D7000....looks pretty good.

[N*A*M]

read the specs

the answer is yes

[Xebadir]

Yeah it can reaction, fully integrated with the CLS and can act as commander according to what I have read.

Definitely thinking about this as a video cam/DSLR DX hybrid to team up with an FX primary. Very interesting specs.

[dieselpower]

Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with built-in flash, SB-900, SB-800, SB-700 or SU-800 as commander and SB-900, SB-800, SB-700, SB-600 or SB-R200 as remotes; Auto FP high-speed sync and modeling illumination supported with all CLS-compatible flash units except SB-400; Flash Color Information Communication and FV lock supported with all CLS-compatible flash units

[NikonUser]

I'm hoping that this is indeed a D90 replacement and not a combining of the D90/D300 series.

If not, then I am very excited to see what the D400 brings. It'll probably be out before my D2X comes back from Nikon (so within the next 18 months... )

Paul

[I @ M]

Yeah it can reaction, fully integrated with the CLS and can act as commander according to what I have read.

Definitely thinking about this as a video cam/DSLR DX hybrid to team up with an FX primary. Very interesting specs.

Speaking of CLS and commanders, the SB-700 looks like a very useful bit of kit.

And as a second body to go with FX, I reckon you are right, a very appealing option for those that don't want / need to shell out $$ for a D300s body.

[I @ M]

I'm hoping that this is indeed a D90 replacement and not a combining of the D90/D300 series.

Paul, I reckon it is purely a D90 replacement ( and a way of going one up on the opposition at the enthusiast high end level ) and that the D300s replacement will have the same sensor and video capabilities but with all the other refinements that go along with that series.

[NikonUser]

Paul, I reckon it is purely a D90 replacement ( and a way of going one up on the opposition at the enthusiast high end level ) and that the D300s replacement will have the same sensor and video capabilities but with all the other refinements that go along with that series.

Yeah that seems to be the general consensus. I hope that's correct.

Surely the D400 can't be toooo far away right?

[swifty]

Damn I got that itch again. Must..resist..taking wallet out..
I kept thinking no upgrade for me until the new FX but this sure is sweet.
Ticks all the boxes except SD instead of CF. It'll even meter with AI lenses and AF tune.
I was expecting just video centric and bling specs like MP, iso etc to trump the D300s but it's delivered a lot more.
Bets on a fully pro DX body with intergrated grip as the D300s' replacement next yr with D4 tech that we havn't even thought about yet. I recall reading a rumour the AF will be significantly different in the D4.

[old dog]

it sounds very good and after having the D80 for the past 2 and a bit years, I`m really looking at this one. Love to see differing isotest shots. Won`t be long before someone puts them up.

[I @ M]

With the Oz banana republic collection of pesos nearly hitting $0.95 USD today the SB-700 is looking like very good value at $329.95 USD.

[TEITZY]

Graeme here are some quotes from Chase Jarvis's web page

http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2010/09/nikon-d7000/

"ISO is awesome to 3200 and very usable above for photojournalism, weddings, live events, art, etc."

"Great low light performance. Holds up for commercial to 1600-3200. Very usable for other applications at 6400. Same league as the D3 line."

"The ISO performance is comparable. The caveat being that the larger pixels on the D3 sensor will render a slightly smoother looking image at the same ISO because the grain pattern is not as tight."


If this is even within 1 stop of the D3/D700 at high ISO that's a fair achievement IMO. I would expect it to be more noisy than the D3 at the pixel level but the larger image size will compensate to some extent. So it could be 2 stops better than the D300 or 3 1/2 stops better than your D80


Cheers
Leigh

[reaction]

generally 1 stop / generation
but if this is using backlit cmos, maybe more than that!

[Lance B]

The Setup menu on the dpreview has 'AF fine tune' option same as the D300?

Cheers
Leigh

Yes, I have now seen that it does by also spotting the menu in DPR. It is surprising that it wasn't considered important enough to be considered one of the main features shown on the press release.

[peterb666]

AI lens compatible

Complete with a fixed AI tab which means full metering with all AI lenses. Of course that also means there is no way you can fit a pre-AI lens.

Should be a great camera for people who like the old MF AI lenses.

[old dog]

thanks leigh for the info. It`s funny situation. I really love my D80 but would love better iso performance. I was considering the 300s but now I might go for the 7000.......hmmmm.

[wolffman]

Looks like a cracking camera. I've had a d90 for a couple of years now, but I am unlikely to upgrade to D7000 for a couple of reasons.
with the four things I want for the D90 replacement, the D7000 has;
Manual lens - Dig the 105 f2.5 AIS out of the box in the closet again.
100% viewfinder
Autofocus on the video

But the big miss for me is the autofocus selection system. D300s etc have the dedicated switch on the back to select between single/dynamic/3D tracking. I have the function button set up on the D90 to go straight to that setting, and its probably my biggest gripe. Also, the AF/MF switch should have been a AFc/AFs/MF switch, as the button and dial option seems a little half baked.

AF on button would have been nice, but I can live without that.
Makes me wonder what the new d300 replacement will look like.

[Eberbachl]

I really hope the D7000 is expensive!

It looks great, and I just bought a D90

My D90 is great, but if the D7000 comes in at close to the same price point I'll be kicking myself!

[farmer_rob]

I want it.

[arthurking83]

What I found strange and weird is the deeper market push into the more pro field from Nikon.

Where Canon downspecced the 60D compared to it's predecessor, Nikon thought to up spec the D90 successor to the point where it's basically 99.5% of the D300s!

magnesium body, twin card slots, better compatibility with Ai lenses, almost as good AF sensor in terms of point selection.. probably as good in terms of performance as there's a very high chance that it's based on the D300's AF module, but with fewer AF points... etc.

D90/80/70's have always competed more with the 30/40/50D range and they each decided to go down differing paths for this market segment!

Can't wait to see the specs on the D300 replacement now! th3:

EDIT: They also haven't really mentioned the camera's speed specs all that prominently either.. 6fps is a big improvement on the D90's 4fps, and is in D300 territory too, but now that it also does 14bit AD conversion. I wonder if switching to 14bit mode slows the fps rate slows too, as it does on the D300 and D3x(but not the D3/700)

[reaction]

Makes me wonder what the new d300 replacement will look like.

Makes me wonder when the D300s replacement will be. Looks like mid 2011, I don't think I can wait that long!