Any good guides/books on using the D7000?

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philstanbridge

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Are there any good (easy to follow) user guides on the D7000? I've just taken receipt of mine from ******* along with the 35mm prime and I think I could do with a written guide. The manual is a little overwhelming for me.
 
I had a D7000 until it got stolen.

The Nikon D7000 Digital Field Guide by J. Dennis Thomas is a good start.

It'll make mincemeat of the manual for all but the most complicated of functions.
 
I've no idea to be honest. The camera comes with a 12 month warranty directly with them. It arrived in two days, and it was very good service indeed.
 
That's where I bought my D7000 quite recently, it's a lot of camera for the money.

Lenses I am currently using with it:

Nikon 18-200mm VR II
Nikon 35mm 1.8
Nikon 105mm f/2.8 VR Micro

Been having some fun with all that!

;)
 
Nice! I have the Nikkon 35 at the mo which will suffice whilst I get to grips with portraits.

Only thing I am really noticing is the lack of image stabilization. Is there a way to counter that apart from using a tripod?
 
philstanbridge said:
Nice! I have the Nikkon 35 at the mo which will suffice whilst I get to grips with portraits.

Only thing I am really noticing is the lack of image stabilization. Is there a way to counter that apart from using a tripod?
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Not too sure yet as the only time I have really used the 35mm is taking some night time photos (which works great and amazingly sharp!) but I have only used that lens really with a tripod.

For all other uses my 18-200 covers my needs and the VR does work really well hand held.

I'm still learning myself but I'm really pleased I went with the D7000 for now, as for the money I don't think you can beat it.

Yes of course I would love to own eventually a D800 and I probably will get one in the future (maybe a years time) but my D7000 will be a good tool to get me into photography for the time being. Also for the price we bought our D7000 I can't see it loosing any value if you sold it on Ebay.
 
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I have to say, even after just a few days use I (as a relative novice) am extremely pleased with the results so far. Heaps better than I could manage with my 3100. Sure it will take some getting used to. Some of the buttons on the camera are not that intuitive in my opinion and I do miss the image stabilization but that is no fault of the camera. I have also yet to see the over exposure problems the reviewers were talking about. As far as I am concerned if that is a problem I will either adjust down the exposure on the camera or manipulate it in photoshop afterwards. I can't see that ever being a major gripe for me.
 
philstanbridge said:
Nice! I have the Nikkon 35 at the mo which will suffice whilst I get to grips with portraits.

Only thing I am really noticing is the lack of image stabilization. Is there a way to counter that apart from using a tripod?
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Make sure you are using a high ISO setting, but not the highest since the will give noisy speckled images. I expect the D7000 will be good for 3200, but you'll need to experiment. Also us a wide aperture which will give a faster shutter speed. To do this put the camera in A mode and then set the F number to something low. Bare in mind this will also reduce the amount of depth of field you have so getting the focus nailed will be essential.

It might be worth posting a problem image, I'm surprised you're having problems due to the lack of stabilisation (but then I don't know how dark it is) with that combination. It's more of a issue once you get into slow or telephoto lenses.
 
Thanks for the advice chaps. At the mo I am just playing with it - I'm getting to grips with the aperture priority mode. Some of the photos I have taken are stunning for me, even with the camera shake induced noise :D

I will await the book before I delve too far into it. At the mo I am just learning how to change the settings using the buttons. I've been used to menus before now, so physical buttons are a bit different.

I've used the A mode, but kept ISO to auto for the time being. I'm just seeing how the depth of field is effected by the F number. Most of my shots are indoors with natural/poor light and I'm quite surprised how good this camera is in such circumstances.

I think I also need to learn how to use the different focus modes, that might be part of my problem. I'll post a shot showing you what I mean. Maxi's face is slightly out of focus in this shot (but then he doesn't exactly give me a lot of time to take the shot!) :)
 
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