{"id":10442,"date":"2013-02-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/nikon-d7100-to-debut-at-focus-show-update2-10442"},"modified":"2014-09-02T13:44:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:44:57","slug":"nikon-d7100-to-debut-at-focus-show-update2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/nikon-d7100-to-debut-at-focus-show-update2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikon D7100 to debut at Focus show (update2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Running alongside the 16.2MP D7000<\/a>,
\n which was launched in September 2010, the D7100 boasts a new 24.1 MP
\nsensor and durability and weather sealing on a par with the firm’s D800<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UK customers will get their first chance to handle the D7100 at the Focus on Imaging show which takes place at the Birmingham NEC from 3-6 March.<\/p>\n

In the UK, less than half as many consumers, 77 out of every 10,000, own a DSLR compared to Switzerland where 163 per 10,000 people have one.<\/p>\n

The figures reveal that Germany also beats the UK, with 113 DSLR owners per 10,000 people.<\/p>\n

France also fairs poorly, however, with 74 per 10,000 said to own a DSLR, according to the data which Nikon obtained from market analysts at GfK.<\/p>\n

Nikon UK general manager John Walshe said Nikon held a 45.3% volume share of the UK DSLR market in December 2012.<\/p>\n

But he told an audience of journalists and UK photo dealers that he feels there is room for improvement.<\/p>\n

\u2018We have a responsibility to engage everyone in the UK to develop a passion for photography,’ said Walshe at a central London briefing about the new D7100.<\/p>\n

The new \u2018enthusiast-level’ D7100 \u2013 the new DX-format flagship \u2013 is due out on 21 March priced \u00a31099.99 body only; or \u00a31,299.99 in a kit that includes an 18-105mm VR lens.<\/p>\n

It will sit above the D5200<\/a>, and below the full-frame D600<\/a>, in Nikon’s DSLR line-up.<\/p>\n

Billed as compact and lightweight, the D7100 will come without a low-pass optical filter in a bid to boost image sharpness. <\/p>\n

Nikon Consumer DSLR product manager Simon Iddon said the camera was \u2018made for those with a real passion for photography’, targeting both enthusiast and aspiring professionals.<\/p>\n

The D7100 features magnesium-alloy top and bottom covers and built in sensor cleaning.<\/p>\n

Features on board the dual-SD memory card slot model include a 51-point AF system (with 15 cross-sensors in the central area) and phase detection AF possible down to -2 EV, according to Nikon.<\/p>\n

\u2018AF operation is possible under a combined aperture value of f\/8, allowing more combinations of lenses and teleconverters to be used – new to cameras of this class,’ the firm added in a statement.<\/p>\n

Weighing 675g, the D7100 incorporates Spot White Balance for \u2018quick and precise white balance in live view’.<\/p>\n

Tweaks also include an external stereo microphone input and \u2018improved texture’ on the mode dial.<\/p>\n

ISO ranges from 100-6400 but can be expanded to 25,600, and users have the facility to bolster the telephoto effect by 1.3x. This crop mode – which limits resolution to 15.4MP – allows use of the 51 AF points and 7fps shooting.<\/p>\n

A virtual horizon function can be used in both vertical and horizontal formats and an HDR mode takes two consecutive images at different exposures and combines them into one.<\/p>\n

The 3.2in LCD screen carries a resolution of 1.2 million dots and Nikon says the D7100 has a shutter release lag of 0.052secs.<\/p>\n

The 21 March launch date had yet to be confirmed at the time writing.<\/p>\n