I bought the D7000 and a Fotodiox lens adapter hoping I could use a couple of lens I have from an old SLR film camera. I knew it was a gamble with the adapter because I had read where it worked okay and others said not to waste your time. My experience was that the lenses fit the camera fine with the adapter but the picture quality left a lot to be desired. I could not use the old lenses. The D7000 is a fine camera and I found that although I had never used a Nikon or a DSLR before, I felt very comfortable with the camera and the controls after a relatively short period of time. To me, this camera is a masterpiece of photographic engineering.
The kit lens, on the other hand falls way short of the camera. To put this lens on this camera is like putting some old bias ply tires on a Ferrari. You could still drive the Ferrari but you would not come close to getting out of the car what the manufacturer put into it. So it is with this camera and lens combination.
If your budget is around $1,400 for a camera I would recommend buying something cheaper like the Nikon D5100 and buying a good prime lens from Tamron or find something on Ebay. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of older Nikon lenses available on Ebay.
In summary, the camera is outstanding. Unless you're a pro who needs the full frame sensor have some special requirements, I would say that you couldn't do better for the price than the D7000.
I reluctantly returned the camera to Amazon. Amazon's customer service was, as usual, outstanding.
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