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Sat, 18 Dec 2010
After three years with my Pentax K10D and two lenses (18-125 and 70-300 zooms), I've been wanting to expand my lens horizons. However, I realised that choosing Pentax limited me quite a bit. After thinking it over for a month or two, I bit the bullet and switched to Nikon. For the moment I have less flexibility than I did before - I have only one lens, an 18-200 zoom. But in the long run, the wide selection of Nikon compatible lenses is a win.
I was going to get a D90, but we got an end-of-year bonus this year, and I decided to step up to the shiny new D7000. So far I'm thrilled with the results. The Pentax had a back focus problem - if I focused on a bird, it would often be blurry, but the tree 4-6 inches behind it would be sharp. The Nikon has no sign of that problem - when focus is off, it has been my fault, not the camera.
On Thursday I took the new camera to the North Chagrin Metropark, and got
these photos (click for larger):
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