09-26-2010, 12:19 AM
[quote name='boren' timestamp='1285444410' post='3229']
Value for money - Hot. Innovation - Not.
At $1200 and carrying the "Nikon" label, the D7000 is going to totally smoke the Olympus E-5, Pentax K-5 and even the (underrated IMHO) Canon 60D. However, I couldn't find a single new feature in the Nikon that hasn't already appeared elsewhere. Not that aforementioned competitors are any better in this regard, but I would have expected a camera with so much buzz as the D7000 to be more than just a rehash of existing technologies.
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"Just a rehash of existing technology?" I think that's a bold understatement. There's a completely new auto focus unit, giving us "prosumers" for the first time what appears to be a professional system. There's also a new metering sensor featuring twice the number of pixels than that in the D3s. There's ISO 25k, which just has decended upon APS-C. You've got dual SD card slots which is also state of the art. You get a connector for a stereo microphone, full HD video, and 20 minutes cuts in a camera that is just above 1000€, perhaps you know how videographers drool over the 5D Mark II. Basically that's a huge open door to professional movie making. There's 6 fps for still shots, also a professional number. Of course you can say there's nothing new, nothing revolutionary. But for me, having all the state of the art technology in this package is better than having one incredible feature, but lacking others (like previous choices D90, D300, D5000 which could never really persuade me).
I haven't followed the 60D very closely, but I really don't know why people put it down so much. The 9 point AF would be my biggest complaint, but otherwise it looks like a decent package. It certainly has the edge over the D7000 in terms of video as it offers full hd in 30, 25 and 24 fps.
Value for money - Hot. Innovation - Not.
At $1200 and carrying the "Nikon" label, the D7000 is going to totally smoke the Olympus E-5, Pentax K-5 and even the (underrated IMHO) Canon 60D. However, I couldn't find a single new feature in the Nikon that hasn't already appeared elsewhere. Not that aforementioned competitors are any better in this regard, but I would have expected a camera with so much buzz as the D7000 to be more than just a rehash of existing technologies.
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"Just a rehash of existing technology?" I think that's a bold understatement. There's a completely new auto focus unit, giving us "prosumers" for the first time what appears to be a professional system. There's also a new metering sensor featuring twice the number of pixels than that in the D3s. There's ISO 25k, which just has decended upon APS-C. You've got dual SD card slots which is also state of the art. You get a connector for a stereo microphone, full HD video, and 20 minutes cuts in a camera that is just above 1000€, perhaps you know how videographers drool over the 5D Mark II. Basically that's a huge open door to professional movie making. There's 6 fps for still shots, also a professional number. Of course you can say there's nothing new, nothing revolutionary. But for me, having all the state of the art technology in this package is better than having one incredible feature, but lacking others (like previous choices D90, D300, D5000 which could never really persuade me).
I haven't followed the 60D very closely, but I really don't know why people put it down so much. The 9 point AF would be my biggest complaint, but otherwise it looks like a decent package. It certainly has the edge over the D7000 in terms of video as it offers full hd in 30, 25 and 24 fps.