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<blockquote data-quote="fotonut" data-source="post: 30274" data-attributes="member: 7489">What a large disappointment this camera is so far.&nbsp; Am I missing something?&nbsp; I have been into photography for going on 50 years, owned large and small format film cameras as well the first Kodak digital and have been an owner of a Nikon D50 and before that, many other digitals as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; I bought the D7000 camera kit today with the 18-200mm lens and was expecting a large upgrade over the D50 with this camera but with what I am discovering I just don't see it as a justified expense.&nbsp;&nbsp; The auto-focus with live view enabled is quite the joke, with the lens motor going into a wild frenzy trying to find a focus point from a scene that seemed quite easy for it to locate just a few seconds before (while the display was in normal mode and the focus assistant lamp found it by strobing).&nbsp; My thoughts so far with the unusable &quot;live mode&quot; auto-focus (one primary reason for buying this camera) is that my Canon SD850 has no trouble finding the focus point with its native &quot;live mode&quot;, nor does the Nikon with &quot;live mode&quot; switched off, so why does a Nikon D7000 in its switchable &quot;live mode&quot; cause the lens to shake shimmy and finally give up while attempting the same? Also I expected more sharpness with a lens costing this much.&nbsp; Not satisfied so far, but maybe like I said, I am missing something.Another question I have is, unless one has their nose removed, how are they supposed to get the eye piece close enough to practically use it (particularly since live mode can't seem to auto-focus)?Additionally both my Sigma 8mm fisheye and Sigma 10-20mm, previously purchased for use on the Nikon D50 seem slightly off plane, and thus always just slightly out of focus across the entire spectrum on the D7000, well just enough to give me a severe spine shiver.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fotonut, post: 30274, member: 7489"] What a large disappointment this camera is so far. Am I missing something? I have been into photography for going on 50 years, owned large and small format film cameras as well the first Kodak digital and have been an owner of a Nikon D50 and before that, many other digitals as well. I bought the D7000 camera kit today with the 18-200mm lens and was expecting a large upgrade over the D50 with this camera but with what I am discovering I just don't see it as a justified expense. The auto-focus with live view enabled is quite the joke, with the lens motor going into a wild frenzy trying to find a focus point from a scene that seemed quite easy for it to locate just a few seconds before (while the display was in normal mode and the focus assistant lamp found it by strobing). My thoughts so far with the unusable "live mode" auto-focus (one primary reason for buying this camera) is that my Canon SD850 has no trouble finding the focus point with its native "live mode", nor does the Nikon with "live mode" switched off, so why does a Nikon D7000 in its switchable "live mode" cause the lens to shake shimmy and finally give up while attempting the same? Also I expected more sharpness with a lens costing this much. Not satisfied so far, but maybe like I said, I am missing something. Another question I have is, unless one has their nose removed, how are they supposed to get the eye piece close enough to practically use it (particularly since live mode can't seem to auto-focus)? Additionally both my Sigma 8mm fisheye and Sigma 10-20mm, previously purchased for use on the Nikon D50 seem slightly off plane, and thus always just slightly out of focus across the entire spectrum on the D7000, well just enough to give me a severe spine shiver. [/QUOTE]

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