The D7100

[runnah]

Disappointed, I was hoping for a successor to the D300, not a compromise between it and the D7000.

I guess this is as good as it gets for DX.

That 1.3x crop is impressive!

Huh?

 

[cwcaesar]

It is a 1.5 crop.

 

[runnah]

It is a 1.5 crop.

Maybe I am just slow but I am missing the point. Where am I to be excited?

 

[cwcaesar]

It is nothing revolutionary, just an upgrade to the D7000. Full Magnesium body, 24MP CMOS APS-C sensor, Expeed 3 processor, and improved auto focus system. An incrimental upgrade, but it is still an improvement. I would love to have one as a back-up to the D600. Maybe I will be able to get a used one in a year or so.

 

[Mach0]

Huh?

It is a 1.5 crop.

Taken from dpreview

The improvements aren't limited to still image capture - the D7100 also offers a nicely upgraded movie mode compared to the D7000. It gains 1080p30 shooting, rather than 24p, a built-in stereo microphones and an optional 1.3X crop mode, giving an effective focal length increase of 2X (making a 50mm lens behave like a 100mm). In this crop mode 50/60i movie recording is available, which suggests it comes from 50/60p, rather than being 25/30p capture which is then segmented, but Nikon is not clear on the distinction. Certainly the cropped mode allows faster frame-rates, since stills capture (now at 15MP) increases a touch, to 7fps.

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikon-d7100/

 

[JaronRH]

It is nothing revolutionary, just an upgrade to the D7000. Full Magnesium body, 24MP CMOS APS-C sensor, Expeed 3 processor, and improved auto focus system. An incrimental upgrade, but it is still an improvement. I would love to have one as a back-up to the D600. Maybe I will be able to get a used one in a year or so.

I think it depends on where you're coming from. The two things that excite me are:
1) The new sensor. The lack of an AA I believe will result in a huge jump in sharpness! (I could care less that its 24MP!) If the High-ISO performance is good, this is a clear winner and huge upgrade from my perspective!
2) The 51-point AF. This was main reason I jumped from my D90 to the D700 was. I use the 11-point for selection with 51-point for tracking and it makes a huge difference in the focusing accuracy for action shots with wide open prime lenses (where any focus issue can make or break a picture).

Overall, this is huge for me personally as I may stay with a cheaper DX/FX line-up instead of going with two FX cameras..

 

[cwcaesar]

Okay, I just saw the 1.3 crop mode. So that takes the 1.5 (original factor) and multilies it by the 1.3(in this mode)? That is freaking AWESOME! So I can get a 70-200 2.8, and effectively have a 140-400 2.8 @ 13.5MP! That is a super concept! Plus a boosted frame rate. That is wicked cool! I definitely have to put this on the Christmas list for next year.

 

[Mach0]

Okay, I just saw the 1.3 crop mode. So that takes the 1.5 (original factor) and multilies it by the 1.3(in this mode)? That is freaking AWESOME! So I can get a 70-200 2.8, and effectively have a 140-400 2.8 @ 13.5MP! That is a super concept! Plus a boosted frame rate. That is wicked cool! I definitely have to put this on the Christmas list for next year.

If this is the case, wildlife and sports photography just got cheaper lol.

 

[runnah]

Huh?

It is a 1.5 crop.

Taken from dpreview

The improvements aren't limited to still image capture - the D7100 also offers a nicely upgraded movie mode compared to the D7000. It gains 1080p30 shooting, rather than 24p, a built-in stereo microphones and an optional 1.3X crop mode, giving an effective focal length increase of 2X (making a 50mm lens behave like a 100mm). In this crop mode 50/60i movie recording is available, which suggests it comes from 50/60p, rather than being 25/30p capture which is then segmented, but Nikon is not clear on the distinction. Certainly the cropped mode allows faster frame-rates, since stills capture (now at 15MP) increases a touch, to 7fps.

Nikon D7100 Hands-on Preview: Digital Photography Review

24fps for video is fine. Gives it the cinematic look. Every movie you've seen (with the exception of the hobbit) is shot in 24fps.

 

[cwcaesar]

Okay, I just saw the 1.3 crop mode. So that takes the 1.5 (original factor) and multilies it by the 1.3(in this mode)? That is freaking AWESOME! So I can get a 70-200 2.8, and effectively have a 140-400 2.8 @ 13.5MP! That is a super concept! Plus a boosted frame rate. That is wicked cool! I definitely have to put this on the Christmas list for next year.

If this is the case, wildlife and sports photography just got cheaper lol.

Exactly what I was thinking!

 

[Overread]

I wonder if the new crop mode will simply be akin to cropping and then adjusting in photoshop - if that being the case it might not be much if any better than using software to get to the same end result.

 

[amolitor]

I think the new crop mode is going to be useful mostly for video people, and for people shooting at high frame rates. It does seem to turn the camera into a 15MP 1/3x crop camera, which you can do with photoshop just as well or better. Doing it in-camera allows a higher frame rate for burst, and allows an effectively longer focal length for video (since they're downsampling anyways for video).

 

[Overread]

Video is what I suspected its for, Canon has a similar feature in the 60D though I think its limited to video only (I'm not sure). One can shoot stills and crop without much trouble, but I suspect its a lot harder to shoot a video and move the view around whilst trying to compose to crop later - cropping in the camera has all the gains for them

 

[cwcaesar]

True, it is probably better for use in Video mode, but it is cool to think that you can get to 400mm @ 2.8 with this camera ($1200) and a 70-200 2.8 ($2400) for $3600. Far less than the 400mm 2.8 lens alone at $9000.

 

[goodguy]

Great camera and if I was in the market for a new camera I would get it but I dont see a reason to sell my D7000 for it, this camera is a natural upgrade from the D7000 but there is nothing revolutionary here that will make me run to it.
I think I will keep my D7000 and when the time will come to replace it I will either go FF or go with the replacement of the D7100.