Is it ok to take my Nikon D7000 out in the snow?

Is it ok to take my Nikon D7000 out in the snow?

Of course.

How do you think we get such great shots in winter?

Just take care of it as you would any precision piece of photographic gear

What you will want to do is get a second battery and keep it in a pocket near your skin to keep it warm and as the battery in the D7000 gets cold and stops working, switch them, putting the cold battery in the same "warm" pocket. This will allow you to shoot for a long time in the cold.

The Nikon D7000 has a magnesium frame and weatherseals, making it a pretty good camera for bad weather.

Now, I don't recommend you doing THIS to your D7000, but the D300 in the photo and the fact that it was taken with a D60, tells you that your D7000 should do fine in the snow.

Here's a few hundred more pictures, taken with a D7000 in snowy conditions.

I would say it depends on first is it actually snowing and second are you prone to dropping things and third are you planning to wear the neck strap all the time you have the camera with you and fourth is there a chance you can fall and dump the camera into the snow?

You can bring it out but common sense dictates you shouldn't put it in or on the snow. You can shoot but always keep the camera hanging from your neck. That means you shouldn't do any stunts while you're the designated photographer.

Yes, but don't place it in the snow as it was done with that D300s in George's photo. The D7000, while somewhat weather resistant, is not waterproof. It may still be warm when you place it in the snow, and then it might melt some of the snow and it can leak into the camera. Also, the weather resistance of the lens matters too.

In short, taking it out when it's cold is no problem, but don't take chances by actually placing it in snow. A few falling snowflakes landing on it shouldn't be any danger to it though, especially when it already has cooled down itself and won't melt them.