Either that or maybe a D800h w/ fewer MPs (maybe ala the D610's 24MP sensor w/ perhaps modest IQ improvement... or even the D4's 16MP sensor) and hopefully at a modestly lower price?
Could really use an upgrade from my old D200 (w/ its unreliably loosened, internal AF screwdrive after taking a big tumble on top of being long-in-the-tooth in general) and my daughter's D5100 (which I sorta co-opted for quite some time ) now...
Given the D7100's sensor's image quality, I probably don't need Nikon's fullframe at this point. Seems like only ~1 stop difference there (at 24MP anyway), which would be easily offset by other considerations like lens vignetting/edge-softness concerns, DoF, etc. in most instances.
IF nothing's coming soon, will probably have to choose between D7100 and D610 -- I keep going back and forth between them. Might just go w/ D7100 for now, save the $ diff, and maybe add whatever makes sense later to have 2 bodies -- whether D400 or D800h or similar. Doesn't seem to make sense to settle on D610 now (or even D800, if I splurge) if I probably won't be happy enough w/ it anyway... Not that I really want to add 2 bodies just for shooting stills -- that's more for shooting video (w/ diff POVs and editing) than stills in my case...
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Could really use an upgrade from my old D200 (w/ its unreliably loosened, internal AF screwdrive after taking a big tumble on top of being long-in-the-tooth in general) and my daughter's D5100 (which I sorta co-opted for quite some time ) now...
Given the D7100's sensor's image quality, I probably don't need Nikon's fullframe at this point. Seems like only ~1 stop difference there (at 24MP anyway), which would be easily offset by other considerations like lens vignetting/edge-softness concerns, DoF, etc. in most instances.
IF nothing's coming soon, will probably have to choose between D7100 and D610 -- I keep going back and forth between them. Might just go w/ D7100 for now, save the $ diff, and maybe add whatever makes sense later to have 2 bodies -- whether D400 or D800h or similar. Doesn't seem to make sense to settle on D610 now (or even D800, if I splurge) if I probably won't be happy enough w/ it anyway... Not that I really want to add 2 bodies just for shooting stills -- that's more for shooting video (w/ diff POVs and editing) than stills in my case...
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