Nikon D7100 will kill Panasonic GH3

SHood wrote:

I like the fact you can set shutter speed in aperture mode with the D7100. The limited buffer of 8 RAW files is definitely a step back from the 20 RAWs in the GH3 buffer which I am always using with birding. The 1.3x crop fact is also very interesting for the bird photography I do, but the cheaper long zooms from Nikon are not that great at the long end. Here is the 55-300 you suggested along with the 100-400, compared to the Olympus 75-300 (Panasonic lens not tested yet).

http://slrgear.com/reviews/zproducts/nikon55-300f45-56g/tloader.htm

http://slrgear.com/reviews/zproducts/nikon80-400f45-56vr/tloader.htm

http://slrgear.com/reviews/zproducts/olympus75-300f48-67m/tloader.htm

Maybe when Nikon improves their long zooms to where they can take advantage of the higher pixel density sensors then it might make more sense. Right now the 24mp sensor without AA filter would go to waste unless you spend $5k+ on a birding lense.

This is why you need to look at lenses first before looking at bodies.