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Nikon D7100

navy2kcoupe

navy2kcoupe

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Just bought a Nikon D7100 with the 18-140 VR lens.
Anybody haven any experience with this beast?
Upgraded from a Nikon D70 that I bought in 2004,
and think that this one will take me years of studying
to be able to work it.
Andy :wavey:
 
navy2kcoupe said:
Just bought a Nikon D7100 with the 18-140 VR lens.
Anybody haven any experience with this beast?
Upgraded from a Nikon D70 that I bought in 2004,
and think that this one will take me years of studying
to be able to work it.
Andy :wavey:
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Wow! An 18 to 140 zoom lens sounds like a pretty versatile lens to have.

I've been toying with the idea of buying a SLR Nikon instead of another camcorder, since the videos coming from these newer SLRs have been pretty impressive. Especially those doing timelapse of star fields. I've already got a bunch of older Nikkor lenses, and I'm presuming that the newer bodies will still be compatible with most of those lenses.
 
I was a Nikon fan for many years when using film. I switched to Canon 12 years ago because I found the Canon ultrasonic lenses are really fast and the digital sensors are better quality. This can be seen when magnifying images to 8 x 10 and greater.

I currently have a Canon 5D mark 3 which is a full frame camera with HD video. A Canon 6D or 7D would be significantly cheaper but still have the great sensors quality and HD video capabilities.

I would also suggest a couple zoom lens to round out the package. Something in the 18-140 is good for everyday. Canon does make a 28-300 but I find it quite heavy and expensive. Tamron makes a great 28-300 which is light weight and very cost effective.

The ISO speeds are expanded to the degree that I rarely ever use a flash. Canon does not have a flash on their full frame cameras. Nikon does.

The last couple of Olympics were shot by mostly Canon equipment. Their image stabilization technology and speed is at the top of the game.

Nikon is still a great camera and I don't mean any offense.
 
Quite likely the Nikon vs Canon discussion will be every bit as contentious as the Corvette vs Mustang conversation. Each side will have equally committed enthusiasts.

Personally I still prefer taking video over still photography and have a leaning towards Panasonic equipment that was designed for video. :shrug01: Just not committed enough to this pastime to consider the expense of a professional grade camcorder that would utilize the flexibility of removable lenses. Just not worth the expense to gain the low light capability I would like in order to do star field time lapse. Which, quite likely, would have the novelty wear off quite quickly once i had one or three of them anyway.

And from what I understand (and this information might be outdated by now), SLRs are somewhat limited in their video capabilities.

http://www.videomaker.com/videonews/2012/07/benefits-and-limitations-of-dslrs-vs-camcorders

http://www.tested.com/tech/photogra...meras-have-a-30-minute-video-recording-limit/
 
actually Hollywood is using the Canon 5D Mark 3 for quite a few of their movies. The more recent Seals movie shot about 1.5 years ago was done mostly with the Canon camera. You still need to manually focus in HD mode but the telescopic ability is par to none.
 
Hey Mark! Do you have an iPhone? If you do, you might want to check out
IOShutter by Enlight photo. It works with the 5D Mark III and looks like it's
a really neat idea. Use the cable to connect your iPhone to your camera, and
then use the ioshutter app on the iphone to take time lapse pictures, or a
picture every XX seconds to make a speeded up video. Seriously considering
getting one of them for my camera. :thumbsup:
Andy :wavey:
 
Yeah it does, but it's a fixed lens, and distant objects tend to look REAL
distant on the GoPro. Like it's a wide angle lens, so it has all of the associated
foibles that shooting with a wide angle lens has. Just thought I would like to try
using the D7100 for situations that the GoPro isn't suited for. And besides......
what's 80 bucks these days? Ain't like it's gonna kill me.......:D
Andy :wavey:
 
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