nikon d90 repair or replace

[drgoatboy]

My d90 recently went wrong so I sent it off to Nikon for repair. Well the quote for repair has come back at £200.
Problem is they are only worth about £200, so I'm left with a quandary.

Pay for the repair or upgrade to say a d7000 and sell the d90 for parts.

The d90 is in excellent condition and not been used that much, nikon will do a full clean and calibration at the same time so it should come back as good as new.

But.... the d90 is now an old camera and arguably something newer would be a better camera for not much more money.

Alternatively I could sell all my nikon kit and get something mirror less!
I don't take huge amount of photography and I'm not very good but the photos I can take with my d90 were night and day better than what I can take with a compact....

Thoughts?

Thanks
GB

[drgav2005]

Personally I'd put the money towards a newer camera... go on, you know you want to! :-)

[drgoatboy]

The d7100 does look very tempting...

[tonyb1968]

It really is down to you, if you enjoy the D90 then its worth getting it repaired but then the D7100 is also an excellent replacement, if you can afford to then having both are worth keeping (I still have my D80), as having a back up is nice

[Whoozit]

drgoatboy said:

Alternatively I could sell all my nikon kit and get something mirror less!

I have a Nikon kit including a D90, and recently added a Fuji XE2 based kit.

Pros of repairing:

No learning curve
Don't need to sell and upgrade
you're already happy with it
Difficult/expensive to get wide angle/narrow DOF with mirrorless. So your shooting style will also play a part.

Cons:
Sensor technology is massively moved on since the D90. If you do any low light photography, or even want subtle tones, the Fuji is light years ahead of the D90. I do a fair bit of gig photography. With the D90 I'd cap the auto ISO at 1600 and accept the darks were going to be blocky, lots of grain, and colours washed out. With the Fuji, 3600 ISO looks pretty amazing.
Mirrorless has greater DOF for a given effective focal length (pedants, stay away...)
Mirrorless EVF is great but takes getting used to and there is a little lag/difficult to take rapid action shots

Why not keep your existing Nikon gear and buy a lightly used, more recent DX body? No learning curve, no lens replacement, but better image quality?

[drgoatboy]

Thanks everyone, you helped me decided.
Decided to not get the d90 repaired and just ordered a d7100 from HDEW.

The D90 is a bit long in the tooth now so hoping the D7100 will be a positive step forward. Maybe I'll get a few quid for spares or repairs for the D90 on ebay....