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The Nikon D7100 is a reflex camera with APS-C (1.5x) sensor and 24.1 megapixels manufactured from 2013 to 2015 (discontinued). The range of sensitivities, including ISO extension, is 100 - 25600 ISO and it has a continuous shooting (burst mode) of 6 FPS. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 779 €;
300 users have given it an average vote of 9.3 out of 10
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Pros: I have owned this camera for about 8 months. Overall build quality seems good so far. Decent amount of adjustability and customization in the menus. Handling is good for me. Flash sync has proved to be fairly good in difficult light/conditions. 24 megapixels good for cropping. Sharp in good light. Shutter speed to 1/8000 if needed. Pleasing color and contrast in good light. Very good value now for the quality. Can be had in Australia for about AUD$1050-1100. Dual memory card slots. Continuous shooting and buffer good enough for me when using good memory cards and I mainly shoot birds. I am currently using SanDisk Extreme Pro 95MB/s 32 GB which are certainly an improvement in this respect over my previous SanDisk 45MB/s. APC crop factor can be handy for bird photography.
Cons: Had to replace the first copy I bought after a few days due to failure to auto-focus. This second copy still has issues when it fails to auto-focus and I have to manual focus with the lens to try and not miss the shot. Maybe this problem is due to weak lens mounts at the camera end. D7*** series Nikons prone to heavy front or back focus so some copy's can require much experimentation to AF Fine-Tune with every lens. I have had to AF Fine-Tune to +19 depending on the attachments(lens/TC). My biggest issue is noise. At ISO 500 there is noticeable noise and at 800 and beyond there is a lot of noise which becomes even worse in difficult light. This then means I have to use noise reduction in LR on many shots up to plus 75. This then softens considerably what once a sharp image in un-processed RAW. Here is a shot that has had to have plus 70 noise reduction in LR. http://www.juzaphoto.com/galleria.php?t=1228878&l=en It is still a decent shot but you can image how sharp the subject was in un-processed RAW. The background is however terrible without NR.
Opinion: Very good camera for the money these days. Probably the best value to quality ration APC DSLR on the market(at the moment). Produces sharp images with pleasing color and contrast in good light. 'Extra' reach for bird photography with crop sensor(depends on how you look at it). Not without it's issues. The auto-focus failure is something I have read about elsewhere so not restricted to my experience. Can really struggle with noise in anything over ISO 400-500 especially in difficult light which then requires a lot of NR in PP diminishing what may have started out as a very sharp/detailed image.
Pros: Staggering low iso image quality, good high iso image quality, 24mp gives plenty of detail for cropping, reliable autofocus, twin cards with plenty options (backup, raw to one , jpeg to the other etc), weather resistant, fast, 6fps (but see cons-buffer), Auto iso in manual mode is excellent
Cons: Metering irregular and errs to underexposure in dull conditions (+0.3 or 0.7 good for dull days), noise if not exposed correctly. Buffer, Buffer, Buffer
Opinion: The d7100 is a very capable camera. I have shot some photos in a non studio enviroment at iso 100 with a good lens and the detail, colour and sharpness are superb. Noise does climb in faster than some other cameras I have used but the raw files are very good at taking processing so even with moderate noise reduction applied the detail is still very good. This may be due to AA filter gone (noise reduction to an extent may mimmick a filter up to a point), so gets noisier a little faster. Having said this I have portraits at iso 6400 which have pore detail still visible at large (12 x 8) print. the camera is generally responsive and the autofocus system has a variety of pro spec options (most of which I will not need more than occasionally). There are many great lenses for the nikon system but I was very surprised at how good the 18-105mm vr combines with this camera. I initially bought body only and dismissed this 18-105mm as mediocre, until I tried it. Sure its has a slowish aperture, but in ok to good light it is imo a very good purchase. Auto iso in manual works great, good if you want to select a lenses sweet spot but keep a certain shutter speed, auto iso takes care of this. You can even dial in exposure comp and the iso will take care of that also.
