Future D7100 user

mikeee

mikeee

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Don Kuykendall said:
Depending on what I am shooting I will sometimes set it on 100 with a max of 200 just to get the auto minimum shutter speed
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Yeah, I get a lot of the stuff. Faster shutter speed to capture motion and avoid blurr, so you either need brighter environment, wider apeture, or higher ISO.
Just a matter of tweaking the right variables.
Bracketing will be the interesting thing to learn on the D7100. I have played with some flash/apeture combos and can see more natural colors vs. the white of the flash.
I intend to eventually learn how a lot of it works and have fun doing it.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
mikeee said:
Yeah, I get a lot of the stuff. Faster shutter speed to capture motion and avoid blurr, so you either need brighter environment, wider apeture, or higher ISO.
Just a matter of tweaking the right variables.
Bracketing will be the interesting thing to learn on the D7100. I have played with some flash/apeture combos and can see more natural colors vs. the white of the flash.
I intend to eventually learn how a lot of it works and have fun doing it.
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This shot was HDR where I used the Bracketing on the D7100. Just set the camera on Bracket and in this case it was 5 shots at 1 stop each.Set the shutter to high speed so it will fire off the 5 shots fast with out letting your finger up and you don't even need a tripod

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mikeee

mikeee

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I was admiring that photo earlier. I haven't really read about the HDR yet. I might benefit from a general book on photography too, not just the camera manual.
But I am not retired yet. One day at a time.
 
cwgrizz

cwgrizz

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Don Kuykendall said:
This shot was HDR where I used the Bracketing on the D7100. Just set the camera on Bracket and in this case it was 5 shots at 1 stop each.Set the shutter to high speed so it will fire off the 5 shots fast with out letting your finger up and you don't even need a tripod

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So Don, did you let the camera process the HDR or do it in PP. I think, after typing this, it is obvious and probably shouldn't have even been asked. Ha! It was done in PP after thinking about your statement of bracketing. Duh!
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
cwgrizz said:
So Don, did you let the camera process the HDR or do it in PP. I think, after typing this, it is obvious and probably shouldn't have even been asked. Ha! It was done in PP after thinking about your statement of bracketing. Duh!
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I am not sure I have even even tried the in camera version of HDR. If I remember reading about it there are only 2 shots used to do it. Can't really come close to working like I want
 
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Chris E

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mikeee said:
Yup! That's what I ended up getting!
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Yes, I just read upthread you had pointed out the deal.

Good luck with the camera, you won't regret it. I was tempted to pull the trigger on the $489, but I think I will pass for now. I haven't been doing enough photography lately to justify it, and there will be other deals in the future.
 
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Chris E

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LOL, it's down another $10 to $479 now reurbished. Every time I check Adorama it states one has been purchased within the last 5 minutes, usually like 3 or 4 minutes. Say every 10 minutes would be almost 150/day, from one company. Alot of refurbs for some reason (sarcasm).

If this keeps up I may have to buy one of these 'refurbished' D7100s.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
Chris E said:
LOL, it's down another $10 to $479 now reurbished. Every time I check Adorama it states one has been purchased within the last 5 minutes, usually like 3 or 4 minutes. Say every 10 minutes would be almost 150/day, from one company. Alot of refurbs for some reason (sarcasm).

If this keeps up I may have to buy one of these 'refurbished' D7100s.
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Refurbs are not always Refurbished. Many of them are demos or returns. They are just checked and resold. My D7000 was a refurb and I was told that it was a store demo and it had only a couple hundred clicks on it. I think a lot of times people just don't know how to operated the camera and just return them.
 
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Chris E

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Don Kuykendall said:
Refurbs are not always Refurbished. Many of them are demos or returns. They are just checked and resold. My D7000 was a refurb and I was told that it was a store demo and it had only a couple hundred clicks on it. I think a lot of times people just don't know how to operated the camera and just return them.
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I know what the definition of refurbished is.:cool:

And, I doubt this is all that is happening, there's too many and this has been going on too long. And, why are they cheaper than the D5xxx refurbs?

I just read on that other thread that mikew said exactly what I am thinking....Nikon is supplying new D7100 cameras labelled 'refurbished' to clean out their inventory. They put a few clicks on it and off they go. And, they are still making a profit. That would make dealers mad, no? That they can produce and profit on this camera for about 2/3 less than the retail price they are forced to respect? Along with consumers like me that had to purchase the camera for $1100 2 years ago in a rigged capitalistic system, where competition between dealers was not allowed?
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
Chris E said:
I know what the definition of refurbished is.:cool:

And, I doubt this is all that is happening, there's too many and this has been going on too long. And, why are they cheaper than the D5xxx refurbs?

I just read on that other thread that mikew said exactly what I am thinking....Nikon is supplying new D7100 cameras labelled 'refurbished' to clean out their inventory. They put a few clicks on it and off they go. And, they are still making a profit. That would make dealers mad, no? That they can produce and profit on this camera for about 2/3 less than the retail price they are forced to respect? Along with consumers like me that had to purchase the camera for $1100 2 years ago in a rigged capitalistic system, where competition between dealers was not allowed?
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I don't think Nikon forced you to buy the D7100. You had many other brands to chose from and you also had the choice to not buy all


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mikew_RIP

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The actual cost of producing products like cameras reduces over the life of the production,your initial costs are based on recovering development and tooling costs,once these have been recovered you can have a higher profit or reduce prices,thats why when the D7000 became the D71/D72 the cost was not a lot more,the extra tooling was negligible.
There is no unfair price in the sales of anything all companies are in it for profit so sell for as much as they can,thats how they stay in business.
 
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salukfan111

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This is a plus for everyone. More folks can skip over the 3xxx and 5xxx and go directly to 7xxx with access to high quality inexpensive lens that won't work on 3xxxs and 5xxxs. The release of the D7200 with a corresponding D7100 model price reduction is the best thing that could have happened for photographers.
 
mikeee

mikeee

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Seems like Nikon is the one getting hurt. Putting all these out there could affect sales of the newer products.
I have read about DSLR sales going down, so they made too many.
 
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salukfan111

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mikeee said:
Seems like Nikon is the one getting hurt. Putting all these out there could affect sales of the newer products.
I have read about DSLR sales going down, so they made too many.
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I wouldn't shed a tear for them. What would you think if I told you Nikon and Canon have been sitting on technology to radically improve cameras only for the purpose of creating different models at different price ranges. Truthfully, they could put everything they know into a D7000 or D700 and it'd blow a 810 out of the water.
 
mikeee

mikeee

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salukfan111 said:
I wouldn't shed a tear for them. What would you think if I told you Nikon and Canon have been sitting on technology to radically improve cameras only for the purpose of creating different models at different price ranges. Truthfully, they could put everything they know into a D7000 or D700 and it'd blow a 810 out of the water.
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It wouldn't surprise me.
Still, I am satisfied with what I have.
It looks like all the "refurbs" are now gone from adorama...
 
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