My refurb D7100 is in transit and am super excited. After my experience with a defective D7000 and my abortive attempts to buy from private parties, the "everything but the box" approach with a guaranteed return and 90 day factory warranty feels like a winner. Many thanks to those who helped with this decision. I elected to go with the shorter return and lower price because the 1 year warranty offered elsewhere was a third party Mack camera warranty that kicked in after 90 days and I think I can add it on myself if I choose. But if not, I am sort of betting that the camera will work well past the warranty and am OK with that. As an aside, I looked at a pictorial guide showing how to tear down a D7000 camera to get to the sensor...yikes! No wonder camera repairs are so expensive. Have to wonder if they could not modularize the design in some way to avoid having to rip apart the entire camera to get to commonly repaired or replaced items.
But I digress! As part of my initial purchase of an ill-fated D7000 I also bought a David Busch guide for same. I guess it wasn't what I was expecting and am wondering if there might be better manuals. It touted itself as a guide for any level, novice to pro, to get the most out of the camera. But it seemed aimed pretty solidly at novices. Really all of it seems to be more of a feature, lens and accessories function/use guide. The Nikon manual that accompanied the D7000 (and it appears there is one for the D7100) is OK and everything you need to know seems to be in there. I am questioning whether to buy the guide for the D7100. Maybe a guide isn't really necessary and places like Nikonites forums and so forth will give me additional insight on how to use the camera to its greatest potential. But am wondering if folks have any favorite books, online tutorials, or whatever that they would recommend someone access.
But I digress! As part of my initial purchase of an ill-fated D7000 I also bought a David Busch guide for same. I guess it wasn't what I was expecting and am wondering if there might be better manuals. It touted itself as a guide for any level, novice to pro, to get the most out of the camera. But it seemed aimed pretty solidly at novices. Really all of it seems to be more of a feature, lens and accessories function/use guide. The Nikon manual that accompanied the D7000 (and it appears there is one for the D7100) is OK and everything you need to know seems to be in there. I am questioning whether to buy the guide for the D7100. Maybe a guide isn't really necessary and places like Nikonites forums and so forth will give me additional insight on how to use the camera to its greatest potential. But am wondering if folks have any favorite books, online tutorials, or whatever that they would recommend someone access.