Camera Upgrade - Nikon
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Hi All
I am seriously wanting to upgrade from my D60 few reasons or should I say things I want in my next camera
I want more than three focus points
I want it to have a motor in the body
I want it to have time lapse and video
I want it to fit my current DX lenses as I cant upgrade them as well
And I am stuck I almost went for the D5100 although it didn't feel like much of jump to upgrade to and then I discovered no motor in the body!
As for budget, well there is it one really, I will save etc to what I think is worth paying out for and would consider second hand too for the right camera.
Any suggestions?
I am seriously wanting to upgrade from my D60 few reasons or should I say things I want in my next camera
I want more than three focus points
I want it to have a motor in the body
I want it to have time lapse and video
I want it to fit my current DX lenses as I cant upgrade them as well
And I am stuck I almost went for the D5100 although it didn't feel like much of jump to upgrade to and then I discovered no motor in the body!
As for budget, well there is it one really, I will save etc to what I think is worth paying out for and would consider second hand too for the right camera.
Any suggestions?
Edited by kit80 on Saturday 17th November 21:34
JDRoest said:
Is it just me, but is Nikon's lens history a bit of a dogs dinner?
I think more their decision on where they put or left out motors in bodies is the bigger issue. The DX lenses, for the most part arent going to affect any people's decision. It's not a general next step from a D5100 to a D700 or D800, so in the majority of cases, the DX types are fine. There are some gotchas on the lenses themselves, I've never been convinced that the 24-70 was that much of an eye opener over 3rd party, but I guess the same can be said of the Sigma 50mm 1.4 and the Canon equivalent from what I hear.
No Canons!Thanks for replies, budget depends partly on what Christmaas bonus I get as well so this why I don't have a price range really.
Not that I have ever looked into properly as not a gadget person, but the Nikon range does baffle me, I know the ones with single digits are top end but after that I don't see the logic.
The D300 for example is 12mega pixels, but the New D5200 is 24 but is twice the price of the D5100 and I assume no motor in the body either, where D300 has.
And the D40/D60 I think is in the bottom end of the scale but why does it have less zeros?
The 40 and 60 are from an older generation of body naming. At the time the D40 was a decent camera. I have one, but I wouldnt take it as an upgrade. The D300 had a modification to the S version which added video and a couple of other things. It'd be a decent enough upgrade from a 60, but it's from roughly the same era.
The newer ones do have more megapixels, depends if you're in need of the megapixel count I guess
The newer ones do have more megapixels, depends if you're in need of the megapixel count I guess
andy-xr said:
The 40 and 60 are from an older generation of body naming. At the time the D40 was a decent camera. I have one, but I wouldnt take it as an upgrade. The D300 had a modification to the S version which added video and a couple of other things. It'd be a decent enough upgrade from a 60, but it's from roughly the same era.
The newer ones do have more megapixels, depends if you're in need of the megapixel count I guess
Oh no I would have thought the D40 was a downgrade!The newer ones do have more megapixels, depends if you're in need of the megapixel count I guess
Well this is where I am not sure if I do or not, I think the D60 is 10 megapixels which sounds like less than some of the iphones etc these days. I am not a pro but I do sell stuff so it makes me think i should be going for a higher megamixel count as well.
D90 or D7000 is probably where you want to go depending on budget, or D300 for the same sensor as the D90 but in the next body up (in both size and features). D7000 is kinda the replacement for the D90 I think but there is a bit of crossover.
Edited by GravelBen on Sunday 18th November 10:52
As I understand it the latest crop body Nikons all have a 4 digit model number, and are split into 3 ranges, D3xxx, ,D5xxx, and D7xxx. The 3 series being entry level, the 5 series being upper entry and the 7 being enthusiast.
From there the "hundred" number within the model indicates how recent the model is, so D5200 is newer and a slight upgrade on the D5100, which in turn superseded the D5000. Pretty much the same pattern follows in the 3 range, the D7000 though is still the (18 month old) current model although there's rumours of a D7100 early next year, and as such the old D90 which the 7000 replaced is still sold as the lower of the two enthusiast models, albeit it's a few years old now so a bit outgunned by some of the newer 3 and 5 series models. In your case though you'll be looking at the D7000 and D90 as they're the only ones that have inbuilt motor drive.
From there the "hundred" number within the model indicates how recent the model is, so D5200 is newer and a slight upgrade on the D5100, which in turn superseded the D5000. Pretty much the same pattern follows in the 3 range, the D7000 though is still the (18 month old) current model although there's rumours of a D7100 early next year, and as such the old D90 which the 7000 replaced is still sold as the lower of the two enthusiast models, albeit it's a few years old now so a bit outgunned by some of the newer 3 and 5 series models. In your case though you'll be looking at the D7000 and D90 as they're the only ones that have inbuilt motor drive.
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