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There is also a 1600+ price difference between the two. Thats a lot of dough, yo. You're talking whole different leagues here. I use a d5100 which has the same sensor as a d7000 and I've never once had a focusing problem or missed something because of focusing problems. It also has less focusing points than the d7000/7100. I also used a d60 for 3 years, which has 3 autofocus points, and never had a problem hitting my targets. Maybe it comes with the caliber of photographer you are, but were at the age where auto focus is quite peppy on most anything you buy. Now, according to amazon, a d7000 is about 900 bucks brand new, 1200 for the d7100...You could pick 7000's used pretty cheap these days, most of the time with a lens too. If you can afford the d7100, go for it, but the d7000 is still an outstanding piece of equipment. I wouldn't even consider buying the d600 or d800 until Nikon address's and corrects the oil spots on the sesnor problem.
d800 has no oil spot issues at all and i believe the d600 had that corrected a while ago.
if you shot a lot of insects or flowers with extension tubes the success rate of getting those shots increases drastically the faster the auto focus system locks on. trust me on this ,if you shot moving macro stuff you would see the difference.
i can lock on to an insect landing or taking off and get the shot while the d7000 is still hunting. the d7100 uses a different auto focus system more like the d800 than the older system the d7000 has.
we also find when using extension tubes on macro lenses hand held trying to lock focus can be so hard. the more length you add with tubes the harder it is to lock focus and the more dependant on a fast accurate focusing system you become.
shooting flowers without extension tubes can just be done by manually focusing so this discussion does not apply there.
what we learned to do is basically use the auto focus system to do all the work by us rocking back and forth holding the shutter down until focus is locked and the shutter fires..
the d800 system which is close to what the d7100 uses is far faster and accurate than the d7000 which can take quite a bit of rocking to grab hold.
that is why i say it matters what kind of photography you do. the cropping issue is a major factor in macro too.
in other types of photography the differences are not as apparent.
low light focusing is another area the d7100 is better than the d7000.
these are examples of the type of photography we do and these are all handheld letting the autofocus system grab. the less time you spend on focusing issues the more shots you can take in a scenerio.
Last edited by mathjak107; 08-13-2013 at 02:53 AM..
I have both the D7000 and the D7100. I take a lot of bird photos that need cropping for resizing. Otherwise, I was happy with the D7000. I use my Panasonic FZ150 ultrazoom for Macro because it gets the job done and it's lighter to hand-hold. In fact, right after Mathjak107's butterfly had his picture taken in NY, he flew to Tennessee, found the same kind of flower (?) and posed for me.
Panasonic FZ150 F5.2, Aperture Priority, 1/400, ISO 100 8/11/13
Nikon D7000 f11, Manual, 1/1250, ISO 2200 4/26/13
Nikon D7100 f13, Manual, 1/1250, ISO 2800 6/16/13
The 1/1250 is because on both days I was attempting to photograph flying birds and while I love Common Grackles, they like to walk in and out of my photos rather than fly. Even the ones on the post jump down rather than fly down.
I have both the D7000 and the D7100. I take a lot of bird photos that need cropping for resizing. Otherwise, I was happy with the D7000. I use my Panasonic FZ150 ultrazoom for Macro because it gets the job done and it's lighter to hand-hold. In fact, right after Mathjak107's butterfly had his picture taken in NY, he flew to Tennessee, found the same kind of flower (?) and posed for me.
Panasonic FZ150 F5.2, Aperture Priority, 1/400, ISO 100 8/11/13
Nikon D7000 f11, Manual, 1/1250, ISO 2200 4/26/13
Nikon D7100 f13, Manual, 1/1250, ISO 2800 6/16/13
The 1/1250 is because on both days I was attempting to photograph flying birds and while I love Common Grackles, they like to walk in and out of my photos rather than fly. Even the ones on the post jump down rather than fly down.
lol
Thanks for the tips
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