D7000 - future or flop?

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Hi everyone!

First post so please be gentle!

I'm a professional designer and do quite a bit of photography and video work.

At the moment I'm using a D3000, which is fine. It has its shortcomings, which I'm sure we all know about, but I can just about live with them and it was cheap. For video I use an oldish Canon XL1 which is actually pretty good, but again has drawbacks which are becoming irritating.

So I've been looking at the D7000. Okay, so the sound is not going to be great, but I don't mind using a separate sound system and pluraleyes. Similarly, I don't mind getting a Zacuto system for shooting.

But how good is the image quality? How's the full-time autofocus for video? What's the low light performance like? I've read the reviews and all the rest, but I'm looking for input from people who actually use it day to day.
 
just got one....so still testing, high iso is great, been happy up-to 6400, great image quality,
the best natural looking photos that i have ever seen...video still testing ,but wasn't what i bought it for...it takes a long time, to refocus on subject in video mode...has for stills, it focuses very fast, tracking is brill...seems better than my D300....mark
 
my first point to make would be an external microphone, the autofocus comes out noisy on the video, with the internal mic being so close to the working gear etc. i'm afraid i can't really add more on video as i haven't really delved that far into it :)
 
I think that there is a learning curve for this high tech camera but even after a week of ownership I can see that there is huge potential.

Forget all the rubbish about over exposure and lack of sharpness. This camera is really cutting edge and I feel that there is more user error than camera error.

The results I get now are superb and I had a Canon 1DsIII before the D7000, but initially I was poor in my camera control.

I would happily buy another D7000 if I had the money........but I haven't.
 
Wuffstuff said:
I think that there is a learning curve for this high tech camera but even after a week of ownership I can see that there is huge potential.

Forget all the rubbish about over exposure and lack of sharpness. This camera is really cutting edge and I feel that there is more user error than camera error.

The results I get now are superb and I had a Canon 1DsIII before the D7000, but initially I was poor in my camera control.

I would happily buy another D7000 if I had the money........but I haven't.
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A 1ds III to a D7000?? Why was that then?

Btw sorry to get off track!
 
Although not relevant I'll answer your question.

Old technology, very heavy and I got a great price. Now my M9 is great for up to 75 mm and the D7000 for longer focal length.
 
Had mine a week and slowly learning my way round it...loving it at the moment. Low light is incredible..very sharp and loves good glass.

As for the video this Digital Rev review has a good bit about the autofocus about 8 mins in...basically the autofocus isn't flawless and manual focus will probably be better.

http://www.digitalrev.com/en/nikon-d7000-vs-canon-7d---which-one-is-better-7097-article.html

If video is important I think the fixed screen of the D7000 is a flaw.....as someone said in a review I read....we know what the D7000s will have.

In my mind it's definitely the best DX camera Nikon make...might not have the Pro body but it's technically the best.
 
Marshal12 said:
Definately you can go with Nikon D7000. Because the Nikon D7000 includes a range of new features to ensure superior image quality including 16.2 effective megapixels with the newly developed Nikon DX format CMOS image sensor. The D7000 is newly developed AF system featuring 39 focus points, including 9 cross-type sensors in the centre, gives you the sharpest focus, no matter where your subject is in the frame.Its really a good camera for amerture photographers.
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Copy and paste is all well and good but the OP wanted actual user input
 
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