Derrel
Mr. Rain Cloud
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The point I was trying to make is that he kept going back to the D7100 despite his other options. I was merely pointing out that he seems to recognize the strengths of a body despite it not being "the best" or most expensive option.
Honestly, I can't see how people can be getting all up or down on a body that very few people have used yet. Everyone thought the D600 was amazing and then look what happened. This may be a great cam or it may not be. No one will really know for a few months. I know I won't be an early adopter, but it might have a place in my bag some day.
Then again, I may just spend a bit more and get the 80-400. A lot of people like that lens on the D7100.
He keeps going back to the D7100 and the 80-400 AF-S VR-G for birds and wildife, in Africa and the Galpagos Islands. Not exactly the entire spectrum of photography there, is it? And as Thom whines pretty much every week, Nikon's DX lens lineup is inadequate, and filled with crappy 18-xxx zooms. Major disconnect here. BUT, as a crop-body cam for longer distance, outdoor nature work, the D7100 is a good tool.
I can ASSURE you, the D7100 is not the best camera for portraiture or weddings...the buffer in NEF mode is pretty skimpy, the viewfinder is very small, and it's not a good match with the best lenses. Sure, the D7100 is a nice camera, as nice a crop-body as Nikon currently has in its lineup. But...is it the best camera for every type of work, or for every shooter? Definitely not.
Standing 35 feet away to do a full-length shot with a D7100 and 85mm lens is vastly inferior to being able to shoot a full-length shot at 20 feet away with the same lens. And yes, he's "down on" a body that has not yet even been released to the public...which makes very little sense really, to be so damned sure that it's no good...
But yeah, if one wants a high pixel density camera for birds and wildlife safaris, yeah...the D7100 makes a lot of sense, even with a pokey f/4.5~5.6 lens.
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