The new Nikon D7000 has arrived to Singapore. Just counting for days before it is available for sale at your favorite store. Sometimes, choosing between D7000 or D300s is a dilemma. Especially if you have owned D300 (s), is D7000 a worthy upgrade ?
Let's make side by side comparison.
Why do you choose or retain your D300(s) ?
1) Slightly bigger sensor: 23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor (vs. 23.6 x 15.6 mm CMOS sensor in D7000)
2) 51 Focus Points (vs. 39 AF points in D7000)
3) 15 cross-type sensors (vs. 9 cross-type sensors in D7000)
4) Continuous shooting rate up to 8 fps with battery grip (vs. up to 6 fps in D7000)
5) Dual slots with SD and CF card (vs. dual SD slots in D7000)
6) Better grip with bigger and more balanced body
7) Able to create TIFF file format (not available in D7000)
8) Able to choose Raw file in NEF compressed/loss-less compressed (vs. only loss-less compressed in D7000) (updated by baggiolee)
9) AF Area mode 51 points 3D tracking (vs. 39 points 3D tracking in D7000)
10) AE bracketing support 2 to 9 frames with 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV steps (vs. 2 to 3 frames in D7000)
11) Better built-in diopter adjustment: (-2 to +1m-1) (vs. (-1.7 to +0.5 m-1) in D7000)
12) Support wireless transmitter WT-4 (not available in D7000)
13) Support Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e, EN-EL4, EN-EL4a (vs. only EN-EL15 in D7000)
Note: both D300s and D7000 support mirror-up mode (updated by DrSpock)
Why do you buy or upgrade to D7000 ?
1) Bigger Mega Pixels: 16.2 million effective pixels (vs. 12.3 million effective pixels in D300s)
2) Full HD Video: 1920 x 1080p (24fps) (vs. 1280 x 720p (24 fps) in D300s)
3) TTL exposure metering using 2016-pixel RGB sensor (vs. 1005-pixel RGB sensor in D300s)
4) new image processing engine expeed 2 (vs. expeed 1 at D300s)
5) new autofocus with Multi-CAM 4800DX module (vs. Multi-CAM 3500DX in D300s)
6) new AF-F for subject tracking AF in movie recording (not available in D300s)
7) new custom mode U1 and U2 (not available in D300s)
8) better white balance with 2016 pixels RGB sensor and Auto2 keep warm lighting colors (vs. white balance with 1005-pixels in D300s)
9) improve picture controls with 7 levels of HUE adjustment (vs. 5 levels in D300s)
10) new flash sync mode: fill flash (not available in D300s)
Conclusion, D300s is and still better in term of camera specifications.
Let's make side by side comparison.
Why do you choose or retain your D300(s) ?
1) Slightly bigger sensor: 23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor (vs. 23.6 x 15.6 mm CMOS sensor in D7000)
2) 51 Focus Points (vs. 39 AF points in D7000)
3) 15 cross-type sensors (vs. 9 cross-type sensors in D7000)
4) Continuous shooting rate up to 8 fps with battery grip (vs. up to 6 fps in D7000)
5) Dual slots with SD and CF card (vs. dual SD slots in D7000)
6) Better grip with bigger and more balanced body
7) Able to create TIFF file format (not available in D7000)
8) Able to choose Raw file in NEF compressed/loss-less compressed (vs. only loss-less compressed in D7000) (updated by baggiolee)
9) AF Area mode 51 points 3D tracking (vs. 39 points 3D tracking in D7000)
10) AE bracketing support 2 to 9 frames with 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV steps (vs. 2 to 3 frames in D7000)
11) Better built-in diopter adjustment: (-2 to +1m-1) (vs. (-1.7 to +0.5 m-1) in D7000)
12) Support wireless transmitter WT-4 (not available in D7000)
13) Support Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e, EN-EL4, EN-EL4a (vs. only EN-EL15 in D7000)
Note: both D300s and D7000 support mirror-up mode (updated by DrSpock)
Why do you buy or upgrade to D7000 ?
1) Bigger Mega Pixels: 16.2 million effective pixels (vs. 12.3 million effective pixels in D300s)
2) Full HD Video: 1920 x 1080p (24fps) (vs. 1280 x 720p (24 fps) in D300s)
3) TTL exposure metering using 2016-pixel RGB sensor (vs. 1005-pixel RGB sensor in D300s)
4) new image processing engine expeed 2 (vs. expeed 1 at D300s)
5) new autofocus with Multi-CAM 4800DX module (vs. Multi-CAM 3500DX in D300s)
6) new AF-F for subject tracking AF in movie recording (not available in D300s)
7) new custom mode U1 and U2 (not available in D300s)
8) better white balance with 2016 pixels RGB sensor and Auto2 keep warm lighting colors (vs. white balance with 1005-pixels in D300s)
9) improve picture controls with 7 levels of HUE adjustment (vs. 5 levels in D300s)
10) new flash sync mode: fill flash (not available in D300s)
Conclusion, D300s is and still better in term of camera specifications.
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