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<blockquote data-quote="silverthornne" data-source="post: 57189" data-attributes="member: 8585"><p>This is a very touchy subject since ultimately we really have no right to judge whatever someone decides to do with their hard earned cash. It's also worth noting that more expensive cameras add features that are useful to all levels of users, such as a focusing motor in the body and better viewfinders.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I consider myself an amateur who knows enough to get in trouble <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. My first digital camera was a Canon Powershot S55 which I always used in auto mode. I tried manual a few times but its viewfinder was worthless so that didn't work out. When it died, I got another point and shoot, the Canon S95. No viewfinder, but its fairly big LCD was pretty nice. I played with manual mode enough to learn about ISO, aperture size, and shutter speed and managed to take some shots that I thought worked out better in manual, but manually focusing on the screen was tricky and I soon felt restricted by it, so I started researching DSLR's.</p><p></p><p>I was not sure if I would settle for the D5100 or the D7000 (I discarded Canons at the time since I considered their DSLR's in my budget range to be somewhat lacking), so I dug deeper and deeper until I found the features that swayed me completely towards the D7000: more rugged body, 100% view in the viewfinder, diopter correction as far as -3 (I need -2.25 so that gives me slight breathing room), and a motor for lenses that lack their focusing motor (I figured this would save me a few bucks down the line). That it holds two memory cards at a time is the icing on the cake!</p><p></p><p>So maybe the 3100 or the 5100 may have been more aligned with my skills at the time, but the D7000 allowed me to comfortably use the viewfinder without glasses, to grab a killer 100mm macro lens that lacks a focusing motor (the Tokina 100mm f2.8 Pro-D), and to just focus on enjoying this learning journey that is photography at the level that I chose to start with. Maybe I'll be able to jump to FX format in the future (the reason why I chose the Tokina lens over the Nikkor 85mm as the Tokina works on either format), but in the meantime, I must say the D7000 is one amazing teacher...</p><p></p><p>Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk 2</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="silverthornne, post: 57189, member: 8585"] This is a very touchy subject since ultimately we really have no right to judge whatever someone decides to do with their hard earned cash. It's also worth noting that more expensive cameras add features that are useful to all levels of users, such as a focusing motor in the body and better viewfinders. Anyway, I consider myself an amateur who knows enough to get in trouble :). My first digital camera was a Canon Powershot S55 which I always used in auto mode. I tried manual a few times but its viewfinder was worthless so that didn't work out. When it died, I got another point and shoot, the Canon S95. No viewfinder, but its fairly big LCD was pretty nice. I played with manual mode enough to learn about ISO, aperture size, and shutter speed and managed to take some shots that I thought worked out better in manual, but manually focusing on the screen was tricky and I soon felt restricted by it, so I started researching DSLR's. I was not sure if I would settle for the D5100 or the D7000 (I discarded Canons at the time since I considered their DSLR's in my budget range to be somewhat lacking), so I dug deeper and deeper until I found the features that swayed me completely towards the D7000: more rugged body, 100% view in the viewfinder, diopter correction as far as -3 (I need -2.25 so that gives me slight breathing room), and a motor for lenses that lack their focusing motor (I figured this would save me a few bucks down the line). That it holds two memory cards at a time is the icing on the cake! So maybe the 3100 or the 5100 may have been more aligned with my skills at the time, but the D7000 allowed me to comfortably use the viewfinder without glasses, to grab a killer 100mm macro lens that lacks a focusing motor (the Tokina 100mm f2.8 Pro-D), and to just focus on enjoying this learning journey that is photography at the level that I chose to start with. Maybe I'll be able to jump to FX format in the future (the reason why I chose the Tokina lens over the Nikkor 85mm as the Tokina works on either format), but in the meantime, I must say the D7000 is one amazing teacher... Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk 2 [/QUOTE]
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