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Looks like according to pro reviews, D7000 has soft mushy non sharp pictures

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http://robertbromfield.com/nikon-d7000-review-and-impressions/

Now the bad. At this point I am generally not satisfied with the sharpness of the images from the D7000, the files tend to be mushy when looking at the details up close. In order to get files that are acceptably sharp, you need really good technique with fast shutter speeds. I think a lot of people will be complaining about this very soon. The slightest shift will become obvious when reviewing your files, you do not need to zoom into 100% to see these imperfections. A mystery to me is; I put the D7000 on a tripod using the self timer, exposure delay mode, manual mode, all noise reduction off and I shot from ISO 100 up to 6400. Even at ISO 100 I didn’t feel I was getting the proper sharpness. Keep in mind I was using the Standard Picture Control with sharpening increase to 5 out of 9. I just found the details to not be acceptably sharp as I am used to with the D700 or D90.
 
digitalman4242 said:
http://robertbromfield.com/nikon-d7000-review-and-impressions/

Now the bad. At this point I am generally not satisfied with the sharpness of the images from the D7000, the files tend to be mushy when looking at the details up close. In order to get files that are acceptably sharp, you need really good technique with fast shutter speeds. I think a lot of people will be complaining about this very soon. The slightest shift will become obvious when reviewing your files, you do not need to zoom into 100% to see these imperfections. A mystery to me is; I put the D7000 on a tripod using the self timer, exposure delay mode, manual mode, all noise reduction off and I shot from ISO 100 up to 6400. Even at ISO 100 I didn’t feel I was getting the proper sharpness. Keep in mind I was using the Standard Picture Control with sharpening increase to 5 out of 9. I just found the details to not be acceptably sharp as I am used to with the D700 or D90.
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The higher resolution makes it harder to achieve pixel sharp images, but it is definitely possible and I have gotten some very sharp images with it.

What lens are you using?
 
digitalman4242 said:
In order to get files that are acceptably sharp, you need really good technique with fast shutter speeds. I think a lot of people will be complaining about this very soon. The slightest shift will become obvious when reviewing your files
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I hate to be a bit of a jerk, but you do realize this pretty much applies to any camera ever, right? (within reason, like the "fast shutter speed" comment, of course).

The hilarious thing is, I predicted this would happen when everyone was screaming for higher MP bodies.

I jumped over to the Sony A850 for a while and while a great camera, having gone from a D700 12MP to a A850 24MP, it was a different beast entirely. Lens quality and technique are very important. I knew this was going to happen once Nikon started upping their resolution.

12MP is pretty "forgiving" of bad technique or lens quality, especially the D700 - it makes almost any lens look awesome. Start popping higher MP bodies under those things, using the same sloppy techniques that many people use, and see what happens....

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All they really meant was that, with it's high pixel density, any small camera movement of the D7000 is more obvious than with the D700, for example.

That's not a D7000 fault, it's just a characteristic of any high megapixel camera and is a good reason not to be influenced by megapixel-count when buying any camera.
 
You can see the same exact threads from when the D2x came out.

Personally I think it is more about the set-up and post processing. If you make it super sharp straight out of the camera you lose alot of post processing latitude.

The d7000 behaves more like my D2X than the d90 in this respect.
 
digitalman4242 said:
http://robertbromfield.com/nikon-d7000-review-and-impressions/
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In order to get files that are acceptably sharp, you need really good technique with fast shutter speeds. I think a lot of people will be complaining about this very soon.

Nothing new or specific Nikon here. Back in the old days, people moving from 35 mm tot medium or large format soon learned that, the possibility of sharper pictures came at the price of better tripods and beter technique. It takes time to learn how to get the most from new tools, and a serious improvement like the D7000 takes a lot more to learn...
 
All the PRO reviews I have seen do not question he sharpness. And when did you get the camera? Yesterday you were just thinking about it. Congrats. Post some images.
 
I don't think I have seen so many crawling out of the woodwork before. It seems worse than when the D90 came out.

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All the PRO reviews I have seen do not question he sharpness. And when did you get the camera? Yesterday you were just thinking about it. Congrats. Post some images.
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I don't think he got one. His post here is just a copy and paste (without quotation marks to indicate such) from the review he links.

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The Bromfield photos show subects which are unsuitable for testing sharpness. They show slow shutter speeds, leaves which move with slightest breeze, no really sharp edges.

To get away from hazy guesses, you need a solid tripod and fast shutter and a still subject well lit and properly aligned with some sharp edges and fine detail. That's what they make resolution testing charts for.

We see a 4 second exposure manually focussed in the dark, next to a totally different subject with blazing lights taken with a different camera - the d700. It was marked "this is not a comparison." So why was it there?

The examples do not support the conclusions.

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Has started 3 threads and leaning toward the negative relative to the D7000. The 1st relative to the hot pixels which had been beat too death and has a firmware fix. The 2nd relative to focusing issues and the third with this mushy pictures review. I'm beginning too think he works for Canon or some other vendor because he sure is not reading the other threads where all this stuff has been discussed to the point of being boring.

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I have a d7k and and apple 27 inch iMac

I see and acknowledge what it is you're referring to. However, this so-called "mush" is nowhere to be found in a print. I've taken images and printed them in their native resolution, at the largest size possible, and while I may see some softness on a screen image at 100%, the image prints out tack sharp.

I have made some 20x30 landscape prints (without up sampling), that are stunning.

My advice:
Don't judge by pixel-peeping. Judge by the true results. The final print.

I love the d7k. I've had them all, and nothing comes close to this camera, in this class.
 
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