With so many great features on the still-shooting side of this camera alone, we naturally had a lot of high expectations for how the D7000 handled video. Nikon also included a standard hot accessory shoe for mounting and powering external devices, which should come in handy for wireless audio packs or flash photography. The D7000 also had the standard click wheels for setting aperture and shutter speeds on the fly next to the shutter release button and the back of the body where the thumb naturally rests. The camera also had handy external buttons for setting the ISO, locking exposure or auto focus, setting white balance, and for zooming in and out of live view in order to let us focus accurately.
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Each of these modes are useful in different situations, but we found that both the aperture priority and manual modes gave us the most flexibility. The D7000 is also equipped with a host of selectable exposure modes to choose from, such as aperture priority (A), shutter priority (S), program mode (P), and a manual mode (M).
Though no HDSLR camera can quite beat the steadiness and convenience of a shoulder-mounted camcorder when shooting handheld, the design of the D7000 body comes close.
The camera is also incredibly light, weighing in at only 24.3 ounces, making it ideal for run-and-gun style shooting. Its magnesium-alloy body feels incredibly sturdy while the rubber hold-points on both the front and back of the camera give the camera comfortability and grip. Thankfully, Nikon seems to have this in mind with its design of the D7000. No shooter likes a camera that feels foreign to the hands or that is tough to handle. Of course, there are cameras that can shoot at higher frame rates which have larger sensors such as Canon’s 1D Mark IV and Nikon’s D3S, but when compared with many of the most common HD camcorders in this HDSLR’s price range, it’s still a no-contest pretty much. Additionally, with the EXPEED 2 image processor allowing us to take six photos per second on a fairly large sensor size of 23.6×15.6mm, we never had to worry about missing any details from even the fastest action shots. The reason is mostly due to the camera’s ability to shoot photos at ridiculously high 16.2 megapixels in either 14-bit NEF/RAW or the ever-popular JPEG format. In our test shots, we noticed very little grain, superb color reproduction, and virtually no compression when using the RAW/NEF format. With its years of refinement and practice, there can be no doubt that the best feature about the D7000 is the quality of its still photos.
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However, with an upgrade to 1080p video and a small price tag to boot, Nikon is finally showing the professional video world that it means business.
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Previously, Nikon’s models such as the D3S and the D700 fell short of a lot of the pro features of Canon’s HDSLR lineup – helping Canon get a big head-start in the emerging market. This is precisely what Nikon has attempted to do in the HDSLR world with its newest offering, the D7000. What accounted for such a drastic change? Other than a change of CEO, one of the biggest reasons was a return to quality products at affordable prices. With the release of popular products such as iTunes, the iPod, and the iPad along with a major refresh of its computer line, Apple had become one of the largest technology firms in the world. Sales were so bad that some retail stores wouldn’t stock Apple’s product on their shelves. was sitting at the lowest market share the company had ever seen after a record-low stock price and crippling financial losses.