Nikon D7000 Camera

The Nikon D7000 camera is a DSLR that has been summed up many times by professional photographers with three words. I Want One! The D7000 is Nikon's flagship, and is currently the most advanced DSLR camera that carries the Nikon name, at any price. In fact, the Nikon D7000 has so many features that to outline them all could take up an entire book, so we will just go over a few of them here. To give you an idea as to how impressive the D7000 is, the Nikon D7000 has a higher linear resolution, and more overall resolution than any other Nikon camera priced under $7,000.

The Nikon D7000 features an impressive 16.2 mega-pixel DX-format CMOS sensor combined with Nikon's exclusive EXPEED 2 image processing engine. The Nikon has 6 frames-per-second capability, plus 2-SD cards slots that will accommodate industry standard SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards. These memory cards can be used as redundant backup, or separately to double the memory capacity. Many photographers like the safety of automatically saving photos to 2 cards at the same time.

The Nikon D7000 features a 3 inch LCD screen that can display camera settings, and exposure information, as well as a virtual horizon to let you know when the camera is level. This virtual horizon can be used with photos or when taking 1080p Full HD videos. The D7000 also features Nikon's first 2,016-segment RGB meter, 2 types of White Balance, 2 new dial positions that are user-programmable, and a 39-point auto-focus system.

While not aimed at beginners, the D7000 deserves serious consideration from anyone serious about photography. One of the best features of the D7000 is lens compatibility. The Nikon D7000 features a built in auto-focus motor. This means that it will work with every auto-focus lens manufactured since 1986. Even more impressive is that the D7000 has an aperture-ring feeler, so that it will meter with all Nikon manual-focus lenses that are AI and newer, 1977 and newer. If you choose to share the lens' data in the menu, the D7000 allows full-color Matrix metering, and EXIF data with Nikon manual-focus lenses. Even with all of this compatibility the D7000 body still only weighs approx 1.5 pounds.

Manual focus lenses work extremely well providing extraordinarily precise, and accurate manual focus. As you may be aware, the ultra-fast Noct-MIKKOR 58mm f/1.2 has a reputation of taxing many camera's focusing systems. Well rest assured that the Noct-NIKKOR works great with the D7000.

Many Nikon users requested a simple way to save, and recall, complete banks of camera settings. Nikon has answered with the Nikon D7000. The D7000 has 2 menu selections that do just that, U1 and U2. These user programmable selections are like having two more cameras. Simply set the dial to U1 and the camera will automatically set every camera setting that you have programmed in. This allows you to easily go from landscapes, to people with a very simple dial change.

All of these features combined with the in-camera retouch menus make the Nikon D7000 camera ideal for more experienced photographers, or serious amateurs. And with the optional geotags, this camera has become popular with both professionals and outdoor photographers all around the world.

You may want to start with the Nikon 3100