Nikon D7000 Digital SLR Camera Body

I have only just started to get familiar with the D7000 which I have upgraded from the D90 . What has taken me so long is understanding the manual especially how to set on a single focus point. WEX were not familiar with this so suggested that I call Nikon who guided me through the process which I feel is a little to complicated.

Having been a Nikon fan such I was 15....50 years ago I am delighted to now own the D7000. For the photo enthusiast it is the perfect camera. Easy to use and fantastic picture quality. This is now my 5th Nikon digital dlsr and heartliy recommend it.If I have a beef it is the cost of the extra battery grip from Nikon at [$] it is hugely expensive. I cannot see how Nikon justlfy the price.

I've only had this camera a couple of weeks that happened to coincide with one of the wettest spells in Britain's history. However I have used it for a number of different types of photograph including macro, super wide angle and super telephoto and it performs all of these with aplomb(isn't that a great word?). It does everything my D90 does with the added bonus of features that you get from point and shoot cameras. The 6-7 shots a second is ideal for something like wildlife or motor racing as long as you have a high speed SD card inserted. I have no hesitation in recommending this camera to anyone progressing into serious amateur or dare I say it professional photography. Many reviews put it at equal or even better than the professional D300S.

a great camera to compliment my 300 F4 lens, and a perfect replacement to my trusty D200. Ideal for bird photography

good picture quality easy to use good features

D7000 a great camera - it replaces a much loved D70, so has to be good to be worth the upgrade - winder range of ISO especially good as are the increase in pixels - i do at times need publication quality pics.

for the upgrading person like me there are some BUTS; the improvement makes some of kit obsolete; different cards for a start - more important the Photoshop elements 6 that gave so much support for the D70 does not want to know about RAW files from the 7000; ok, a little purchase of Elements 10 solved the problem but it would have been nice to have been offered some discount in a bundle for updaters. The Nixon software that does come with the 7000 is very nice to have but its functionalitu is limited and a bit clunky or too clever by half depending on your point of view. The lens operating on the D70 did transfer with ease.

Very versatile and feature laden.
Great for video as well as photos.
Superb performance all round.
Robust enough - even for a professional who wants to travel light.

Any points against are easily offset by the reasonable price.

Great low light capabilities. Very full feature set. Main uses are studio and landscape. Very happy with my purchase. I have even started to shoot video, although I never considered this when I bought the camera. My only two gripes are: The control dial on top that selects the P,A,S,M etc mode is easily turned accidentally when putting the camera away in the bag for example. A locking button would be good. And the focusing in the video mode is poor - best to pre-focus manually.

I take landscape and wildlife photographs as well as portraits of people and animals. I'm not a professional, and this camera is much more complicated than the Nikon D70 that I have been using. I wish there were people who give private classes in how to use this camera--I've tried to find someone to no avail. I bought the book by David Busch, but it's 500 pages long! The instructions that came with the camera are useless. It's going to take me awhile to become comfortable using this camera, although the results so far are fantastic.

A stunning camera, upgraded from a D80 and the difference is staggering