Will AFS lens work fine with D7000

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Strange one i know, but i have a D5100, when i got this body it was a very long winded decision between this and a d7000, went with the 5100 as it seemed the better body to learn on.

So after sometime, the D5100 is fine, but i am thinking i should of got the d7000, so going to maybe pick up a 7k body.

Just need to confirm, all my AFS (inbuilt focus motor) will work fine on the 7k, i know this has a built in focus motor, so what happens ?

which one does the work, lens or body ? do i just use the lens and turn off AF ?
 
yeah the question should really be the other way round, checking if it has the screw drive for your af lenses as most people get caught out buying a screw af lens for a body that does/can not use it hth, cheers mike.
 
Your AFS lenses will continue to 'do the work' of autofocusing. Only switch off the AF if you want to MF. Same as your 5100.

The AF motor in the 7K body is used when you have an AFD lens on the camera, and drives the mechanical link on the AFD lenses.

Fred
 
With Nikon 7000 you will be able to use ALL of the F mount lenses ever made by Nikon, including the manual focus ones! :nikon:
 
dinorock said:
yeah the question should really be the other way round, checking if it has the screw drive for your af lenses as most people get caught out buying a screw af lens for a body that does/can not use it hth, cheers mike.
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could you explain please, lost me on the screw drive bit, i assumed i had two choices, inbuilt AFS type lens or AFD as in no inbuilt motor and naturally thought, body with motor = any lens, body without only AFS ?

is that the basics or is their more ?
 
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minnnt said:
The lens will do the work and the in body one takesover with AF-D lenses AFAIK.

Why the change?
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well TBH, its just something im contemplating, seeing the price of D7000 bodies and also thinking about a d300 ?

when i first bought a dslr, i went with cheaper body and what i thought were better glass, so i had more options, i was also very conscious of the size of the body, but now little stuff is starting to annoy me, having to go into menu a lot to change settings, all though i do have most set up on different buttons, so its only a button and then wheel.

also and main thing is lack of focus points.

lots of other little things, its not really a done thing, just a thought, i am open to other bodies, just a downside i cant get to hold of feel.
 
Seen your post about the d300 and its way better than the 7000 in my opinion cheers mike
 
The D300 can be a better bet depending on what your taking,the noise can become annoying and be a problem if you crop much as in distant wildlife,the D7000 in my opinion after having both is the superior camera for results most of the time,dont get me wrong the D300 is a great camera.
 
dinorock said:
Seen your post about the d300 and its way better than the 7000 in my opinion cheers mike
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:mad: lol i had almost settled on a 7k being the right one, can you tell me why or what the big difference would be for me real world ?
 
Well i had a D300 on loan for a week,macro shots fantastic,build fantastic,noise above iso 500 pi££ed me off,couple a long lens high iso and cropping and it didnt match up to the D7000 IMO,the only downside with the D7000 is if you do fast sequence shots in raw the buffer is way too small.
The D300 was and at the moment still is as far as i know the only pro body in DX so you do get a quality built like a tank camera
 
you mentioned ease of use etc, most of the buttons you need regularly are on the outside. as for iso as stated above never had any problems with mine so unless your going to be shooting in regular tricky situations i would'nt worry about it. i had the d300 before my current d700 ff my wife now has my d300 and loves it.hth mike
 
is their any difference between the d300 and 300s ??

Its looking like a new body will be imminent, their just seems to be so many small things, commander for flash and many others, i don't see the point in going FF.

