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I'm just a hobbyist, not a pro, these forums seem to be more "pro-oriented," which is fine, but anyway. And, also, pardon the post if it's too long.
My gripes:
These first few are non "Nikon exclusive" gripes, these are things Canon and, sometimes, other brands are also guilty of
(1) No "release priority" setting (until you get to the D300 level with Nikon). When I press the button, take the picture NOW, no matter whether or not you (the camera) thinks it's a good idea based on focus status
(2) Not enough cross-sensors. Even the D3100 should have, say, 9 AF sensors which are all cross-sensitive. Pentax has been getting this right for years.
"Nikon-Exclusive" Gripes
(1) AF-S only with entry-level bodies. They shouldn't have made this move until every single AF-D lens in the line-up had been updated with an AF-S version, especially the 50mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/1.4
(2) Inconsistent playback zoom-in controls. Some models it's the bottom 2 buttons on the left-side (D7000, D90, D60) other models it's 1-button up from that (D3100, D5000, D300). Irritating when you own more than 1 body & they're different.
The big one for me (drum roll)
(3) RAW software not being free. View NX is a joke. You have to save changes to the NEF file to convert to TIFF with the changed settings (I like my NEF files to have the "as shot" settings). From what I've seen, unless I'm wrong, sharpness control doesn't match the one in the camera (eg., a setting of 4 doesn't mean you're actually using a setting of 4, it means it's adding 4 more units to what the file already has!). No access to high ISO noise reduction that I've seen; one of the main things about RAW is how it gives you control over the balance between noise reduction & resolution at high ISO values.
To get the same things others just give you, you have to spend $160 on Capture NX2. That's just insane. (Thankfully I got NX 1.3 on the cheap two years ago--I paid $60--and for my D5000 files, I found a "hack" that tricks NX 1.3 into believing they're D300 files, and it recognizes them and works great with them.)
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