Nikon 7200 for a DX back up? Hi UHH, I presently have the Nikon D810 that I truly enjoy, recently I was enjoying a photo shoot and realized I need a back up. I have some nice Nikon...

ValliPride Loc: Lost in Florida

Hi UHH, I presently have the Nikon D810 that I truly enjoy, recently I was enjoying a photo shoot and realized I need a back up. I have some nice Nikon lens and without Breaking the bank I am strongly considering the Nikon 7200,
I have always had an extra camera and found that my Sony a6000 with Zeiss 32 1.8 lens was not truly working for me. I did concider the D750 but I think the other $ thousand could be used to purchase Lens. Any thoughts about the D7200, like ,dislike, I did have the Nikon D700&D300 and many other Nikons prior.

photostephen

I have both the D750 and the D7100. As far as controls go, they are nearly identical. As far as image quality goes, in good (bright) light, they are very similar. It is only when I have to go to a very high ISO does the D750 create better images.

So for a backup camera, one that you will not be your primary camera, I would agree that getting the D7200 and using the extra $$$ for lenses is a good choice.

ValliPride Loc: Lost in Florida

:thumbup: :thumbup: thanks

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

I have the D810 and D7100 (among others) and all full frame lenses, I use the crop frame camera instead of using a TC which gives me X1.5 without loss of aperture.

ValliPride wrote:

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Dr J Loc: NE Florida

I went from the D300 to the D7200 and couldn't be more pleased. In my opinion it would be like comparing a smart phone from 2008 (the D300) to a phone from 2015 (the D7200). The improvements are too numerous to mention here. I purchased the 18-300 f3.5-6-3 as my walk around lens and, with few exceptions, am very pleased with the sharpness. In low light situations shooting at ISO 800-1600 results in minimal graininess - and the focus is really fast.

Db7423 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

I have the 7200 and a 610 and love both. Your call but since you have a 810 (FX) I would go for the 7100 (DX) which would add some flexibility as well as a backup. I can assure you your 810 will become your backup in some situations. ;)

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

ValliPride wrote:

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The D7200 is an excellent backup choice to the D810.

ValliPride Loc: Lost in Florida

Thanks all.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I shoot Canon, but in the Nikon world you would have not only a good backup but a great combo to cover all circumstances.
I have the 6D FF and 7DII crop sensor. Your FF is more up scale than my 6D and that D7200 is as close as Nikon presently gets to my 7DII as an action/moving object camera.
It will be a great combo.

ValliPride Loc: Lost in Florida

robertjerl wrote:

I shoot Canon, but in the Nikon world you would have not only a good backup but a great combo to cover all circumstances.
I have the 6D FF and 7DII crop sensor. Your FF is more up scale than my 6D and that D7200 is as close as Nikon presently gets to my 7DII as an action/moving object camera.
It will be a great combo.

Wow coming from a Canon photographer that means a lot, my friends shoot canon so we bust each other's horns? I just bought the 7200 on my way home. Traded my sony a6000, I received a fair price for the sony and soon to set up the Nikon. One smart thing about the Canon lens they work auto focus on the high end sony. The Nikons do not. Bravo Canon Sony

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

ValliPride wrote:

One smart thing about the Canon lens they work auto focus on the high end sony. The Nikons do not. Bravo Canon Sony

No real mystery there, all by chance really. When Canon finally started making their own lenses rather than buying them from Nikon, they intentionally made their focus system (and their bayonet mount) rotate in the opposite directions from Nikon products just to distinguish themselves as different. Sony bought out Minolta cameras in order to obtain an already in production lens mount rather than develop their own. The Minolta mount and focus ring direction had already emulated the Canon system so with Sony's new store-bought system, being the same rotation as the Canon system, they could be adapted. Nikon lenses which have always rotated clockwise to focus could not be made compatible with the Canon/Sony counter-clockwise rotation direction without a bulky mechanically geared adapter, that is why they cannot AF on Sony's NOR Canons when adapted on them. Simple mechanics, no mystery.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

How does Sigma change the mount on their lens for their customers if you change camera manufacturers?

MT Shooter wrote:

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MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Brucej67 wrote:

How does Sigma change the mount on their lens for their customers if you change camera manufacturers?

Sigma is only able to do this on their Global Vision series lenses. They are a totally modular design and the AF drive is bi-directional. A mount is not all that is changed, the entire lower end module is what is actually changed for this modification.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

Thanks, I have wondered about this for some time.

MT Shooter wrote:

Sigma is only able to do this on their Global Vision series lenses. They are a totally modular design and the AF drive is bi-directional. A mount is not all that is changed, the entire lower end module is what is actually changed for this modification.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Brucej67 wrote:

Thanks, I have wondered about this for some time.

I didn't really know either until I sent two of them back to Sigma for the change on behalf of a customer, I had to ask my rep at Sigma exactly what was involved, that's how I found out. They have to go back to Japan for this work as it is not done at the Sigma USA service center.