It's not all good. The buffer when using raw is terrible. It can shoot 6fps, but if raw selected only for barely over a second. A sandisk 95mbs extreme pro is often recommended. This does improve things a little- it still slows after 6 or 7 shots but will continue shooting at 3 fps with this card, slower cards can slow all to 1 fps. On the up side if you are happy to shoot jpeg it will rattle 6fps for much longer periods. The metering on a normal day is fine, when it gets dull the camera seems to make the photos even duller unless I add +0.3 or +0.7 exposure comp. This is not a deal breaker but sometimes I forget to undial this and my next shots on a normal day can und up slightly overexposed
Pros: Pair it up with the nikon high end lenses and you will get the job done as good as a pro (full frame) camera. With 24Mpx you have more room for cropping etc. If you do studio work you will ask yourself if a D600 is necessary...
Update:
Just see the pictures taken with this camera below.. could you tell the difference? full frame or ap-c? no you can't because its that good... Buy one and do yourself a favour --> read the manual and shoot like a pro
Cons: Burst mode performs under expectations and you need a fast and expensive memory card to benefit it (but this is not a pro-end camera ok?)
AWB of a nikon D7000 is better handled than the D7100.. you will need an expo-disc to make the D7100 untouchable $$goes up.
Update
D7100 out performs the d7000 in everything because the white balance setting can be tweaked to soot your needs really a ten 10.. its only burst mode for sports that has shortcomings!
Opinion: If you can get your hands on all this (expo-disc + high end lenses you got yourself a (10) camera. This camera performs flawless for my studio work.. without my expo-disc a wouldn't get my skin tones right outside the studio like weddings and birthday party's.. So if you put it this way: that you need some extra stuff to make it the king in its class... For those who dont have the extra money to burn and own a D7000.. You will rate it a nine but if you pair it with the high-end lenses and say an expo-disc for the white balance this is a 10
Update:
No need for expo disc: link
( http://www.expoimaging.com/product-detail.php?cat_id=1&product_id=2&keywords=ExpoDisc_Neutral&gclid=CNm6-qTMybgCFWYV7AodJAsAWQ) I found out that the camera has a white balance fine tune for every white balance setting even the auto white balance! I mean it ==>pare this up with some serious glass and you don't need full frame! And read the f.... manual
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Cons:Buffer, BKT limited to 5 shots, high ISO tightness
Opinion:I have been using the D7100 for about 8 years. I took it to replace the D5200 (which in turn replaced the D3200). It's a wonderful world. I mainly use it for landscape and night photos. The files it churns out are fantastic and the shadows very well recoverable. The colors are also excellent. It is very ergonomic and in the hand gives an excellent feeling of solidity and stability. The dual memory slot is very useful, especially if you are traveling. Clearly, today in 2023, the years are noticeable: above 800 ISO the noise is already evident (not very high for heaven's sake!), the buffer is sparse and the BKT is limited to 5 shots. For the BKT 5 shots unlike 2EV is enough for many occasions, but it would have been better to have 7 shots available. All in all for the cost and quality it is a great machine. I have thought several times to move on, but I should throw myself on the FF and I do not consider it the case. In the end I believe that even today it has its reason and that it holds up well the comparison with ML.
Opinion:It was my second camera, the first was the d3100. An upgrade to say the least huge. The d7100 is built very well, certainly not tropicalized like the top models of the range, but I have never been afraid to take it on any excursion, nor have I ever felt I had to treat it with too much respect because it has always given me a sense of solidity. For what it costs, to a machine with two sd slots, the interface and the color science of nikon, combined with a paste and workability of the photos very very good is difficult to find flaws. Of course if you come from a d850 you can not recover the shadows in the same way, but I took landscapes, night, portraits and rarely disappointed me. It loses a bit if you push it in very dynamic actions such as nature photography, it has a rather limited buffer (about 6 shots) and clearly does not have the tracking functions of the higher-end machines (even true that it is 5 times less) but still with patience and a little technique the shots are taken home and how. I made some very pushed crops on bird photographs and it hardly disappointed me. Even on astrophotography clearly at iso 6400 at night it loses a little, but I guarantee you that if you know how to manage the post the result will still be very good. In my opinion a lady camera, excellent for learning (perhaps even too much), perfect for intermediate photographers and in my opinion an excellent choice even for a professional if he is looking for a second body without fainting.
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