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<blockquote data-quote="Nathan Lanni" data-source="post: 231004" data-attributes="member: 14629"><p>I'd been out of photography for many years and recently retired, so I decided to buy myself a nice dslr. I initalliy bought the d7000 with a kit lens, but within a few days stumbled upon a really great deal on a d7100, so I returned the d7000 and got the d7100. I also bought a couple of used lenses.</p><p></p><p>One point is I'm not a person who has to have the latest tek and pay whatever to have it. I tend to wait a long time, and buy technology on the downside of the price curve because by then the market has plenty of product on the shelf, plus the manufactures typically have worked out the bugs.</p><p></p><p>In this case, however, Consumer Reports had the d7100 as it No. 1 pick (shows what a novice I am - LOL), so appart from the mega pixels difference the d7100 had stereo mic sound recording, headphone output and the ability to capture your own custom white balance. There are a few other bells and whistles that separated the d7000 vs the d7100 and helped justify the decision. The main thing for me was to buy the newer tek rather than see it outdated at the time of purchase. Now I know that isn't strictly applicable in photography.</p><p></p><p>The learning curve kind of surprised me. My last camera was a Minolta 35mm SLR with a built-in light meter, which I used full manual - no program mode. I did my own developing when I could barrow a lab. But, it was like going from a row boat to a power boat in a day. The key is the extra bells and whistles are less important than understand light, lenses, ISO, white balance, composition, etc.</p><p></p><p>Another aspect, is photography is so much more today - post processing software is a major component which really wasn't a deciding factor when I bought the d7100 but it would be now - the choice of the camera body, although somewhat important, is just a piece of a much larger puzzle.</p><p></p><p>Although I'm very happy with my d7100, in retrospect, if I had to do it over again I likely would have stayed with the d7000 and the kit lens. When I bought the d7000 I also got a AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, and combined with the kit lens had a nice range and produced great images - certainly good enough for my skill level. </p><p></p><p>I think you have to assess your knowledge and skill level, and depending on where you're at, the d7000 is very viable choice. However, if your more advanced and want the current Nikon DX cutting edge, and it sounds like money isn't the issue, then stay with the d7100.</p><p></p><p>FWIW</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nathan Lanni, post: 231004, member: 14629"] I'd been out of photography for many years and recently retired, so I decided to buy myself a nice dslr. I initalliy bought the d7000 with a kit lens, but within a few days stumbled upon a really great deal on a d7100, so I returned the d7000 and got the d7100. I also bought a couple of used lenses. One point is I'm not a person who has to have the latest tek and pay whatever to have it. I tend to wait a long time, and buy technology on the downside of the price curve because by then the market has plenty of product on the shelf, plus the manufactures typically have worked out the bugs. In this case, however, Consumer Reports had the d7100 as it No. 1 pick (shows what a novice I am - LOL), so appart from the mega pixels difference the d7100 had stereo mic sound recording, headphone output and the ability to capture your own custom white balance. There are a few other bells and whistles that separated the d7000 vs the d7100 and helped justify the decision. The main thing for me was to buy the newer tek rather than see it outdated at the time of purchase. Now I know that isn't strictly applicable in photography. The learning curve kind of surprised me. My last camera was a Minolta 35mm SLR with a built-in light meter, which I used full manual - no program mode. I did my own developing when I could barrow a lab. But, it was like going from a row boat to a power boat in a day. The key is the extra bells and whistles are less important than understand light, lenses, ISO, white balance, composition, etc. Another aspect, is photography is so much more today - post processing software is a major component which really wasn't a deciding factor when I bought the d7100 but it would be now - the choice of the camera body, although somewhat important, is just a piece of a much larger puzzle. Although I'm very happy with my d7100, in retrospect, if I had to do it over again I likely would have stayed with the d7000 and the kit lens. When I bought the d7000 I also got a AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, and combined with the kit lens had a nice range and produced great images - certainly good enough for my skill level. I think you have to assess your knowledge and skill level, and depending on where you're at, the d7000 is very viable choice. However, if your more advanced and want the current Nikon DX cutting edge, and it sounds like money isn't the issue, then stay with the d7100. FWIW [/QUOTE]
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