Nikon D7000
he good: Excellent performance to its class; great viewfinder; control locations and operations streamlined over previous Nikon dSLRs, double SDXC compatible card slots.
The bad: No 1080/30p video.
In general: An outstanding dSLR for experienced shooters or Nikon professionals looking for a relatively cheap option, the Nikon D7000 delivers on almost all counts, for example the company's best shooting design to date.
In terms of mid-to-high-end dSLRs, it takes a great deal to float my boat currently. I am not saying looking for whizzy latest features, bold redesigns, or insane burst rates for either myself or shoppers I advise; if you ask me, the perfect camera just gets taken care of between my attention as well as the final photograph (along with perhaps video). It really is a many more elusive than you'd expect. But shooting with the Nikon D7000 frequently came all-around delivering the photographic tingles in ways I've not felt in overly long, I do believe since I gave canon's EOS 5D Mark II an Editors' Choice Award almost 24 months ago. Course, the standard caveats apply: it isn't the correct camera for everybody and it's not best at everything. However it is mixture of design, set of features, performance, and photo quality with the prices are hard to beat and will also be especially so in the event the street price actually starts to drop.
There exists a variety of new Nikon tech within the D7000 over older models, including a brand new Nikon-designed 16.2-megapixel sensor along with its Expeed 2 processor; with this pairing, Nikon ups its analog-to-digital conversion to 14-bit processing. Ladies new metering sensor and much more sophisticated autofocus system. It is equally Nikon's first dSLR to increase to 1080p HD video--albeit only 24fps--with all the "added bonus" of full-time auto focus during video capture. And also the body's construction, though not really tank like because the D300s, incorporates a detailed-metal chassis with magnesium alloy covers the remaining is polycarbonate, and is particularly sealed against moisture and dust much like the D300s.
Photo quality is first rate, and, inspite of the resolution increase, compares very well from the D300s together with most competitors. Though I'd probably the D7000's JPEG photos are tidy up through only ISO 800, they remain great through ISO 1,600. By ISO 3,200, shadow detail gets pretty noisy. You possibly can squeeze out of a stop much more of usability out of the D7000's medium-high ISO sensitivities by making use of raw rather then JPEGs, at least by tweaking the default camera settings. Granted, the images aren't noise-free, but the monochrome grain appearance is more attractive versus the in-camera err-on-the-side-of-color-noise approach, for you appears to be enough dynamic range that there are still shadow detail and little loss in sharpness.
Exposure and metering are solid and consistent, and yes it reproduces color faithfully if you want it to. Nikon pushes the saturation a bit to use default Standard Picture Control, however it doesn't display the wholesale color shifts we often see on lower-end models. However, comparing the Neutral setting with the others, you can tell it pushes the contrast so much that you actually lose shadow detail.
he good: Excellent performance to its class; great viewfinder; control locations and operations streamlined over previous Nikon dSLRs, double SDXC compatible card slots.
The bad: No 1080/30p video.
In general: An outstanding dSLR for experienced shooters or Nikon professionals looking for a relatively cheap option, the Nikon D7000 delivers on almost all counts, for example the company's best shooting design to date.
In terms of mid-to-high-end dSLRs, it takes a great deal to float my boat currently. I am not saying looking for whizzy latest features, bold redesigns, or insane burst rates for either myself or shoppers I advise; if you ask me, the perfect camera just gets taken care of between my attention as well as the final photograph (along with perhaps video). It really is a many more elusive than you'd expect. But shooting with the Nikon D7000 frequently came all-around delivering the photographic tingles in ways I've not felt in overly long, I do believe since I gave canon's EOS 5D Mark II an Editors' Choice Award almost 24 months ago. Course, the standard caveats apply: it isn't the correct camera for everybody and it's not best at everything. However it is mixture of design, set of features, performance, and photo quality with the prices are hard to beat and will also be especially so in the event the street price actually starts to drop.
There exists a variety of new Nikon tech within the D7000 over older models, including a brand new Nikon-designed 16.2-megapixel sensor along with its Expeed 2 processor; with this pairing, Nikon ups its analog-to-digital conversion to 14-bit processing. Ladies new metering sensor and much more sophisticated autofocus system. It is equally Nikon's first dSLR to increase to 1080p HD video--albeit only 24fps--with all the "added bonus" of full-time auto focus during video capture. And also the body's construction, though not really tank like because the D300s, incorporates a detailed-metal chassis with magnesium alloy covers the remaining is polycarbonate, and is particularly sealed against moisture and dust much like the D300s.
Photo quality is first rate, and, inspite of the resolution increase, compares very well from the D300s together with most competitors. Though I'd probably the D7000's JPEG photos are tidy up through only ISO 800, they remain great through ISO 1,600. By ISO 3,200, shadow detail gets pretty noisy. You possibly can squeeze out of a stop much more of usability out of the D7000's medium-high ISO sensitivities by making use of raw rather then JPEGs, at least by tweaking the default camera settings. Granted, the images aren't noise-free, but the monochrome grain appearance is more attractive versus the in-camera err-on-the-side-of-color-noise approach, for you appears to be enough dynamic range that there are still shadow detail and little loss in sharpness.
Exposure and metering are solid and consistent, and yes it reproduces color faithfully if you want it to. Nikon pushes the saturation a bit to use default Standard Picture Control, however it doesn't display the wholesale color shifts we often see on lower-end models. However, comparing the Neutral setting with the others, you can tell it pushes the contrast so much that you actually lose shadow detail.
