D7000

 

After setting up the D7000 over the course of two days on and off, I finally took it out for a test shoot late this afternoon at Alligator Lake. I deliberately took the manual 180mm with TC201 2x tele-extender. First thing I noticed from the D3100 was the extra weight. Set to (A) aperture priority mode, the weight was soon forgotten as I was finally able to get proper exposure, not missing a shot due to fiddling with the manual controls of f stop and shutter. This freed me to concentrate on focus, which I had to fiddle with the diopter, still a work in progress.
Over-all, I was quite happy with the exposures. I did have to tweak the compensation from one stop to a third of a stop, depending on the scene. It was a bonus that a large pack of sand hill cranes flew overhead on their way toward Gainesville.
This evening, as an added bonus, I was able to set the SB600 flash in the commander mode, allowing me cable less use of the flash.
Now to be able to somehow pay for it.