don't want to end up with the same situation as before.
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I too was disappointed going from 7000 to 7100 - preferred the 7000 in almost every way. However, I really love the 7200:)
 
JulesP said:
I too was disappointed going from 7000 to 7100 - preferred the 7000 in almost every way. However, I really love the 7200:)
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me too, I thought that the d7100 was a bad buy, i never had a problem with 7000, and so far over the moon with 7200...
seamed to have to work hard to get good shots from 7100...
 
Is that the old AFD lens your using, plus looking at your EXIF on the photo, was you also using a TC ? it also looks underexposed on my monitor? so not the best time for possibly judging the camera in these current weather conditions.

Like others, I found the D7100 not much of a improvement over the D7000, and only liked going upto ISO 1000 with the 300mm f4 AFS lens. The D7200 does seem better over the previous versions with some of the photos I have seen, like what Gramps posts, although he is using some very nice glass with it.
 
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Right, Christmas is fast approaching and I going to ask Father Christmas for some new glass. :D

Can anyone recommend a walkabout lens?

I'm leaning towards the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. Apart from the Nikon equivalent, are there any other lenses I should be considering which cover a similiar range which have excellent IQ? All I'm seeing is lenses, and it's difficult for me to pick one!

What lens is on the front of your camera most of the time?
 
Chuckoir said:
What lens is on the front of your camera most of the time?
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When it's not the 500 f4 or 300 f4 pf for wildlife it'll be the Nikon 24-120 f4 which is such a great walkabout lens :)
 
Chuckoir said:
Right, Christmas is fast approaching and I going to ask Father Christmas for some new glass. :D

Can anyone recommend a walkabout lens?

I'm leaning towards the Tamron 24-70 f2.8. Apart from the Nikon equivalent, are there any other lenses I should be considering which cover a similiar range which have excellent IQ? All I'm seeing is lenses, and it's difficult for me to pick one!

What lens is on the front of your camera most of the time?
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75% of the time it's the Nikon 24-70.
15% Tokina 11-16
10% A mix of Sigma 70-200 or Nikon 16-85.

If I had none of the above and had a choice of one lens I would go for the Nikon 24-120 f4 as that would cover most as a good walkabout lens. I don't seem to mind being restricted to 24mm at the wide end and think 120 would be long enough for most of my uses.

Or possibly the Sigma 18-35 f1.8 - quite intrigued by that little lens:)
 
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?
 
minnnt said:
Going from a D7000 to D7100 i was quite disappointed and much prefered the D7k overall. The noise performance was no better and i can't say i noticed a big jump in performance either. But then i have never been in the 'D7k has crap AF' camp.

I do keep considering upgrading my D7000 to the D7200 though but then i don't want to end up with the same situation as before.
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JulesP said:
I too was disappointed going from 7000 to 7100 - preferred the 7000 in almost every way. However, I really love the 7200:)
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mark richards said:
me too, I thought that the d7100 was a bad buy, i never had a problem with 7000, and so far over the moon with 7200...
seamed to have to work hard to get good shots from 7100...
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I was the opposite as I unfortunately had one of the bad AF D7000 models. when AF worked it was very good, when it didn't all I got was out of focus images. I found the D7100 much better as I luckily had a good AF D7100. I seem to remember there being some AF issues with the D7100. The only downside I saw was the buffer size but I'm not much of a 'machine gunner' so it didn't matter as. It does seem opinions are very much influenced by getting a properly working model. I've just picked up a second hand D7200 that I'm hoping will give me a little extra 'reach' for owls and use as a remote and video camera. I don't expect ISO to be improved on the D7200 from the d7000/d7100 as I would say technology in this respect hasn't moved on much in the last 4 years.
 
minnnt said:
I've had 2 D7k's and both have been good 'uns luckily. Still fancy a D7200 though.
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If I had managed to get a good d7000 I now doubt I would ever have changed to a d7100, even to a d7200 (I was actually looking for a d7100 but the opposite came up) as there probably isn't much 'real world' differences in the d7xx series.
 
I also traded in my D7000 for the D7100 when it came out...........wasn't impressed at all. Much preferred the D7000.
 
Sold my D7000 and got the D7100 but was dismayed, AF was crippled so it was returned and I stayed with FF ... recently though I got the D7200 and it is a whole new ball-game for wildlife with my 500 f4 and hopefully my new 300 f4 pf :)
 
Swanseajack said:
Is that the old AFD lens your using, plus looking at your EXIF on the photo, was you also using a TC ? it also looks underexposed on my monitor? so not the best time for possibly judging the camera in these current weather conditions.

Like others, I found the D7100 not much of a improvement over the D7000, and only liked going upto ISO 1000 with the 300mm f4 AFS lens. The D7200 does seem better over the previous versions with some of the photos I have seen, like what Gramps posts, although he is using some very nice glass with it.
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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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