Pale swallowtail butterfly taken with Nikon D7000 in July, 2012


Even though I shot this image almost 13 years ago, I still remember the moment.  I owned two D7000 cameras, one had a macro setup on it and the other was equipped with my 80-200 f/2.8 lens.  It was the latter one that I used to photograph this insect.

We had been travelling with the kids during the summer, camping somewhere in Washington, and were out on a day trip to whatever adventures awaited us.  We saw a garden center with lots of flowering plants and decided to peruse the place, my camera at the ready.  It was then that I spotted the swallowtail on top of a geranium in full bloom.  What's even better is that I managed to get in front of it without scaring it off.

Nikon has made quite a long list of D7000 series cameras.  All in all, I have owned 5 different ones.  Two D7000s, two D7100s, and one D7200.  I still own and use a D7100 and a D7200.  Excellent cameras full of features and capabilities.  If you are in the market for a used camera, any one of these with a low shutter count is worth a serious look.

I sold my D7000s in favour of a D7100; the D7000 only had a 16 mp sensor while the D7100 had a 24 mp sensor.  Since then, all my cameras have had a 20 mp sensor or more.

Thanks for reading.

Eric Svendsen     www.ericspix.com

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