Jinden
TPF Noob!
Hello everyone thank you in advance for your opinions.....
Ok so I am looking at a new DSLR purchase and seem attracted to the Nikon 7100 and the Sony a77 and would love to know if you wonderful Sony people looked at the Nikon camera when you made your buying decision and would love to hear why you chose the Sony.
I have held both in well lit stores and must say the Nikon certainly feels more "traditional" with its optical viewfinder etc but the Sony has me interested with some of the non traditional things it can do like panoramic shooting and 3d etc.
I will mainly be shooting family activities and children sport and can see the Sony's LCD screen as more helpful here for taking shots holding the camera above my head or low to the ground but feel that the Nikon was more responsive so feel it is better for making sure I do not miss anything and also I shoot a lot indoors so feel the low light on the Nikon may be better.
Having said that the high burst mode on the Sony is appealing for school sport etc....
Anyway my current camera is an old old cannon DSLR and see this next purchase as another 5 - 10 year investment and Sony still seems so unknown at this level. In every store I go into they know about cannon and Nikon but not the Sony so much, so sorry for the wall of text I am just hoping that some current A77 owners can help tell me why they chose that camera.
Cheers