Here goes on my first post! I have been using a Nikon D7000 for five years, and thinking about upgrading. I own 2 FX lenses, a 50mm f1.8D, and a 24-85mm f3.5-5 g (non-VR), and also 3 DX lenses, a 35mm f1.8G, an 18-140mm f3.5-5.6G VR and a Tokina 11-20 mm f2.8. With my lenses I'll definitely stick with Nikon, and probably DX as my wife & I like to hike and weight counts. Both D7200 and 7500 seem like they would improve on the D7000, and there is currently not much difference in price between the two. Do current D7500 users notice the supposed improvement in focus tracking and face recognition based on the new meter sensor? The D7500 is also supposed to be significantly lighter than either the 7000 or 7200. I process most of my photos in Lightroom, and post a good many on flickr. Thanks in advance for any advice and/or comments.

Ok guys, I need your help. The missus, who has never used any camera besides a point and shoot and her Iphone has decided that she wants a "good" camera. I discussed the options with her and she thinks she wants an APS-C DSLR. I would also like her to look at mirrorless options. She has a budget around $1500 and there are a lot of options out there for that or under so I would like help narrowing down those options before I take her to a store to look at and hold a few to see how they feel to her.

Costco has a Nikon D7500 with two kit lenses for around that price but when I explained that to her she indicated that her preference while learning would be a single everything zoom lens, i.e. 18 or 24mm to 250 or 300mm. She's leaning toward Nikon just "because" so I found that she could get a D7100 or D7200 body and still leave $500 to $700 for a decent lens.

So, recommendations for a good body (Nikon, Canon, etc.) and a pretty good single zoom lens that would fit in the general price range?

I have strictly bridge cameras and she wants something with better image quality and low light capability than 1" sensor (or smaller) cameras. So I'm looking for the best of that for the price. Also I want to get the best quality for the money in case she loses interest... (-:

BTW, before you suggest it, she will not go for used or refurbed. She is a new only gal. Doesn't make sense to me as I'm nowhere near new and she's kept me around for over 20 years, but that's the way she is.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Thought you might be interested in my experience with the Nikon D750 recall. Mailed the camera to Nikon on July 19. Just got it back on August3. Much quicker than I had envisioned.
Here is what they did: Replace shutter mechanism; Replace rubber grip (was not really worn): Replace rewind side rubber; Replace CF Cardholder rubber; Adjust shutter speed; Adjust auto-focus operation; general check and clean; clean CCD; Firmware upgrade. This camera was a year old and had fewer than 15,000 clicks, so may not have really needed some of the repairs - looks like Nikon is going out of their way to provide great service. I had been looking to get another camera for travel, etc. Now I will stick with Nikon cameras.

I am planning to upgrade from Nikon D5300 to a Nikon FF, I am considering the d750 and the d810. In the picture samples I have reviewed online I see more sharpening and picture quality on the d750 samples. I know there are many factors that can affect the sharpening and quality of the picture. I would like to hear your advice about these two cameras. I have read several reviews and the d810 is said to be superior. I shoot landscape, portraits, and general photography. I prefer the opinion of the users in this Forum. Thank you.

Hi Everyone,

I just joined the photography forum and apologize for my naivety but I will be joining a storm chase tour next week. I haven't used my camera much up to this point as I'm really new to the world of photography. I have a Canon EOS Rebel T6i. Since I haven't worked with it very much, are there any custom settings that I could set that would possibly help me take a good photo so that I am not playing around with the settings (which is what I'm doing right now:)). I know I'm limited on knowledge here but thought I would reach out to find out if anyone would have some suggestions for a rookie.

Thanks for your help!

Both Nikon and B&H have this lens for less than $200. I am shopping for an inexpensive lens for low light interior shots, museums, churches, galleries, subway stations, etc., with my D5500. I know about the plastic mounting flange but I am not that hard on my kit that this would be a concern.

I have read some of the reviews (there are more than 2100 on B&H and a couple of hundred more on Nikon's site) and they seem to be mostly favorable. Do any who own or owned this lens have any cautions or caveats?

Thanks for your help.

I also just read he specs and see that its now using the D500 sensor. Some here believe the D7200 takes better landscapes then the D500 so this may also be considered a downgrade by some. All in all this new camera as an upgrade to the D7200 seems to be an enigma which may anger and frustrate those looking forward to its release. It reminds me of when Canon released the 60D which in some ways was superior to its predecessor the 50D but in some significant ways was also a definite downgrade. It was often seen as an attempt to push those wanting an upgrade for the 50D to Canon's premier sports/action crop camera the 7D. I wonder if that's Nikon's intention here as well. It looks like the expected D7200 upgrade might be better named the D500 Lite.

I just received a Nikon 200-500 and a Nikon 1.4 teleconverter and tested them today on a extremely long distance shot of a Great Blue Heron. Using a tripod I took one series of photos without the teleconverter and another set with it. Camera settings on both were f/8 and both were taken at approximately the same time, under the same lighting using a tripod. The only pp done was a small amount of color correction and a heavy 1:1 crop. Then I enlarged the photo that was taken without the teleconverter to 140% in photoshop (a 1.4 software enlargement) to make the subjects same size in both photos.

Can anyone guess which was done using the teleconverter?