D7100 available for preorder

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Michael Carter

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I'm sure many inboxes had notices from B&H or Adorama this morning...

The new 7100 looks nice. The usual expected incremental improvements... I noticed adjustable mic levels for video - audio can be monitored through headphone jack.

Screens' a tad bigger.

The D7000 was about the best value out there for a still DSLR with pro features. A real milestone for Nikon that built on the goodness of the D90. I've found I really like the video look from this camera, often over Canon. And menus, ergonomics and controls (for me) blew Canon away.
 
The 2 things I would like to see are:
  1. Ability to change aperture in Live View mode
  2. No moire
It looks just like a baby D600.
Now if the two "weak" spots of the D600 are addressed in the D7100 then...:thumbup:
 
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I need an articulating screen to even consider this camera, Panasonic GH3 wins this for me on that alone. I honestly do not understand why many companies feel a need not to include this in their higher priced cameras.....
 
Hidef1080 said:
Just like the D600 you cannot change aperture in Live View...
Why?!!?
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My understanding is that it's not a firmware restriction, but a limitation of the mechanical design of the mirror box. This has been a chronic pitfall with all of Nikon's current line of prosumer cameras, from the D600 on down.
 
Thats not true. With my d600 in live view photo mode you can change the aperture no problem. Video mode it does not allow it. I'm not sure what the exact reason for the inability is but I know for sure, in photo mode with the mirror up, I can control the aperture of my lens.
 
One of the big questions will be how the video looks without the AA filter, I assume it has got the new Toshiba chip so with that and a lower MP count this could produce some great video. If it does I think it will be a good addition to my D800:-)
 
It's interesting, as resolution goes up, aliasing and moire are going to be less of an issue in general. And as the ratio of pixel count to video resolution increases, the binning of pixels could effectively act as a low pass filter. I wonder if 24MP is enough pixels that they can be effectively binned to 1080P w/o needing an OLPF?

It seems that Nikon believes so.
 
Yes, ISO can be freely adjusted at any time and in any mode.
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So that means that you can use the ISO manipulation to control exposure much as if you were changing aperture in video.

I was thinking that too but this is a different sensor...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Rqs...layer_embedded
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It is a more advanced sensor than the D5200 then. That means if it is surpassing the D5200 image quality the D7100 is going to be pretty awesome.
 
Zephyrnoid said:
Nothing's 'Pro' version of anything, until they lose the DSLR shape altogether and include Audio IN jacks. Sorry.
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The 5D3 and the D800 are pro bodies. Maybe not pro video bodies, I'll give you that...

(I love the DSLR form factor for video, btw)
 
John Caballero said:
So that means that you can use the ISO manipulation to control exposure much as if you were changing aperture in video.
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Yes, except that adjusting ISO has no effect on either motion blur or depth of field. As long as noise and dynamic range remain acceptable, ISO can be freely set to produce any desired exposure level (down to the ISO limit).
 
If it is not the same sensor, I would really like to see the image coming out of it. If Nikon went back to Sony we would be in for a bad surprise. Perhaps it is just marketing so that people don't associate it to an entry level camera because generally it comes out from the top and then migrates to the lower end models.
 
One possibility is that it could be the same sensor, but they say it's different just because it doesn't have the OLPF. Or that it is the same sensor, but they use the chips that can work fastest for the D7100 (so they can get more fps when shooting stills), and use the slower ones for the D5200 (this is common practice in semiconductors, but not yet in imagers AFAIK).
 
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