Nikon D7000 Hands-on preview

The Nikon D7000 is a dust- and moisture-sealed 16.2-megapixel DX-format DSLR camera with a 39-point AF system, 14-bit analogue-to-digital conversion, 6fps continuous shooting, dual memory card slots and Full HD video with full-time autofocus and manual exposure control. The new AF module includes 9 cross-type sensors in the central part of the frame. Photographers can also activate 3D tracking, which continuously follows moving subjects within the 39 AF points, highlighting the activated AF point in the viewfinder - which in turn has 100% frame coverage and 0.94x magnification. Also new is the 2,016-pixel 3D Colour Matrix meter, which Nikon calls "groundbreaking". The Nikon D7000 has a native ISO range of 100-6400 that can be expanded to ISO 25,600; another first in a Nikon DX camera. The video mode of the D7000 offers variable frame rates of 20, 24 or 30fps at 720p, and cinema-standard 24fps at the 1080p setting. In the US, the Nikon D7000 will be available from mid-October priced at $1199.95 for body only and $1499.95 for body and lens outfit that includes the AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens. In the UK, the body-only price will be £1099.99, while the kit will cost £1299.99.

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[soumyo1980]

Hey can anyone suggest me some other lens which i can take if i dont want the 18-105mm VR...?? Like multi purpose and still allrounder sorta...Thnx...

[Poludioskroz]

@soumyo1980 maybe 16-85mm

[yuyon5]

how much is it?

[Poludioskroz]

@yuyon5 Price (Body only) US: $1199

UK: £1099

EU: €1189

Price (with 18-105mm VR Lens) US: $1499

UK: £1299.99

EU: €1399

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[danlovesayu]

D7000 all the way............Canon is good but most important is still the person behind the viewfinder.....

[aus2045]

@Poludioskroz I just the body on eglobal for 997 $AUS

[Coasterfanatic08]

@soumyo1980 17-55 f/2.8 is possibly the best DX lens out there

[PhantomZero210]

@soumyo1980

Apparently if I'm not mistaken the new Nikon 18-200 super zoom lens isn't pretty bad as well. In fact apparently it's pretty good. They claim that it doesn't have the usual drawbacks that other super zoom lenses have.

[krazy4baja]

One more thing I forgot to add is it's the person who knows how to take a picture and not which camera is better than the other when you get into these 10-18 pixel slr's. Stop bashing camera brands.

[krazy4baja]

I don't understand the bashing between canons d60 and nikons d7000. They are 2 different models and shouldn't be compared. Compare canons similar model to the d7000 and make your decision from that make your. Canon and Nikon are both great cameras it just comes down to research and what camera better suits your needs and buget. Stop bashing each other over which is better.

[seancmiller]

@1337AsianProductions this camera outperforms the d300s in every way except burst speed (both are 6fps out of the box and the 300s jumps to 8 when gripped). the numbers don't lie, and the images support the quantitative claims that nikon is making. that's not to say that updates to the 300 won't outperform this, but this is ahead of the 300 for now. as for the comparison to the 700 and 3(x/s), it's kind of apples and oranges comparing a full-frame camera to one with a dx sensor.

[JoshMarcelino]

The Nikon D7000 is a great camera, though there are some focusing issues that I would like the company to address before I upgrade from my D5000 in a year's time. I've looked deeply into the specs and performance and it's a robust, tough camera body that will last my a few years. I'm not looking to go full frame anyway and the D7000 is one of the best crop sensor DSLRs out there. That said, it doesn't take an feature packed camera to produce a great photo. It all depends on the photographer.

[1337AsianProductions]

@hyperlogicmarck The D7000, albeit an excelent DSLR, is nowhere near the best DSLR in Nikon's lineup. It is marketed toward the average consumer. There are many cameras such as the D300(s), D700, and the D3 series of cameras that are specs-wise miles ahead of this camera, and same goes for Canon. Have you ever owned a DSLR? I doubt you can notice the difference between pictures taken with D7000 and D3000 side by side taken with the same lens.