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Purchased this as a body only option early in 2014 as I suffered a failure of the auto-focus on the D3100 and just out of 2 year warranty. Having invested in lenses for Nikon during the period with the D3100 I thought it a wise move, however this is also found to have some autofocus/metering issues, apparently noted in recent appraisals by Nphoto magazine. The bigger disappointment came with the release of the D5300 and recently the D5500 which according to most test results show two vastly superior cameras, allegedly leaving the "humble" D7100 as an inferior product. This now seems commonplace for NIKON, to release an allegedly superior camera only to supersede it in a short space of time with something more advanced and at a substantially lower price.

Anyone deciding to invest in a system should bear factors such as these in mind, before parting with hard earned cash!
 
oldnewt said:
Purchased this as a body only option early in 2014 as I suffered a failure of the auto-focus on the D3100 and just out of 2 year warranty. Having invested in lenses for Nikon during the period with the D3100 I thought it a wise move, however this is also found to have some autofocus/metering issues, apparently noted in recent appraisals by Nphoto magazine. The bigger disappointment came with the release of the D5300 and recently the D5500 which according to most test results show two vastly superior cameras, allegedly leaving the "humble" D7100 as an inferior product. This now seems commonplace for NIKON, to release an allegedly superior camera only to supersede it in a short space of time with something more advanced and at a substantially lower price.

Anyone deciding to invest in a system should bear factors such as these in mind, before parting with hard earned cash!
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www.dpreview.com

Used words like superb and stunning in that post.

Now everything is crap because of Nphoto Magazine.

Suggest OP ignores said magazine and forms own opinion.

Also, might get better results with suitable lenses.
 
I have been using the camera in many different scenarios from babies via concerts to landscapes with many different lenses (about eight or ten) for about 18 months and the only limiting thing I find is the banding in extreme pulling (not applicable in normal use-as-shot situations) and poor buffer for hi-speed large-sequence shooting in many scenarios like sports or birding. Otherwise the thing has been doing greatly. But it may just be my own solitary opinion, that's all.
 
Would you rather Nikon release inferior cameras for more money? Life goes on. A piece of tech is obsolete the moment it hits the market. I recently replaced my D90 with the now aging D7100 and will not go back. The af system, by itself, is worth the price of admission. So, instead of looking over in regret, go out and take some pics.
 
oldnewt said:
Purchased this as a body only option early in 2014 as I suffered a failure of the auto-focus on the D3100 and just out of 2 year warranty. Having invested in lenses for Nikon during the period with the D3100 I thought it a wise move, however this is also found to have some autofocus/metering issues, apparently noted in recent appraisals by Nphoto magazine. The bigger disappointment came with the release of the D5300 and recently the D5500 which according to most test results show two vastly superior cameras, allegedly leaving the "humble" D7100 as an inferior product. This now seems commonplace for NIKON, to release an allegedly superior camera only to supersede it in a short space of time with something more advanced and at a substantially lower price.

Anyone deciding to invest in a system should bear factors such as these in mind, before parting with hard earned cash!
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I would suggest spending a little more time mastering your camera, and a little less time reading nonsense on the internet, in magazines, etc. and I know for a fact you'll see things a bit differently. While some of the other bodies you mentioned are very nice bodies, and I'm not saying any of this to take away from them in any way, I will say that as much as I love my D4s, I don't see a significant improvement in anything except perhaps in overall AF accuracy (and keep in mind I'm normally shooting several hundred to several thousand frames every time I do a job, and we're still only talking a few percentage points in AF accuracy). How much more is the D4s over the D7100 price wise?

What you're falling victim to is advertising money. NPhoto doesn't give Nikon's latest bodies props over the previous generation, Nikon will advertise with someone who will because it's all about making money.

Then again, what do I know. Maybe you'd be better selling your D7100 and buying one of those new bodies. Help Nikon's bottom line all you can ;-)
 
Having a hard time understanding if this is legit or just trolling, but I like it how suddenly the D7100 is an inferior camera because a new one has been released... LOL
 
My d7100 metering/exposure works great. In spot metering it even meters off any of the focus points, not just the center focus point like a lot of cameras do.

