PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Have both the D7100 and D7200 cameras. Slight edge goes to the D7200 due to it's larger buffer. The D7100 buffer fills up quick!
As others have mentioned, the single card slot in the D7500 is a deal breaker for me.

Don

pjalper Loc: San Pedro Ca.

Have (new condition) manuals for the 7000,7100,7200 sitting on the shelf. Went D750 and never looked back. Books are yours for the asking (postage on you). Peter

ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

Thought about that same thing during my last GAS attack until two days ago. Couldn’t justify buying a 4th DSLR when my D3400 has a more modern sensor and processor and my D90 IQ is quite wonderful in itself. Don’t need two card slots or more than 5fps and I like the same 11point AF system in both the D3400 and D90. The D3400 is lighter than the d7000, great for travel and the D90 is about the same size/weight as the D7000. Your d3300 and my d3400 are excellent in low light with the proper lenses. The d7000 is a bargain, uses many old lenses but look into the autofocus issues it has had in the past. Could be a nice backup/2nd shooter for you but it would be a 4th shooter for me. I personally would consider a D7500 or Z50 at a much later time if the GAS attack became overwhelming. Happy shooting!!

Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal

You get better, more detailed menus.
You get an additional info screen right up top.
You can get better head nods from folk thinking they're in the know.
You can get those same PLeather half covers from eBay, for maybe three times the price.
It;s a bit bigger- fits and works just like the D3300, with more finger room.
All the lenses and parts and settings work exactly the same. You don't need to invest a lot.
You will anyway.
The D7000 is the top upgrade version of the D3000. Good cameras, same 16mp pictures.
The D3300 is the lower cost slimmed down version of the D7200.
Good cameras, both ... tjey take the same 24mp pictures.

I have the D3000, D3100. and the D3200. I sold my heavily used D7100 for a newish D600.
Nikon did the refurb, so the D600 is almost a newish D610.
Which is pretty much just a 24mp FF version of the DX D7100.
I'd skip the D7000, and get a D7100- it's the "magic" version to the D3300 anyway.
Basically.
Take the lenses you have and give them to the D7100.
Take the 18-105 from the D7100, and just bolt it to the D3300. You'll be happy.
If not, I'll give ya $50 for it.
;-}

Drbobcameraguy Loc: Eaton Ohio

The 7200 also has 1 stop more of low light focus ability. I had both before I bought my d500. I would never go back from it but the upgrade from 7100 to 7200 was not that big of a deal.

sscnxy

At lower ISO's (the usual ranges most photographers shoot in, which are not super high ISO's) the image quality from the D7100 is a bit better than that from the D7200. If you want to do a lot of shooting in darker ambient light, then the D7200 will give you more performance there.

MT native Loc: Big Sky Country — Montana

I have a D7100 for sale at $350.00 with 15,500 +/- actuations. Very good condition. Private message me if you are interested.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

I would disagree. The D7200 has slightly more color depth and slightly more dynamic range. I seriously doubt that at low ISO’s even extreme pixel peeping will there be a visible difference. At high ISO’s the D7200 has a clear edge.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

My vote would be for the D7200... unless you need the faster 8 fps frame rate of the D7500 for some reason (sports?). Not that the D7200 is bad with 6 fps.

While Nikon intended the D7500 to replace the D7200, in some ways it's more of a downgrade... But either camera will be an upgrade from a D3300.

D7200 has 24MP sensor with about 1/2 stop wider dynamic range, slightly greater color depth, but slightly less usable high ISO than the 21MP D7500.

D7200 has dual memory card slots and a higher resolution (1.23 million dot) rear LCD. The D7500 has a single memory card slot and 922,000 dot rear LCD... However, the D7200's LCD is fixed, while the D7500's is articulated and is a Touch Screen.

D7200 can be fitted with the MB-D15 battery grip, which both adds a battery to double capacity, provides useful secondary controls for shooting with the camera held in vertical "portrait" orientation, and can help make for better balance if the camera is used with larger lenses. That battery grip also fits the D7100..... but it ]does not fit or work with D7500. In fact, for some reason Nikon designed the D7500 without necessary connectivity to work with ANY battery grip at all. No Nikon grip is being made for D7500. There are some 3rd party grips being made to fit it, but they do not provide the secondary controls like the MB-D15 (and 3rd party clones of it) did on D7200 and D7100. There is only a shutter release button and that requires and external cable to the camera, for connection.

Hand-in-hand with it's faster continuous shooting frame rate, the D7500 has a larger buffer. In combination with it's slightly lower resolution, the bigger buffer can accommodate nearly 3X as many images as the D7200 in a single burst, before the cameras need to pause to clear the buffer. Not that the D7200 is bad in this respect. In fact, it's ability to buffer 18 14-bit, lossless RAW files or up to 100 large/fine JPEGs is quite respectable. Still, that means in the RAW mode the D7200 can handle a 3 second burst at it's fastest 6 fps continuous shooting rate. In comparison, the D7500 is claimed to be able to handle a 9 second burst of those RAWs... 74 14-bit, lossless files.

