caracara08
Headphoneus Supremus
was choosing between the d3100 and the t3i.. went with the t3i but the more i read, i think the d3100 would have been a great choice at a lower price..
My sister just got a D7000 for her trip to Africa and I was helping her get to know it beforehand. It's an amazing camera! Anyone considering it should just pull the trigger. I was amazed how many features they put into that little prosumer body. I always thought they would save dual card slots for the pro cameras.
Would you recommend a make/type etc thats not too expensive? Thanks.
I have been thinking about upgrading my D90 to D7000, but I have problems fiding the time to do research and am a bit of a scrooge
That sounds more like a side-grade than an upgrade. The D90 was such a great camera. I can't see anyone needing much more than it can deliver unless you are a serious pro.
But I used the D90 for a day, and was really not happy with it's usability or the images it made.
I have been thinking about upgrading my D90 to D7000, but I have problems fiding the time to do research and am a bit of a scrooge
That sounds more like a side-grade than an upgrade. The D90 was such a great camera. I can't see anyone needing much more than it can deliver unless you are a serious pro.
I guess we have different perspectives. The D3 is the only digital camera I've ever used heavily, I went to it from medium format film. Going to the D90 from the D3 felt like a fairly huge downgrade and annoyance. Going from the D3 to the D7000, I didn't feel like I was missing much except for that last bit of image quality and high ISO performance. The handling and usability was almost as good, which is pretty impressive.
I agree that the D90 is plenty for probably everyone looking for that kind of camera, but I did think that the D7000 had better usability (screen on top, not just the LCD on the back), better auto modes, better auto focus, better high iso, moar megapixels, dual card slots, more custom functions and features. I think even just left in auto mode, the D7000 will make much better pictures than the D90. Whether they need that improvement or not for what they use if for, I'm not sure.
As for the scren on top = D90 has that too, I do not know how you missed that.