I have kids who use iPhones (all of them), one also uses a micro 4/3, one uses a GoPro, one loves DSLR and the youngest doesn’t feel the need to take many shots so the phone is fine. All under 30 and tech savvy. For sports and action like cheerleading and dance an iPhone is inadequate, a no go. And in low light like a dance or school play, her photos have a chance to make a mark. The gift is an excellent one and, along with her phone, will make her a star for the yearbook. Good job grandpa, even if you have to show her the value of a DSLR.

Now for the question. I use my phone frequently, like this image to message to family of Matera in Southern Italy last month. I love my D850: you can sell the D800 and buy this extremely versatile camera. You would love an 850 or the fast action D500. But, if you need a tramp out in the woods camera, why not extend yourself and go mirror less or buy a bridge camera from Panasonic or Sony. A Panasonic G9 micro 4/3 takes great stills and better than average video with interchangeable lenses and is water sealed. Or stay with Nikon and get a lightweight Z5, or the more robust Z7. It’s not only your grand daughter who has an opportunity to expand horizons.

You may not want my thoughts! You appear to be out of touch with today's highschool students. Based on personal experience with granddaughters doing the paper and year book, the the dominant workflow is with connected cameras called smart phones. Anything like a D7000 doesn't fit and could deem your granddaughter as an outcast in the social network. The team approach does not have one member on a Kawasaki road bike with the rest are peddling bicycles.

Secondly, if your granddaughter is interested in photography it will be her version of it. She needs to be picking out her tools, not taking your cast offs.

Social needs in that age group are intense. She is picking a group to join and fitting in can be precarious. Dangling a Nikon around her neck could be as strange as showing up wearing grandma's diamonds!

Time for my granddaughter to get into photography ( on yearbook staff in high school) I'm going to give her my Nikon D7000 w/ 18 to 140 Nikon lens. Problem, what to replace it with ? I already have the D800 I use primarily for scenics and a D7100 w/ 80 - 400 for wildlife. The D7000 was my out in the woods hunting or out on the water fishing camera. I'm thinking of the D7500 w/ either an 18 - 140 or an 18 - 300. Thoughts ? from anyone with either combination of a better suggestion ? thanks

Time for my granddaughter to get into photography ( on yearbook staff in high school) I'm going to give her my Nikon D7000 w/ 18 to 140 Nikon lens. Problem, what to replace it with ? I already have the D800 I use primarily for scenics and a D7100 w/ 80 - 400 for wildlife. The D7000 was my out in the woods hunting or out on the water fishing camera. I'm thinking of the D7500 w/ either an 18 - 140 or an 18 - 300. Thoughts ? from anyone with either combination of a better suggestion ? thanks

Yabut, just be sure that granddaughter is a child of your daughter who knows you and not the child of a daughter-in-law who may have been molested by a relative "giving gifts and offering lessons" who might perceive your act of kindness as a prelude to isolating the girl and setting her up to later get the blouse off of her, and don't call me cynical - I have three sons and three daughters-in-law and many girls have been brainwashed by older women into thinking of every man as a pervert and expensive gifts are merely proof of "the facts."