dubyacee wrote:
First, if you do some research, you might discover as I did that moving up to a D7500 or even a D500 is a very small incremental gain from the D7200. The advice to spend your money on better glass is a better bet, in my opinion. Also, gaining one stop for a lens with the advanced ISO of todays cameras is not worth the cost to me. I have a D7200, Nikon 200-500 and Nikon 70-200 2.8 (bought used) as well as others. For birding, the 200-500 has provided me with some great photos and I seldom use the 70-200, except for portraits and usually well above 2.8. Unless you are a pro and making large prints, there are some good older lenses that work well. All this being said, I am only an amateur hobbiest photographer but can afford pretty much whatever gear I might want. I constantly research both cameras and lenses for comparisons and am quite happy for now with what I have. When it no longer does what I want, I'll move up a notch.
First, if you do some research, you might discover... (
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The one stop isn’t because of limited ISO as in film days, the one stop is for the *POP* of shallow DOF.