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<blockquote data-quote="Kamper" data-source="post: 10920" data-attributes="member: 3754"><p>I am a D7000 owner since November 2 and have around 600 shoots under my belt. I also have a D80 which I have had for 4 years and was considering the 300s for my next camera until the D7000 came available. The D7000 is an awesome camera IMO. The ISO ability is great. I just shot 125 indoor shoots for Xmas and I did both natural light at up to ISO 4000 and fill in flash shots at ISO 200. Most of the ISO 4000 shots are great, as there was some window lighting with overhead tungsten lights. As night came and I lost the window lighting some of the photos started to get noisy, which some work with PS Elements 6 they cleaned right up. My D80 got pretty noisy above ISO1200, and I have been able to shoot with less noise with the D7000 at ISO4000. I shot some geese photos a couple of weeks ago, it was overcast so I shot at ISO 2000 to keep my shutter speed up and the photos turned out great. </p><p></p><p>I will add I have installed the 1.01 firmware update and now my red pixel is gone. One issue I would like to express is around the video. This is my first body that will do video as I thought it would be a nice option to have. I shot alot in Yellowstone and having a video option and quick to setup I thought would be nice.I have been playing with the video and it comes with a whole new set of rules. I shot some video, tripod mounted of some geese with my Sigma 150-500mm at 500mm, a heavy Giotto tripod and a Jobo gimbal head. The wind was blowing so my video was kind of shaky, the lens is always adjusting focus and you can constantly hear the lens AF or OS making adjustments in the sound track. I think you can make some nice video clips, and BTW the longest length you can make is 20 minutes, if you get the right gear. I would think a shotgun mic would be a must if you want to use natural sound, and a heavy tripod with a fluid head would also be a must. The auto tracking focus with video is kind of a pain, and I think auto focusing to the farthest point and then going to Manual focus can give me better results, the lens wants to look for focus at times, and will lose focus at times while looking, a kind of in and out effect. </p><p></p><p>There has been some talk about back focus issues with the D7000 and I will say both my Sigma 150-500mm AFOS and my Nikon 18-200mm AFVR were back focusing. My Sigma 150-500mm was off 11 inches and my Nikon 18-200mm was off 6 inches, the good thing is you can fine adjust the AF and correct the issue. I bought a Spyder LensCal to check and correct my lens. </p><p></p><p>The bottom line is the D7000 is a awesome camera, but the video is going to take some time for me to perfect. </p><p></p><p>Just my $0.02</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kamper, post: 10920, member: 3754"] I am a D7000 owner since November 2 and have around 600 shoots under my belt. I also have a D80 which I have had for 4 years and was considering the 300s for my next camera until the D7000 came available. The D7000 is an awesome camera IMO. The ISO ability is great. I just shot 125 indoor shoots for Xmas and I did both natural light at up to ISO 4000 and fill in flash shots at ISO 200. Most of the ISO 4000 shots are great, as there was some window lighting with overhead tungsten lights. As night came and I lost the window lighting some of the photos started to get noisy, which some work with PS Elements 6 they cleaned right up. My D80 got pretty noisy above ISO1200, and I have been able to shoot with less noise with the D7000 at ISO4000. I shot some geese photos a couple of weeks ago, it was overcast so I shot at ISO 2000 to keep my shutter speed up and the photos turned out great. I will add I have installed the 1.01 firmware update and now my red pixel is gone. One issue I would like to express is around the video. This is my first body that will do video as I thought it would be a nice option to have. I shot alot in Yellowstone and having a video option and quick to setup I thought would be nice.I have been playing with the video and it comes with a whole new set of rules. I shot some video, tripod mounted of some geese with my Sigma 150-500mm at 500mm, a heavy Giotto tripod and a Jobo gimbal head. The wind was blowing so my video was kind of shaky, the lens is always adjusting focus and you can constantly hear the lens AF or OS making adjustments in the sound track. I think you can make some nice video clips, and BTW the longest length you can make is 20 minutes, if you get the right gear. I would think a shotgun mic would be a must if you want to use natural sound, and a heavy tripod with a fluid head would also be a must. The auto tracking focus with video is kind of a pain, and I think auto focusing to the farthest point and then going to Manual focus can give me better results, the lens wants to look for focus at times, and will lose focus at times while looking, a kind of in and out effect. There has been some talk about back focus issues with the D7000 and I will say both my Sigma 150-500mm AFOS and my Nikon 18-200mm AFVR were back focusing. My Sigma 150-500mm was off 11 inches and my Nikon 18-200mm was off 6 inches, the good thing is you can fine adjust the AF and correct the issue. I bought a Spyder LensCal to check and correct my lens. The bottom line is the D7000 is a awesome camera, but the video is going to take some time for me to perfect. Just my $0.02 [/QUOTE]
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