new DSLR

In article , david-
lid says...

It's worth the additional cost? Presumably there's no disadvantage with
the
7000 versus the 5100?

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Nige Danton - Replace the obvious with g.m.a.i.l

Significantly heavier, no swivel LCD. I have the Nikon D5000 and am very
pleased with it. If a 5200 came out with significantly better high ISO
performance I might be tempted to upgrade. I wouldn't want to give up
the swivel LCD, even though I only use it occasionally.

Cheers,
David

That's one thing that's annoying me about Canon right now--the swivel
LCDs are only available on the relatively low end of their range--the
Digital Rebels and the 60D (which, while it is in principle the
successor to the 50d has been consumerized). And for what I've been
doing lately that would do wonders for my back. Probably going end up
with a 7D and work tethered but not in any real hurry.

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:53:49 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

On Mar 26, 9:40*am, Nige Danton wrote:
I was once a fervent film SLR user (Pentax's) but in recent years I've been
using a digital compact. Finally the frustration has gotten too much and
I've decided I need a decent camera. So I'm thinking of one of the Nikon
DSLR models. Possibly the D5100 or the D7000. One facility that I would
really like is a time lapse function. Nether of the candidate cameras have
that function, and it appears that other cameras in that price bracket also
don't do that. After a search of the web I've seen some remote shutter
devices that also provide a time lapse functionality but none are compliant
with those cameras. Any thoughts? I'm very much a DSLR newbie and so would
appreciate suggestions, many thanks.

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Nige Danton - Replace the obvious with g.m.a.i.l

A friend had the D5000, it's kit lens low light focusing was awful.
I don't know if they improved it in the D5100. The D7000 (now they've
apparently fixed the problems it had) appears to be a great camera.
If you do get it, save up for the 16-85mm zoom to replace the kit
lens, it's worth it.

I can confirm that last bit.

Regards,

Eric Stevens

Thanks very much for the replies. I thought I'd read the user guides
properly, but I had missed that entirely. So all i have to do now is make
the selection between the 5100 or the 7000.

The D7000 is going to be a good choice.

It's worth the additional cost? Presumably there's no disadvantage with
the
7000 versus the 5100?

The 5100 has a Swivel display, the 7000 does not.

The 7000 has more controls.
I do like the controls U1 and U2, use them most of the times.
(They are almost completely 'programmable' user modes).

I am used to using A (perature mode), always have.
If have set the second wheel to set the ISO mode.

So using A (on both U1 an U2) and the Iso at the back wheel, the aperture at
the front wheel I have complete control over the most important aspects.
Aperture which I set, ISO which I set and the shutter speed is chosen for
that setting. Because there is no camera yet which controls the shutter
speed as I like it this is an extremely good configuration for me.

Also the 7000 has two programmable buttons. (And a AEL button which is
partly programmable).

So I think if you do study the camera, the 7000 gives you faster handling of
the camera.
The 5100 give you almost the same quality of camera, but I think with less
controls and doing the settings takes more time.

Because the number of iso settings and the quality even in the higher iso
ranges, I love that I can set the iso without going into a menu and without
taking my eyes from the eyepeace.
The programmable buttons can be set to a lot of controls, I have one set for
instand Raw addition and the other of High dynamic range.

I do like the D7000 (a lot) and for me it is worth the money, just for the
pleasure of working with the camera.

The difference in Quality of the pictures between the D5100 and D7000 is
very small. The main difference is in the handling.

Good luck with your choice.
Ben Brugman

On 26/03/2012 14:40, Nige Danton wrote:
I was once a fervent film SLR user (Pentax's) but in recent years I've been
using a digital compact. Finally the frustration has gotten too much and
I've decided I need a decent camera. So I'm thinking of one of the Nikon
DSLR models. Possibly the D5100 or the D7000. One facility that I would
really like is a time lapse function. Nether of the candidate cameras have
that function, and it appears that other cameras in that price bracket also
don't do that. After a search of the web I've seen some remote shutter
devices that also provide a time lapse functionality but none are compliant
with those cameras. Any thoughts? I'm very much a DSLR newbie and so would
appreciate suggestions, many thanks.


If you have your old Pentax SLR lenses you really ought to have a
serious look at the K5. All your old lenses will be immediately useable;
K mounts useable on Manual settings, KA lenses in Automatic and Program
modes, and KAF will give you full functionality.
Not only that, but you'll benefit from the in-body Image Stabilisation
on every one.

The Sony sensor used in the K5 is the best available APS-C sensor, so
you're not choosing 'second best' by any means.

Have a look at some of the reviews at least, and take yourself to a
camera shop to try one out before deciding the you need a Nikon.

And yes, it gives you time lapse built in (and multi exposure if you want).