I love Ken Rockwell. He was reviews on EVERYTHING and pretty much answers all my questions. This is his HUGE indepth review on the D7000.
The D7000 has a max ISO of 25,600. 25,600. I can't friggen believe it. And the grain is almost non-esistent. No one even needs an ISO that high. This is a picture taken under MOONLIGHT on the d7000 with an ISO of 6,400. HANDHELD. HAND-FREAKING-HELD. Goodbye tripods.
See that dot in the top left? THATS A PLANET. A FREAKING PLANET.
I am also torn. I kinda want to get a new lens. Either the 16-85mm, which would be beautiful for instant wide to portrait zoom transitions. Or the 18-200mm, which is the same idea, but with way more telephoto then what I would likely need for a portrait shoot. I'm not sure would be best to shoot video with. Probably the 18-200mm.
This is a video of the a guy named Chase Jarvis who was hired to make a short film for Nikon before the D7000 was released. A 'roadtest' if you will. It's pretty wild.
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That is great!
What lenses do you have right now?
If you're looking for a portrait lens you may want to consider a fixed focal length lens instead of a zoom. For the price the NIKON 50mm f/1.8D is one of the best portrait lens. This is one of the sharpest lenses made by Nikon, and it's quite inexpensive. If your looking for a portrait zoom lens for you I'm willing to part with my 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF-S DX lens (http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/1870.htm) when you get your camera. Remember the 50mm lens on a DX format camera works our to about 75mm and the 18-70 works out to about 27~105 mm.
i prefer primes. Only primes. If I have to shoot a sports game or something I have one single 70-200mm F4 L series lens. Other than the L-series, zooms always give you a hit in quality. Go for the standards:
30mm
50mm
100mm
plus, the primes are faster and are sharper for the video.
Wow thanks for the advice Claire! I think I will look into a fixed 50 mm. I have been told that some of the fixed lenses do create the best images, so i should definately look into that, especially with an aperature low of 1.8! =O
but I really do want to buy a new zoom lens for convenience sake. I would love to borrow your lens (I wouldn't want to take it from you forever!) And that would help for me to decide what lense I want to go with. the 18 to 70 would be more convenient than my 18 to 55 and probably produce sharper photos, but it's not different enough from what I have to make me want to purchase one of my own. I'd probably want to go with something similar to that, but either with more range in general (18-200), or more on the wide angle side (16-85 or something of the like)
Matteus: I have an 18-55mm kit lens and a 55-200mm. And I agree, a prime would be great for video, but I'd be concerned about creativity limits and not being able to zoom. I do think I can't go wrong with a 50mm prime though.
I MEAN CHARLES!! Haha, gosh too many C.de Grasses in this family! lol
We get a lot of feedback at our store about the 18-200 on Nikon being fairly soft and not living up to people's expectations of the lens. But the beauty of the 18-200 is that you can do wide and telephoto without removing a single lens. If you are down for swapping out lenses during shoots you can get greater quality from other lenses for your money.
As far as camera reviews, have you checked out the RAW commparison tool on DPReview? It's pretty much my favourite lol... http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond7000/page20.asp
Haha thanks a lot! I appreciate the feedback about the lenses! I'll check it out :) Yeah, the beauty about about getting this camera, is I will have to camera bodies I can shoot with, so I can have one lens on each, and just carry one over my shoulder. I'm stoaked on that :P
Forgot to mention I recently got an 17-85mm and beside that use a 50mm prime... the 50 still takes the cake anyday if I want a nice sharp portrait or close up on something. There is a big difference in not only the sharpness but the low light ability of the camera with a fast lens... For me primes will always be my portrait go-to.
Yeah so I hear. I really outta invest in a 50mm prime because people keep talking my ear off about them! This is great, I'm learning lots from people's comments! How are you liking the 17-85mm? Is this Sarah Mayzies?
Haha well the 17-85 is nice, but I'm shooting on a Canon. I think I will be investing in only more primes from here on out, the only time I would get another lens with zoom is if I upgraded the 17-85 for a 24-70mm f2, just because it would be oh so much faster than shooting at f4-5 and obviously L series lenses are gorgeous. I know Nikon puts out at 35mm 1.8 that we sell quite often, it's not expensive for the quality and will be closer to a true 50mm on something that's not full frame. Worth checking out for something fast, sharp, and inexpensive :)
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/nikon_35_1p8g_n15/page3.asp
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