Contemplating upgrade: D7000 -> D7100

For those of you who upgraded and love post processing and the ability to crop, was the upgrade worth it?

24 megapixels makes me very excited as well as the superior processor.

What do you think? Is it worth looking into?

I still have both but the D7100 is my favorite,with doing a lot of birding i do crop a bit in fact i have it set on the 1.3 crop most of the time,no science involved i just feel it produces better images.

mikew said:

I still have both but the D7100 is my favorite,with doing a lot of birding i do crop a bit in fact i have it set on the 1.3 crop most of the time,no science involved i just feel it produces better images.

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Mike, I just saw your https://www.flickr.com/photos/7239177@N07/page1/

that is soooooooooooo cool an dawesome

mikew said:

I still have both but the D7100 is my favorite,with doing a lot of birding i do crop a bit in fact i have it set on the 1.3 crop most of the time,no science involved i just feel it produces better images.

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This is exactly what I feel like it would do.

Make better pictures. I am extremely anal and I also like to crop my images. I have 20/13 vision so I pick up on many nuances and my interest in graphic design doesnt help :X

How much of an investment would it be to sell a D7000 today and buy a lightly used D7100?

Giving myself a bit of a plug, if you're looking to crop and wind up with larger images to work with, here's a trick I learned over the weekend that help me take a D7000 image that, post crop, gave me a 3"x5" photo, and re-edit in a way that I have 13"x19" image that can then be reduced to print 8x10, 11x14, etc.

http://nikonites.com/computers-soft...-enlarge-cropped-raw-files.html#axzz37dGmVcfM

With that said, I will tell you that the D7100 out performs the D7000 in both sharpness (no anti-aliasing filter) and in terms of ISO noise. Under normal lighting and shooting conditions it might not be worth the upgrade. Not sure how much you can sell the D7000 for, but if you keep your eyes open you may be able to get a refurbed D7100 like I did for about $800.

I use both, mainly for sport photography. Whilst there is a difference in the focus and quality dept., it is not (to my humble opinion) that big to justify such an upgrade.If I were you, I'd wait another year or so, for the D7200 \ 9300\ 400.It's just not worth it, because all in all, the difference is not that huge, and you'd work hard to find it.One more thing, the D7100 does requires better lenses than its predecessor. I replaced my Sigma 17-70 2.8-4 and Nikkor 70-300 4-5.6 with 17-55 and 70-200, both 2.8, because the image quality was ruined by the sensor. It simply demands it. When I look today on the photos I took with the old lenses, you can really tell the drifference, so it too sould enter the equasion.If you had a D90, then I'd recommend it.

Thanks for the input everyone.

I am strongly considering the upgrade just for the improved processor and larger processor. Will the new 7200 be released at the same starting price of $1100?

bmilcs said:

Thanks for the input everyone.

I am strongly considering the upgrade just for the improved processor and larger processor. Will the new 7200 be released at the same starting price of $1100?

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FYI there are some lens bundle deals that you could take advantage of if you want to get the D7100 new: Amazon.com: Nikon Lens Discounts & Free Accessories with Qualifying Nikon DSLRs

Very nice.

The D7200 is rumored for this summer. Anyone else eagerly awaiting it's release?

siamthai1 said:

Mike, I just saw your https://www.flickr.com/photos/7239177@N07/page1/

that is soooooooooooo cool an dawesome

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Holy cow those are some impressive pictures!

Okay so I've thought about everyone's responses. The general consensus is save my money. I'm still very new to photography and should learn about the other aspects of it before upgrading.

My main subject that I want to master is small object product photography.

Right now, I have the D7000, a 60mm 2.8D macro which is awesomely sharp and great for this, and 1 speedlight. I made an inexpensive lightbox with constant clamp-on worklights from Walmart and it works alright. I want to start using flash though from different angles and light these objects around the house.

In order to light my small razor, shaving brush and soap container together, what kind of flash modifier would be ideal for this? I'm not a fan of punchy, direct flash - whether on or off the camera.

Should I invest in softbox or umbrella maybe? I don't like relying on a white ceiling to bounce off of.

I missed the fact that you're quite new. In that case, I strongly recommend photography courses and better lenses, prior to body upgrade. I think it should come in 3rd place

I have the 35 1.8 dx, 50 1.8g, 60mm 2.8 Macro and 70-300 VR ii

I upgraded from the D7000 to the D7100 and still have both. My wife shoots the D7000. I would not take anything for my D7100. It is a wonderful camera. BUT I just read the post about upsizing in RAW and found it make a big difference that might help with cropping with the D7000

http://nikonites.com/computers-software/24191-using-adobe-camera-raw-enlarge-cropped-raw-files.html

As far a shooting in the D7100 1.3 crop mode if you are doing any post processing it really does not make any difference sind it just gives you a cropped section at a lower pixel count. I like having the ability to crop like I want and not what the camera wants. Also the viewfinder does not show you the cropped section so you sort of have to guess at it.