I also dont really feel the need to step up to the d7100, if for anything just the much larger files and cost.

any other alternatives, or id the 7k/d300/300s the best options. ?
 
dinorock said:
i think the "s" has video :) if thats of any use to you?
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Thanks, not something i have even tried on the 5k yet, so ?

from what I've heard its not quite as simple as your normal family camcorder type thing, it would only ever be used for a quick family vid, so don't think its a concern
 
i've commented before about the slow af and buffer speed on the 7000 it seems the better option is the 7100 as they fixed some "issues" hth mike
 
dinorock said:
i've commented before about the slow af and buffer speed on the 7000 it seems the better option is the 7100 as they fixed some "issues" hth mike
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I have the 7000 and D7100 i think auto focus is better on the D7100 but the buffer is the same.
 
mikew said:
I have the 7000 and D7100 i think auto focus is better on the D7100 but the buffer is the same.
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hi mike in that case the buffer is rubbish ;) the buffer on my d300 way outclasses the one on a d7000, did a little test with some camera club friends they were stopping and starting after 3/4 shots waiting for the buffer to clear i was getting 19 before the buffer stalled cheers mike.
 
CF cards are much quicker than SD's though so that plays a big part.

I rarely machine gun shots but if I do then I can get about 7-8 before it slows which is more than adequate. Even shooting motorsport I only ever take one shot.
 
Dont forget to take file size into account,although as you say the buffer is crap and it would have cost next to nothing to increase it.
 
Thanks all.

i don't really machine gun anything, well if i do its only for maybe 3-4 at a time, but certainly something i need to look into.

i may not now, but i want want to later.

EDIT: i think to be fair, the cost of the 7100, i just cant really warrant spending that much at this point, im fairly happy with the 5100, just those odd points i would like to remedy, more AF points, better access to controls, flash commander.
 
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minnnt said:
CF cards are much quicker than SD's though so that plays a big part.

I rarely machine gun shots but if I do then I can get about 7-8 before it slows which is more than adequate. Even shooting motorsport I only ever take one shot.
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one of the reasons i use the d300/700 cf cards are faster or at least were at the time of buying my d300 ;) i don't (machine gun) much,but ocassionally i do if im after a specific shot (y) e.g.

5 frames to get this one



Robin in flight by Mike Rockey, on Flickr
 
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minnnt said:
One has just gone in the classifieds for £350 posted with a 35 1.8!!
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yes that's the one that really sparked my interest.
 
Yep, watched a video on youtube of a guy with a 5D3 and was testing various SD cards including 45 and 90 mb/s and they both took 15-16 seconds to clear the buffer then he tried it with a 60 mb/s CF and it cleared in 6. Was pretty surprised.

The thing for me would be that if I had to up the iso with a D300 I would always be worrying about the noise.
 
minnnt said:
Yep, watched a video on youtube of a guy with a 5D3 and was testing various SD cards including 45 and 90 mb/s and they both took 15-16 seconds to clear the buffer then he tried it with a 60 mb/s CF and it cleared in 6. Was pretty surprised.

The thing for me would be that if I had to up the iso with a D300 I would always be worrying about the noise.
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check the iso on the robin ;);)
 
It's a very nice shot indeed and well captured but iso 1000 isn't that high really. What's it like at iso 3200 in a dark room or at iso 2000 on an overcast day and the image cropped in?

For the price though I have been considering picking one up and seeing if it offers anything to me over the D7000 with it having a better AF system?
 
so to sum up are we basically saying:

for better noise = 7k (slightly maybe)
AF system = d300 (is this because of the 51 points or just better/quicker af system)
card speed = d300 (CF over SD ?)
controls = i assume both are eceptable

anyone like to add or is this about right, just think if i go side by side i can choose the things most important to me
 
Sounds about right. Plenty of reviews on YouTube with the two.

The D300 will be considerably bigger than your 5100, where as the D7000 will be just a bit bigger. For the D300 to have its full fps rate you'll need to add the grip.

IQ wise I think the D7000 will be in front.
 
I shouldn't really be putting this on as it was just a snap of two new budgies i have taken for a budgie forum,didnt want to use flash and ime crap at PP,but it should show what some one who knows what there doing could do :)

Exif should be intact but if not

Nikon D7000 Nikon 55-300 @ 180mm
1/15th @ F9 hand held
ISO 5000

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