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Nikon Names the D7100 As the New DX Format Flagship Camera

Chris Gampat
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02/20/2013
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Last Updated on 02/21/2013 by Chris Gampat

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When Nikon announced the D7000, people were floored by what it could achieve and what they got for the price point. Indeed, it became an extremely hot seller. Today, the company is finally giving it an upgrade in the form of the D7100. They’re calling it the new flagship of Nikon’s DX-format HD-SLR lineup. Amongst the features: a 24.1MP APS-C CMOS sensor, 6 fps shooting, compatibility with the WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter, full HD 1080p videos, slow motion video and timelapse mode.

More specs after the jump.

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

Adorama

Nikon D7100 (Body only): $1,196.95

Nikon D7100 with 18-105mm lens: $1,596.95

WR-1: $549.95

Amazon

WR-1: $642.95

Nikon D7100 with 18-105mm: $1,596.95

D7100 body only: $1,196.95

B&H Photo

D7100 Body only: $1,199

D7100 with 18-105mm: $1,599

 

Tech Specs

– 24.1MP CMOS APS-C sensor (DX-format) with no low pass filter

– Magnesium alloy body with moisture and dust resistance

– 3.2-inch OLED LCD with 1,229K dots

– Muilt-in HDR, mobile

– 51 AF points (15 cross-type sensors) with the center point working down to f8.

– ISO 100 and up to ISO 6400

– EXPEED 3 processor

– 6 frames per second continuously for up to 100 shots.

– 2016-pixel RGB sensor for metering scenes

– Compatible with the WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter.

– 1080p videos with slow-motion and time-lapse abilities. This time there is also full-time autofocus and manual exposure control during video recording. Videos can be shot at 1080p at 60i/50i/30/25/24 fps or 720p at up to 60p.

– A built-in stereo mic and an external stereo mic jack, headphone and HDMI jack . Dual SD card slots give you additional recording time, and an all new 60i function enables

– Built-in HDR mode

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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