Considering new Nikon D7000 - would appreciate comments/alternatives

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Nauticam make nice housings.

Burhan have you met a Ukrainian guy Iyad over here? he has Nauticam for housings for several cameras.

As for manufacturing housings from solid aluminium blocks, it is a business decision on how many you are going to make, you don't want to have a bunch of housings sitting on a shelf for obsolete camera equipment.

My friend Andrew Yeo of Sea&Sea Singapore offered me the last housing for a D700 a couple of years ago, it was number 100.
 
Nauticam make nice housings.

Burhan have you met a Ukrainian guy Iyad over here? he has Nauticam for housings for several cameras.

As for manufacturing housings from solid aluminium blocks, it is a business decision on how many you are going to make, you don't want to have a bunch of housings sitting on a shelf for obsolete camera equipment.

My friend Andrew Yeo of Sea&Sea Singapore offered me the last housing for a D700 a couple of years ago, it was number 100.


No, I don't know Iyad.

I understand that but it seems that S&S always under estimates the number of housing required. This happened with the D700 VERY early on and now the D7000. Nauticam seems to cover a lot more cameras than S&S at this point. It would appear that S&S is focusing more on strobes and other accessories. I am find out more about this matter now that I am looking for a housing.
 
The D7000 maybe nearing its end of life. S&S has stopped selling the D7000 housing. I'd say go for the D800.

I am not so sure that the D7000 is near the end of its life. I have heard people talking about Nikon coming out with a replacement of the D300/D300s (the supposed D400) for years now. You can grow old waiting.

The D7000 has some nice features like pretty good high ISO performance. It also has enough mega pixels at 16 to make an increase here not really that useful because of diffraction limitations. Its autofocus is quite functional. So what more do you really need? Well a marked improvement in dynamic range would be a big deal but otherwise, I think the camera will be quite functional for some time.

The D800 and the new D600 are interesting. But they are also full frame cameras. Full frame cameras limit your lens choices. Also, you need to run pretty high quality lenses with full frame cameras because of the larger sensor so that adds up in price. You can not use such popular lenses as the superb Tokina 10-17 or the versatile Sigma 17-70. You can use the two macro lenses: the Nikon 60 and the Nikon 105. It is not my intention to deride the full frame options. They have advantages and disadvantages compared to the cropped sensor alternatives like the D7000.
 
I am not so sure that the D7000 is near the end of its life. I have heard people talking about Nikon coming out with a replacement of the D300/D300s (the supposed D400) for years now. You can grow old waiting.

The D7000 has some nice features like pretty good high ISO performance. It also has enough mega pixels at 16 to make an increase here not really that useful because of diffraction limitations. Its autofocus is quite functional. So what more do you really need? Well a marked improvement in dynamic range would be a big deal but otherwise, I think the camera will be quite functional for some time.

The D800 and the new D600 are interesting. But they are also full frame cameras. Full frame cameras limit your lens choices. Also, you need to run pretty high quality lenses with full frame cameras because of the larger sensor so that adds up in price. You can not use such popular lenses as the superb Tokina 10-17 or the versatile Sigma 17-70. You can use the two macro lenses: the Nikon 60 and the Nikon 105. It is not my intention to deride the full frame options. They have advantages and disadvantages compared to the cropped sensor alternatives like the D7000.

You can use the DX lenses with the D800 and D600 but the pix count would go down but still not a problem.

We can always argue that we don't need better or bigger but this isn't relevant at all. Technology will always go forward regardless of what we think is enough.
 
Is there a housing yet for the D600? Have not checked, but at approx $2,000 it is twice the price of a D7000 and and $1,000 cheaper than the D800.
 
Is there a housing yet for the D600? Have not checked, but at approx $2,000 it is twice the price of a D7000 and and $1,000 cheaper than the D800.

Nothing yet at all as far as I can see.
 
Is there a housing yet for the D600? Have not checked, but at approx $2,000 it is twice the price of a D7000 and and $1,000 cheaper than the D800.

That's what I'm hoping for. I would really like to get a full frame Dslr and I've got three lenses that I have for my old old film FM2 that I can put on a new Nikon - being manual they are limited to topside shots though.
 
being manual they are limited to topside shots though.

Why?

I only use autofocus with my Tokina 10-17, all my macro shots are manual focus, with a focus gear ring it is not a problem
 
Why?

I only use autofocus with my Tokina 10-17, all my macro shots are manual focus, with a focus gear ring it is not a problem

It goes beyond the manual focus issue, manual focus lens had a aperture ring and this is how you changed F/stop in these days, most manufacturer do not support these older lenses, so focus gear supply will be an issue, but more dramatic, I don't know of any housing manufacturer that does provides access to the aperture ring of any lenses nowadays, in today's housings, aperture is done through the command control on the camera body, and while you can deal with these quirks rather easily topside, they do become major hurdles undewater.

Also as a footnote regarding the Nikon D800, the word around is that unless your glass is of the latest technology, it just will perform poorly with this camera, the D800 is brutal when it comes to old "Film Era" lenses.
 
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On nearly all higher end Nikon bodies you can still adjust the aperture electronically (via command dial) even on MF lenses. There is no need to physically move the aperture ring.

It goes beyond the manual focus issue, manual focus lens had a aperture ring and this is how you changed F/stop in these days, most manufacturer do not support these older lenses, so focus gear supply will be an issue, but more dramatic, I don't know of any housing manufacturer that does provides access to the aperture ring of any lenses nowadays, in today's housings, aperture is done through the command control on the camera body, and while you can deal with these quirks rather easily topside, they do become major hurdles undewater.
 

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