DX upgrade
Aug 3, 2019 17:57:03 #
foggypreacher
Loc: Dickinson, Texas
Hey there fellow UHHers!
I am shooting a Nikon D3400 DX right now. It is fine, but I feel like there may be something more to be done now with another DX upgrade to help me be a better photographer. I understand some of them have better sensors, more control over some features.
Right now I am mainly taking photos of events at my church and mostly following the progress of houses being rebuilt from damage c/o Hurricane Harvey in the Dickinson, TX area.
Until I decide if I am going to concentrate on landscape, birds and animals, insects and flowers or whatever, the lenses I have are enough (so I believe): 18-55 mm and 70-300 mm kits lenses, 35 mm DX f/1.8, 50 mm FF f/1.8 and an 18-140 mm DX f/3.5-5.5. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
I am shooting a Nikon D3400 DX right now. It is fine, but I feel like there may be something more to be done now with another DX upgrade to help me be a better photographer. I understand some of them have better sensors, more control over some features.
Right now I am mainly taking photos of events at my church and mostly following the progress of houses being rebuilt from damage c/o Hurricane Harvey in the Dickinson, TX area.
Until I decide if I am going to concentrate on landscape, birds and animals, insects and flowers or whatever, the lenses I have are enough (so I believe): 18-55 mm and 70-300 mm kits lenses, 35 mm DX f/1.8, 50 mm FF f/1.8 and an 18-140 mm DX f/3.5-5.5. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Aug 3, 2019 18:12:05 #
Aug 3, 2019 18:16:07 #
rjaywallace wrote:
Forget camera upgrades. Buy a good quality cellphone now!
Multipurpose devices never have the capability of purpose built tools.If your budget will handle it, D 500. If not D 7200 or D 7500.
Aug 3, 2019 18:25:04 #
quixdraw wrote: Multipurpose devices never have the capability of purpose built tools.
If your budget will handle it, D 500. If not D 7200 or D 7500.
Multipurpose devices never have the capability of purpose built tools.If your budget will handle it, D 500. If not D 7200 or D 7500.
Ditto!
Aug 3, 2019 18:45:19 #
quixdraw and mcmama - Unless you are a pro who shoots for advertising, fashion or medical research, quality cellphones with cameras are the future. And they are only getting better. Get used to it!
Aug 3, 2019 18:53:55 #
rjaywallace wrote:
quixdraw and mcmama - Unless you are a pro who shoots for advertising, fashion or medical research, quality cellphones with cameras are the future. And they are only getting better. Get used to it!
Sorry Charlie, without a finder, under many light conditions your multipurpose device is just shoot and pray. Been there done that. I will say, I can't make phone calls with my Nikons, but they are far superior photographically.
Aug 3, 2019 19:06:40 #
rjaywallace wrote:
quixdraw and mcmama - Unless you are a pro who shoots for advertising, fashion or medical research, quality cellphones with cameras are the future. And they are only getting better. Get used to it!
Oh B.S. Maybe for snapshots and, ugh, Snapchat. But not for Photography.
Aug 3, 2019 19:07:20 #
quixdraw wrote:
Sorry Charlie, without a finder, under many light conditions your multipurpose device is just shoot and pray. Been there done that. I will say, I can't make phone calls with my Nikons, but they are far superior photographically.
Once again, Ditto.
Aug 3, 2019 19:07:27 #
foggypreacher wrote:
Hey there fellow UHHers! br I am shooting a Nikon ... (show quote)
For your lens kit, go with a D7200 or a D500.
Aug 3, 2019 19:09:47 #
I have a D7200 and a D500, both great cameras...if you budget allows, buy the 500... 
Aug 3, 2019 19:22:23 #
mcmama wrote:
Once again, Ditto.
Snobs and deniers! You are the same folks who say there is no climate change and swear daily random shootings are acceptable in America.
Aug 3, 2019 19:37:11 #
Show me the money - in this case the photos. I don't spend any time in Coffee Shops, and live in the country. We can pick alternate subjects. Mano a mano. Not snobbery just fact - see if your phone can match my Nikons. As to your other issues - they are irrelevant in this conversation.
Aug 3, 2019 19:50:59 #
Aug 3, 2019 20:07:06 #
Actually with the subjects you shoot full frame would be better but your lenses are DX so unless you want to buy some new lenses then going to a 7000 series or the D500 body is your upgrade route. The D500 is the nearly pro level crop sensor for birds, animals sports etc. But if the money doesn't bother you get it. Better to have more camera than you need than to find out again you need more camera.
Aug 3, 2019 20:48:04 #
The Nikon D3xxx and D5xxx series cameras have a pentamirror viewfinder. If you go to a D7xxx or above Nikon, you get a superior pentaprism viewfinder. The glass prism inside gives a larger, slightly brighter view through the viewfinder. I have two D500's. The view through the viewfinder is as large as my full frame D750. It really helps with composition. Another nice thing about the D500 is the joystick controller on the back.
Pentamirror (D3xxx and D5xxx series) versus pentaprism (D7xxx, D500, and full frame). The D500 has a viewfinder as large as full frame cameras.
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D5, D500, and D850 have a dedicated AF processor
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