The MP count is the biggest and most important part of a digital camera the new Nikons are 36mp not 16mp like the 7000, this is well over twice the clarity, though they are expensive. In my opinion buying a used 7000 for 600 dollars instead of paying 800 for a new 7100 with 24mp is a mistake. I would return the used camera and go for the 7100, but buy a new one at full price, and make sure it's not refurbished. With the extra mp you can zoom in the computer making a 200mm image well over a thousand,mm provided the mp count is high enough. You have overlooked the most important part of the digital camera, which is pixel count.
Well first and foremost here, I must absolutely question your psychic abilities since you have REPEATEDLY stated I payed $600 when I didn't. Again you've chose to read ONLY PART of the comments here...I did clearly state I only payed $380 for this camera and that it's in excellent condition. You also suggest that I don't know how many clicks are on the shutter...that was one of the FIRST questions I asked, as I was in fact considering 4 different used D7000's...the shutter count was a factor regarding my purchase. You've also made the suggestion that I don't even know if the camera will function when in fact I've even gotten a warranty with this purchase. It's rather interesting that you
think you know so much about a purchase I made when wow...you weren't even there!
I also find it rather interesting that you seem to believe you have ANY awareness at all of what my budget was as to suggest whether or not my purchase was "a mistake"...however again we see here that your psychic powers are again clearly malfunctioning as I never actually stated my budget.
I must question your psychic abilities yet again as you also seem to suggest I have "over-looked the pixel count"...I haven't. Not sure who's mind you thought you were reading or who you were channeling, but it wasn't me. Had you of bothered to actually read my earlier comments instead of just jumping to conclusions again as you have now done repeatedly, you
should have surmised this. As I've already stated, I was in fact quite happy with my D90...it was a great camera until the accident. Had I not have busted this camera, I would -NOT- have been considering another purchase/upgrade for some time. For the work I do both for myself and my clients, that 12.4 mp was quite sufficient, so the 16.2 of the D7000 is just icing on the cake for me.
And your earlier comment saying "
obsolete means it will produce an inferior image"...that's not only wrong, it's rather insulting! With that sentence alone you have made the insinuation that any photographer (including myself) who has ever shot with 10 or 12 mp camera has simply produced "inferior" pictures....I know MANY people who would take a great deal of offense to that! MANY people have produced some truly outstanding images using cameras with 10mp or less...if you are unable to recognize this, you CLEARLY don't know nearly as much about photography as you think you do!
You seem to be under the horribly misguided impression that more megapixels are somehow "better"...and any photographer worth his/her salt can tell you that's not really the case. While I doubt you'll understand, let alone agree with this, more megapixels does NOT automatically mean better images. The fact of the matter is that it's not the number of megapixels, it's the QUALITY of the pixels. The more megapixels you cram onto a sensor of a given size class, the smaller those pixels have to be and this typically means the lens for each pixel is going to be of a lower quality as well (if not the pixel itself). In other words, all other things being equal (which is seldom the case), a 16 mp camera with higher quality pixels is going to produce BETTER images than a 24 mp camera with lower quality pixels...this is a fact. This is the same problem that compacts and cell phones suffer from...because those sensors are sooooo small and have sooooo many pixels jammed on to them, the image quality suffers
every time. Again I just can't see how you can suggest I "over-looked this issue" when it appears I've given it a good deal more thought you you apparently have. At the risk of being horribly blunt, dude...you're being anal about the WRONG thing.
Likewise you seem to have an equal misconception about cropping your images...if you have to crop your images THAT much on a computer, you're doing something SERIOUSLY wrong on the camera end! Either get yourself a longer lens or simply move closer to your subject...regardless of the cameras mp count, a severe crop will NEVER make up for the skills (or lack there of) regarding a poor photographer who can't properly frame the shot.
I also have to feel incredibly sorry for you regarding your utter paranoia regarding used and refurbished equipment. I have in fact purchased both many times over the years with little or no problem at all...and I certainly won't hesitate to do so again. And -no-...it's not just a matter of luck. I do my homework and I know the products I'm considering so I can make good decisions on used or refurbished equipment (whether it's photography gear or otherwise...I also buy A LOT of used music gear as well). In fact the ONLY camera I ever purchased brand new was my Canon D40...payed close to $1000 around the time those bodies came out and that is the ONLY camera I've ever had fail (for anything other than my own short comings that is). In fact, while I seriously doubt you'd understand this, it could be argued that refurbished has the ADVANTAGE of having already failed...whatever was going to go wrong already did...and it's been gone over a second time by the factory! Let me be clear on this; there is a GREAT difference between caution and paranoia.
I could in fact continue here, however you strike me as someone who is unlikely to see reason...you've made up your mind that you
think you know what your talking about (even though as we've seen repeatedly, you don't) and I suspect that anything I say will simply be disregarded despite any degree of pragmatism or common sense I try to employ. You are of course, welcome to your own
opinion, however based on your comments here (and elsewhere), I can't help but feel that you come off sounding like a gear snob more than anything else. You like to blow LOTS of money on toys and have no understanding why others would be less than inclined to do the same REGARDLESS of their own specific needs. Seriously...if the images you captured with your own D90 were "inferior" all because you feel the camera is "obsolete", dude...perhaps it's time to take up another hobby...maybe basket weaving or knitting.