I am thinking of upgrading from D200 to D7000. I seen the previous post comparing the features between the D200 vs D7000. It seems obvious that D7000 is a more advanced camera.

Will the D700 be nose heavy with Tamron 70-200 F2.8 or Nikon 300 F4 D (the one with 88mm filter) attached to it? Is it balanced with big, heavy lens?

My main lens is a Tamron 17-50 F2.8. Are there any issues with the interoperability of this lens with the D7000.

Sometime I am sloppy. I let the D200 hang from the strap with a big lens attached. This will only happen for less than 5 or10 seconds. Will this break the D7000?

I do most of my shooting in aperture priority mode. Is this easy to set on the D7000?

Does the D7000 have a depth of preview button?

How does the view finder on the D7000 compare to D200?

Thanks

Al

>I am thinking of upgrading from D200 to D7000. I seen the
>previous post comparing the features between the D200 vs
>D7000. It seems obvious that D7000 is a more advanced
>camera.

Yes, this is true.

>Will the D700 be nose heavy with Tamron 70-200 F2.8 or Nikon
>300 F4 D (the one with 88mm filter) attached to it? Is it
>balanced with big, heavy lens?

Its not bad. The D7K, sans grip, is a little less balanced with larger lenses than the D200, sans grip, but one quickly adapts to the new grip and smaller size.

I carry the D7K often with a 70-200 VR II and I'm quite accustomed to it now. I wear a men's large glove size.

>My main lens is a Tamron 17-50 F2.8. Are there any issues
>with the interoperability of this lens with the D7000.

None that I'm aware of but I've not used the Live View feature with the 3rd party lenses and this is where some issues have been reported. Hopefully, someone else can chime in with more input.

>Sometime I am sloppy. I let the D200 hang from the strap with
>a big lens attached. This will only happen for less than 5
>or10 seconds. Will this break the D7000?

I doubt it. I carry my D7K quite often on a Cotton Carrier chest harness. This rig uses a base-mount attachment to hold the camera. I have quite a few walkabout miles now with an AF-S 300/4, 70-200 VR and Sigma 50-500 OS. No sign of trouble at the lens mount or the camera base.

>I do most of my shooting in aperture priority mode. Is this
>easy to set on the D7000?

Yes.

>Does the D7000 have a depth of preview button?

Yes.

>How does the view finder on the D7000 compare to D200?

Bigger, brighter, 100% view. Same viewfinder as used on the D300/s bodies.

>Thanks

Most welcome and good luck to you.

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I don't have a tarmon lens so I can't speak for its interoperability. I have big lenses and they feel better and more balanced with a battery grip on the D7K. Just me, I don't like small cameras. I find the D7000 finder is like a tunnel (like my old D70) so I put a 1.2x magnifier lens on it (nikon makes one) and it is now perfect for me.

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A large lens is nor normally shot with the weight supported by the camera, any camera so what exactly are you referring to in using "Balance". An adjust of left hand position will balance any camera to any lens. But if you are referring to whether the camera can support a heavy lens only supported by the lens mount, that depends on the moment arm, How long the lens is and where the weight is. The Tamron is not a very big lens so one handed shots would be fine with the D7000 but that assumes you are not moving rapidly and creating high twisting tensions on the mount, for instance, one-handed shooting in a fast moves off road vehicle hitting bumps. Any camera can be damaged by that, even a D3s which is probably the strongest camera made.

The D7000 can handle any lens you can carry reasonably. For your own neck comfort, it would be best not to use a neck strap with any large lens. The neck never evolved to handle side pressure, but vertical force can be handled without pain and with ease. If you are using a heavy lens and any camera, some sort of sling strap like the Black Rapid RS-5 will be a big help.
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>A large lens is nor normally shot with the weight supported
>by the camera, any camera so what exactly are you referring to
>in using "Balance". An adjust of left hand position
>will balance any camera to any lens. But if you are referring
>to whether the camera can support a heavy lens only supported
>by the lens mount, that depends on the moment arm, How long
>the lens is and where the weight is. The Tamron is not a very
>big lens so one handed shots would be fine with the D7000 but
>that assumes you are not moving rapidly and creating high
>twisting tensions on the mount, for instance, one-handed
>shooting in a fast moves off road vehicle hitting bumps. Any
>camera can be damaged by that, even a D3s which is probably
>the strongest camera made.
>
>The D7000 can handle any lens you can carry reasonably. For
>your own neck comfort, it would be best not to use a neck
>strap with any large lens. The neck never evolved to handle
>side pressure, but vertical force can be handled without pain
>and with ease. If you are using a heavy lens and any camera,
>some sort of sling strap like the Black Rapid RS-5 will be a
>big help.
>Stan
>St Petersburg Russia
>Visit my Nikonians gallery.

I do not have that lens to know where the center of mass is but I tried a little experiment with my 70-200VR just now. Its tripod foot has two threaded holes to balance either a light or heavier camera. I clipped a cord onto a tripod bracket that snaps into the head and attaches to the camera or lens foot with a standard bolt. The d7000 balances better at the rear hole than the front but still has some lens bias. If I add the SB900 to the camera the bias swings towards the camera side but the lens is still not pointed up...good thing or else carrying it on the RS-5 would have the lens pointed up and camera pointed down...not good. The rear hole is the one I used with a D700 and the front hole for the D90. This camera has a light weight grip but no battery in the grip. I would say the center point with this camera attached is closer to a pro style camera than something like the D90 or lighter.

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