DSLR Cameras: Should I upgrade to Canon 60D or switch to Nikon D7000?

Almost every answer here, was based on the camera that the person owns, not a real review based on which camera they think you should get. The reason every single person told you you should get the camera that they own, is because the truth is that people only know what they use. If you asked 10 Nikon people which camera they should get they would all say you should get the camera they have. If you ask 10 canon people which camera you should get they'll all tell you you should get the camera they have. Only people that tell you to get a Camera different than the one they have, are the ones that are very unhappy with the camera they have and looking to upgrade, which is the same position you're in, so then they would simply be asking the same thing you are which is "what should I spend my money on." Nikon and Canon basically work like this; one company comes out with the camera that's amazing at a certain price range. Then a few months down the road the other company comes out with a camera that's about the same price range but better then the other guys. Then a few months or year down the road the other company comes back out with another camera that cost about the same as with the other brands camera but is even better. Or it costs a little bit more, but has some killer tech in it that every photographer wants. This is called competition. This is how companies get people to either buy them for the first time or switch to them from the other brand. And so every so many years, many photographers question whether they should switch to the other brand, because it happens to be that company at the moment has the better camera for the money. That's why all the pro photographers will tell you to stick with whatever camera brand you have invested lens with. Because if you sell your lenses, you'll never get back all the money that you spent for them and that would simply be a loss of investment. If Canon doesn't have a camera that has all the features that you want, for the price that you want right now, then my suggestion would be to save up a little bit more money and buy a more expensive Canon camera, or wait. If you really don't want to wait, and Nikon has a camera right now that cost about the same as the Canon, but it's a newer model with better features, then sell all your lenses, and spend all the money and switch to Nikon. I'm a Nikon guy, have been for 15 years. Every so many years I would see Canon come out with another camera that made my Nikon camera look like shit and I would wonder if I should sell all of my stuff and switch. Then I would realize that I would lose too much money in the lenses that I had already purchased and I would realize that I was being foolish and impulsive and I would simply wait. Sure enough a few months or more down the road Nikon would come out with a camera that made a lot Canon people green with envy and seeth with jealousy and I would buy it and upgrade. I would see people who used Canon asking if they should switch to a Nikon because my camera was really nice and they were wondering if they should just make the switch, and I would tell them about what I had done and remind them that they should probably just wait and sure enough few months or more down the road Canon would come out with a brand-new camera that made the one I had just bought look like a piece of poo all over again. Then the same photographers would go and buy the brand-new Canon and come over and brag about how much their Canon camera shot the most amazing video or had higher ISO rates so they could now shoot a black cat in a cave or how the latest Hollywood blockbuster was using their Cannon on set and I would begin to wonder if I should have simply waited and switched but that's exactly how the cycle goes. It always comes down to two things really; how much money are you willing to spend for the features that you need. That's it. If you can afford, $1500 then pick the model that comes closest, with all the features you want and buy it. If it's not the newest and you want the newest, then either save your money and wait or save up some more money and get the next model up for say $1900 or $2200. I am making up figures, but I think I'm making sense. Whatever brand you buy, the other guy will come out with a better one next month. Or worse, the brand you bought will come out with a better one next month and you will wonder if you should have waited. That's life. That's technology. When I bought my fist Nikon DSRL, I did it because at the very moment, it was slightly better than Canon and it fit my needs and budget. Then Canon came out with their second Digital Rebel model that cost slightly less than mine and a friend came and bragged about how nice it was and I tried it. Wow. The colors had a vibrant yet silkyness to them. The noise looked more like film grain and I'll never forget that feeling of 'Damn, if I had just waited a few more months...maybe I made the wrong choice.'  But I didn't switch, I just kept using what I had and then Nikon came out with a new model that made the Digital Rebel look like a toy. I upgraded and was happy until around the time Canon started with the 5D Mark Echo Charlie Delta blah blah I can shoot video camera and I was sad all over again. Now I shoot with a Nikon D4. 6k for the body. The first time I pressed the shutter and I fired off 11 frames a second and then did that for about 30 seconds, I literally lost my mind. I was in heaven. 128,000 ISO and it looks great? Wow. Now, I don't even want to know. I'm sure the latest $1200 model is probably almost as good. It will never end. So pick a side, stick with it. Get the newest one you can afford. Or save more if it's not what you want. Don't settle. Don't go back and forth. Canon makes wonderful stuff. I'm sure of the 60D or whatever model you're looking at won't make you happy today, then they will probably come out with one around Christmas or after the first of year that will.

My first and last preference will be D7000. As I own this camera and love it. Also if u compare canon 6oD and D7000, there are lot of differences and Nikon is way ahead. And If u want to shoot videos (preferably), then buy canon 60D.

according to my best knowledge, you should go for Nikon D7000 ...because i am also having it....and totally satisfied with it, you cannot get better performance than D7000 in this range... and all the function buttons are outside the body only,,which canon do not provide much... 100% viewfinder coverage,,,,excellent battery life....shutter sound is amazing...image formats give performance amazing....specially RAW of this camera than 60D is much better...and most important it has 39 autofocus points... i think you should go for nikon D7000... and after this if you have any doubts ..then please search...nikon D7000 vs Canon 60D on YOUTUBE...there are a lots of number of videos available .... Thank you