If the metering is slightly off consistently, you can adjust it. Lots of cameras don't have that either.

With the way DSLR cameras meter the light, not every pic is going to have perfect exposure. No camera is going to do that. You have to learn how the different camera metering options work, when to use them, how to use them, how the camera thinks, how to evaluate your scene and how to adjust for it in the right situations.

You can also buy a Nikon factory refurbished D7100 for $699. Best DSLR value out there IMO. I don't think you can buy more camera for that money.
 
TNSean said:
My d7100 metering/exposure works great. In spot metering it even meters off any of the focus points, not just the center focus point like a lot of cameras do.

If the metering is slightly off consistently, you can adjust it. Lots of cameras don't have that either.

With the way DSLR cameras meter the light, not every pic is going to have perfect exposure. No camera is going to do that. You have to learn how the different camera metering options work, when to use them, how to use them, how the camera thinks, how to evaluate your scene and how to adjust for it in the right situations.

You can also buy a Nikon factory refurbished D7100 for $699. Best DSLR value out there IMO. I don't think you can buy more camera for that money.
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Honestly I think the D7100 is the best value camera out there by a mile (or more). Really $699? What you get these days in terms of photographic capabilities is just stunning. To think that people are forking out 1000$ more for a D610 which might be FX -which will make no difference in 95% of your shots- but has less features, its mind boggling.
 
This guy must be trolling.

D7100 is mediocre for landscapes? lol
 
YES....

By the time somebody by serious argumentation tells the Emperor, that he is nude, and that my D7000 is better than the D7100. That's what I have told all the time - nobody believing, only I didn't have a magazine, that backed me up.

A happy man, am I :-)

Shame on DPR and DxOmark (and every other reviewers I have seen - exept that one magazine, that I haven't seen) giving D7100 better reviews and more stars than my amazing D7000. :-(

Can't wait to see some more of that kind of tests.

BirgerH.
 
Ronan_M said:
Having a hard time understanding if this is legit or just trolling, but I like it how suddenly the D7100 is an inferior camera because a new one has been released... LOL
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D3100 to D7100 is a big step for some...

I have a friend with a D7100 who expected to use the camera without any reading/training. When I had a look, random menu settings had just about disabled it. I restored the defaults and suggested that she try Program mode rather than attempting to use Manual mode, but she didn't seem interested in taking it any further, even though she knows I have a D7100 myself and do OK with it.

I read NPhoto every now and then, and they seem to be pretty well balanced in their reviews. I can't believe that they would rubbish the D7100 because the D5500 had some particular feature, such as a touch-screen. In fact, I can recall several articles where the qualities of the D7100 were praised.
 
"I was overwhelmed and stupefied by this manual-shift camera."

That's your "review" in a nutshell.

If you haven't dropped the camera, touched it after using the toilet without washing your hands and pushed the shutter-release button more than 100 times, I'm more than happy to save that gem from you for $699.
 
Sounds like the D7100 is just too much for the OP to handle... Betcha' he gets great photos with his phone...
 
oldnewt said:
This now seems commonplace for NIKON, to release an allegedly superior camera only to supersede it in a short space of time with something more advanced and at a substantially lower price.
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A better camera for less....

Geez, I sure wish NIKON would stop doing that!

Mike
 
evan47 said:
oldnewt said:
Purchased this as a body only option early in 2014 as I suffered a failure of the auto-focus on the D3100 and just out of 2 year warranty. Having invested in lenses for Nikon during the period with the D3100 I thought it a wise move, however this is also found to have some autofocus/metering issues, apparently noted in recent appraisals by Nphoto magazine. The bigger disappointment came with the release of the D5300 and recently the D5500 which according to most test results show two vastly superior cameras, allegedly leaving the "humble" D7100 as an inferior product. This now seems commonplace for NIKON, to release an allegedly superior camera only to supersede it in a short space of time with something more advanced and at a substantially lower price.

Anyone deciding to invest in a system should bear factors such as these in mind, before parting with hard earned cash!
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