Nikon D7000

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Nikon D7000
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Nikon D7000 with 50mm/1.4 AF-D NIKKOR lens
Overview
Type Digital single-lens reflex
Released15 September 2010
Lens
Lens Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount
Sensor/medium
Sensor 23.6 mm × 15.6 mm Nikon DX format RGB CMOS sensor, 1.5 × FOV crop, 4.78 μm pixel size
Maximum resolution 4,928 × 3,264 (16.2 effective megapixels)
Film speed ISO 100–6400 in 1/3 EV steps, up to 25600 with Hi (boost) menu item
Recording medium Secure Digital, SDHC, SDXC compatible (Dual Slot) and with Eye-Fi WLAN support. Supports Ultra-High Speed (UHS-I) cards. [1]
Focusing
FocusManual, Auto, Focus-lock, Electronic rangefinder,
Live preview and video modes: Subject-tracking, Face-priority, Wide-area, Normal-Area
Focus modesInstant single-servo (AF-S); continuous-servo (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); Full time AF (AF-F); manual (M)
Focus areas39-area AF system, Multi-CAM 4800DX AF Sensor Module
Area modes: 3D-tracking, Auto-area, Dynamic-area, Single-point
Exposure/metering
Exposure modesAuto modes (auto, auto [flash off]), Advanced Scene Modes (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Close-up, Night Portrait), programmed auto with flexible program (P), shutter-priority auto (S), aperture-priority auto (A), manual (M), quiet (Q)
Exposure metering TTL 3D Color Matrix Metering II metering with a 2,016 pixel RGB sensor
Metering modes 3D Color Matrix Metering II, Center-weighted and Spot
Flash
Flash Built in Pop-up, Guide number 13m at ISO 100, Standard ISO hotshoe, Compatible with the Nikon Creative Lighting System, featuring commander mode for wireless setups
Flash bracketing 2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV
Shutter
Shutter Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter
Shutter speed range30 s to 1/8000 s in 1/2 or 1/3 stops and Bulb, 1/250 s X-sync
Continuous shooting 6 frame/s up to JPEG 100 frames or NEF 10-14 frames
Viewfinder
Viewfinder Optical 0.94× Pentaprism, 100% coverage
Image processing
White balance Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Kelvin temperature, Preset
General
LCD screen3.0-inch 921,000 pixel (VGA x 3 colors) TFT-LCD
BatteryNikon EN-EL15 Lithium-Ion battery
Optional battery packs Nikon MB-D11 battery grip
Weight Approx. 690 g (1.52 lb) without battery, 780 g (1.72 lb) with battery
Made in Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Chronology
Successor Nikon D7100
References
Nikon D7000 product homepage

The Nikon D7000 [2] is a 16.2-megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) model announced by Nikon on September 15, 2010. It replaced the D90 as the top end consumer camera, by using much of the technology and controls from the earlier D5000, in a larger more robust body similar to the flagship D300 series. In some ways it was superior to the D300S, though for several years the two cameras were both available with the D300 positioned as the flagship in Nikon marketing materials.

Contents

The D7000 offers numerous professional-style features over the D90, such as magnesium alloy body construction, weather and moisture sealing, a 2,016-segment color exposure meter, built-in timed interval exposure features, 39 rather than 11 focus points, dual SD memory card slots, virtual horizon (in live view and viewfinder) and compatibility with older non-CPU autofocus and manual-focus AI and AI-S Nikon F-mount lenses (including an electronic rangefinder with three-segment viewfinder manual focus indication) as well as tilt-shift PC-E lenses. Other built-in features are a wireless flash commander, two user-customizable modes, full HD video with autofocus and mono audio (With support for an external stereo microphone), automatic correction of lateral chromatic aberration and support for GPS and WLAN.

In 2011, the D7000 received four major awards, the Red Dot product design, TIPA's "Best D-SLR Advanced" category, EISA's "European Advanced SLR Camera 2011-2012" and the CameraGP Japan 2011 Readers Award. [3] [4] [5] [6]

The D7000 was superseded by the D7100, announced on February 20, 2013. [7] However, Nikon kept the D7000 in its product lineup for at least several months. [8]

Feature list

Optional accessories

The Nikon D7000 has dozens of available accessories such as: [12]

Third-party radio (wireless) flash control triggers [27] are partly supporting i-TTL, [28] [29] but do not support the Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS). [30] [31] See reviews. [32] [33]

Reception

Reviews

Since its release, the D7000 has received many favorable reviews, with some commenting that the D7000 is a viable alternative to the more expensive D300S and an upgrade over the D90. [39] [40] [41] Digital Photography Review awarded the camera an overall score of 80%, praising its feature set and image quality. [41] The D7000 received four out of five stars and the Editor's choice award in CNET's review. [42]

DxO Labs awarded its sensor an overall score of 80, [43] above much more expensive competitors. [44] [45] The main point of criticism by reviewers is the small buffer which limits the number of shots in burst mode especially when shooting RAW.

There are image comparisons with many cameras at all ISO speeds in JPEG [46] and RAW. [47]

Matrix Metering II and detected faces

The 3D Color Matrix Metering II tends to overexpose minor parts of the image (e.g. sky or bright back-lights) if it detects faces near the image center that are darker (e.g. in shadow) than these minor parts. [48] This feature is sometimes surprising due to reliable scene recognition and face detection (including side-view of faces) of the new high-resolution sensor, even if there are only strangers (in the dark) near the image center. [49]

If not wanted, the metering can be changed with exposure compensation, two-point (average) metering, metering on the bright lights or use of center-weighted or spot metering, fill flash or RAW images. [50] [51] Increasing the dynamic range by use of Active D-Lighting or reducing the contrast settings (the default contrast is higher compared to previous Nikon DSLRs) aids when shooting JPEGs. After taking the image, contrast and brightness can easily be changed in camera.

User response

The D7000 was very much anticipated by Nikon consumers. The hype around its release made it very hard to find during the first months on the market. [52] [53] Supplies of this camera were also limited after the destruction of some Nikon manufacturing facilities in Thailand by the flooding in October 2011. [54] Many users have complained about back-focus problems on the D7000, as well as dust and oil spots on early production models

Firmware hacks

Several hacks have been published by Simon Pilgrim on Nikon Hacker internet forum and Vitaliy Kiselev on his personal website. Nikon Hacker has several people working on the hacks. The published hacks, among few others, include removing the time limit for video recording, clean HDMI and LCD on LiveView, disabling automatic hot-pixel removal (also known as Nikon Star Eater) and higher data rate for video recording. Several other hacks are under development but not yet published.

June 2013 Simon Pilgrim was able to enable RAW video recording but the frame rate (roughly 1.5 frames per second) is not high enough to be useful. The hack is not yet published. [55] [56]

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