D7000

[louise1]

<p>I have my new D7000 in hand and can't wait to have fun shooting this weekend. Thanks to all who offered a suggestion. I think I'll wait on picking up a lens for now, although the sigma 24 - 70 2.8 was eye catching in the store. For now I think I have a decent line up, and will, as per usual, rely on my 12 - 24 tokina, nikon - 50mm, 35mm, and 17 - 55 mm. <br>

I'm off to do a little research on circular polarizers. </p>

[szrimaging]

<p>Louise, I got mine last night. Very impressive camera. A little small coming off my D200 but the advantages are huge!</p>

<p>I do have to say, I am in love with the Liveview already. Very handy when composing and shooting.</p>

[ShunCheung]

<p>Louise and Zach, congratulations on your new D7000. For those who have not used live view before, I am sure it will be good experience. The EN-EL15 can easily last 2000 captures under warm conditions, but I would pick up a second one just in case. In fact, I just bought a 3rd EN-EL15.</p>

<p>If you are buying new lenses, once agian the D7000 is demanding on optics. Anything less than top-notch optics will look bad on the D7000 at the pixel level. I just posted some more comparisons in this thread: <a href="00YRTv">http://www.photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00YRTv</a></p>

[szrimaging]

<p>Trust me Shun, I have a nice selection of decent glass. It will be interesting to see how they all perform. I shot a few tests with the 50mm f1.8 Nikkor last night and it seemed more than up to the task of handling the D7000 sensor (both at f1.8 and f5.6). Backing that up is a 35mm f1.8 DX Nikkor, 20mm f3.5 Voigtlander, 10.5mm Fisheye Nikkor, 70-200mm f2.8 HSMII Sigma (still need to send it in for repair), 70-300mm VR Nikkor and 55mm f3.5 pre-AI (modified) Micro Nikkor. Of those, hopefully the 20mm, 35mm, 10.5mm and 70-200mm meet the performance levels needed. In situations I need the 70-300mm I can usually afford a bit of softness since it is basically going straight to the web or brochure prints that are smaller than 6".</p>

<p>The 300mm f4 is on the list to add to the lineup. Along with other lenses yet to be figured out (normal zoom, wide zoom, super wide prime and Portrait prime).</p>

[andy_e.]

<p>Luise,<br /> don't want to write too much here, but some early impressions with my D7000 from last November are written here.<br /> <a href="http://nikonandye.wordpress.com/cameras/digital-bodies-consumer/nikon-d7000/">http://nikonandye.wordpress.com/cameras/digital-bodies-consumer/nikon-d7000/</a><br /> One update though. When I got later the 3 new 1.4 lenses (24mm, 35mm, 85mm) it was evident that there were initially focus errors with the D7000 and the new lenses. Raised by this issue, I checked more bodies and finally basically all bodies had similar AF adjustment errors. I sent in the D7000, D3x, D3s, D3, D700, D300s, D300 and some more bodies and all lenses below f2.8 to the Nikon service. The stuff is now back and it works as expected - very well.<br /> So the key point of this stoy is, that some of the "soft" images my D7000 had in comparison to the D300s and other cameras are now completely gone. Especially the AFS 17-55mm/2.8 is now my new dream combo on the D7000 - especially from a weight, size and handling perspective. Please keep this in mind when reading my article - I didn't update it.<br /> regards, Andy</p>

<p>PS:<br>

Here is a vacation image of the D7000 with the AFS 18-200mm VR II. Decide for yourself if this is sufficient for your requirements.<br>

<a href="http://www.pbase.com/andrease/image/131658447">http://www.pbase.com/andrease/image/131658447/original</a></p>

[louise1]

<p>Congrats Zach! Shun, I'll read through that link. My sense is that I'll be sticking with those four lenses ( 12 - 24 tokina, nikon - 50mm, 35mm, and 17 - 55 mm. ) as my go to lenses. And I'll carry a mono pod with me on my trip to Scotland. (no room for a tripod!) (maybe?). <br /><br />Andy, thanks for that blog link, I've quickly glanced through and I'll return to it this weekend. Very glad to hear that your 17-55 works nicely on the D7000, I'll keep that in mind. I am a little confused about AF adjustment error issue. I'm going to research that a little bit more. thank you</p>

[szrimaging]

<p>Louise, not sure on your space requirements, but I have been extremely happy with my Benro Travel Angel. It is extremely small and great for travel.</p>

[louise1]

<p>Thanks Zach. I have such a great manfrotto tripod and head that it's hard to rationalize spending $ on a new system, but it's too darn heavy to tuck in a suitcase. The Benro looks nice. Does it hold the 17-55 well? to save $, I am planning to take my mono pod, or lift weights for the next six weeks so that my arms toughen up! </p>