D7500 also is capable of 4K video, while the D7200 is "limited" to HD.

Both cameras have built-in wireless, though the D7500's has Bluetooth, while the D7200 doesn't.

So, it's a mixed bag, between these two models. You just need to decide which feature set is better for your particular purposes.

Enough people still appreciate the D7200's assets that it's value has held up. There are few of them still available new, but when you do find one it will cost more than a new D7500. Used prices of the two are nearly the same, which is unusual for DSLRs. Usually the used market value of an older model plummets when an "new upgrade" is introduced. D7200 was intro'd in 2015, so is now about five years old. D7500 was rolled out three years ago, in 2017.

Here are some links to comparisons of the D7200 and D7500, for additional info:

https://cameradecision.com/compare/Nikon-D7200-vs-Nikon-D7500
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/3436918000/nikon-d7500-vs-d7200
https://www.apotelyt.com/compare-camera/nikon-d7200-vs-nikon-d7500

There are a number of other online comparisons of the two.

You also can compare either camera with your current D3300, where either would be a significant upgrade.

https://cameradecision.com/compare/Nikon-D7200-vs-Nikon-D3300
https://www.apotelyt.com/compare-camera/nikon-d7200-vs-nikon-d3300
https://cameradecision.com/compare/Nikon-D7500-vs-Nikon-D3300
https://www.apotelyt.com/compare-camera/nikon-d7500-vs-nikon-d3300

Note one key factor, the imaging sensor of your D3300 is very similar to that in the D7200. It is many other features of the cameras that set them apart. For example, the pentaprism viewfinders of the D7000-series cameras will be bigger and brighter than the penta-mirror viewfinder of your D3300. The D7000-series cameras have higher specification shutters, too... with a faster 1/8000 top speed, faster flash sync and higher durability rating. Looking at the above comparisons, you'll find much more.

D7100 (24MP, 2013) might be worth consideration too. I'm sure you'd be able to find a used one at lower cost than either D7200 or D7500. Use any of the above online tools to compare D7100 with any of the other models and your present camera... and search for additional resources, if you wish.

There have been rumors circulating for a while that Nikon will be reducing the number of DSLRs they offer, in favor of more Z-series mirrorless models. Supposedly they will be phasing out the D3000-series and D5000-series cameras, along with the D500 being the end of that line. If they actually follow through on this, it would leave the D7500 as their only DX/APS-C model (along with 3 or 4 FX/full frame DSLRs). However, I would note that there hasn't happened... There hasn't been any "culling of the herd" yet. The D780 update to the FX D750 has come about... and the D6 will be replacing the D5. But that's all we've seen... so far. Here are links to the articles from close to a year ago: https://nikonrumors.com/2019/07/02/rumored-list-of-nikon-dslr-cameras-that-will-not-be-replaced-with-a-new-dslr-model.aspx/ https://petapixel.com/2019/07/02/nikon-to-drop-1-3-of-its-dslr-lineup-in-shift-to-mirrorless-report/

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SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

I would agree that for my purposes I give the D7200 a slight edge. There’s a reason it’s still one of the most popular DSLR’s that Nikon has made. Image wise I don’t think you’ll see any difference between either the D7200, the D7500, the D500 or your D3300. The big difference will be in using the cameras. The D7XXX series is a big upgrade. Once your camera is set up you’ll rarely need to use the menus. Almost everything is accessible by external controls. The big bright pentaprism is much nicer than the decent pentamirror in the D3XXX and D5XXX lineups. You’ll have faster focusing that’ll work in lower light, a better frame rate, WiFi. Once you learn the camera you’ll really enjoy the advantages of the entry level models. Like I said, for me the D7200 gets a slight edge, (possibly biased by the fact I own one), but either is a great buy right now, refurbished from Nikon at $700. But if I was buying today I’d probably go with the refurbished D7500 from B&H for $600.

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

I own a D7200. Moved up from a D3200 (That I still have and use and love). It does everything I need a camera to do. Currently available for a very good price, I would not hesitate. The D500 might appeal to those needing a speedy frame rate but the D7200 can do most everything the more expensive bodies do.

I think you would do well with a D7200.

sscnxy

Shooting everything the same, and comparing the images side by side, there is a slight but visible difference in the image quality at lower ISO's, the 7100 being better. I agree the 7200 is better at higher ISO's.

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

One thought, the 7500 refurbished is on sale this weekend. $630. At B&H, with their card, you don't have to pay sales tax.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

I bought a used D7200 from KEH for shooting time lapses. The camera works great with over 200k clicks. I wish it had a tiltable screen. If this camera bombs out, I'll probably get another if available.