Leitz Loc: Solms

Bad advice! That would require one to think for themselves which, if they had the the capacity to do so, they would not have posed such a ridiculous question in the first place.

Canisdirus

If he has it...yes.

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

See my response to previous post:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/tpr?p=11589317&t=665371

Realize that the 300mm end of the 28-300 zooms give much less magnification on a FF.

John O.

Full frame requires larger, heaver and more expensive lenses. I know some professionals who have switched from full frame to APCS and now use micro 4/3rds such as Olympus because of the crop factor and great saving of weight compared to full frame. I use APSC and won't consider moving to full frame because of the APSC advantages over full frame. I've used my Canon 7D MIKii at an ISO of 25,600 to capture kids bowling in dim light. I did use "denoise" and that group was very happy with the results. I do night photography with my APSC camera and am pleased with the results.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Tamron and Nikon both make a 28-300, but my experience with the Nikon has not been good. I've borrowed two from Nikon's NPS program, and another copy from a friend, and found them to be pretty bad on a D800 and a D810. It performs better on a 12 mp body like a D700 or a D3/3S. The higher mp bodies just reveal all of the flaws the lens has. If you care about your images, I suggest you stay away from these two lenses.

CO's suggestion for the Tamron 35-150 is right on the money. It will do well with just about any full frame camera.

If you need some convincing, read these two reviews:

https://www.opticallimits.com/nikon_ff/578-nikkorafs28300vrff

https://photographylife.com/reviews/nikon-28-300mm-vr

http://www.steves-digicams.com/camera-reviews/tamron/35-150mm-f-2-8-4-di-vc-osd/tamron-35-150mm-f-2-8-4-di-vc-osd-zoom-lens-review.html#b



And this comparator that lets you see how the lens performs with a variety of tested bodies:

https://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/Nikon/AF-S-NIKKOR-28-300mm-f-3.5-5.6-ED-VR-mounted-on-Nikon-D800E__814

maryo Loc: Santa fe

Hope this helps.

check https://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/cameras for cameras
and https://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/lenses for lenses

I have the same setup you have and would love to have a longer lens. I also wish the D7200 had a screen that would flip open. Then I also would love to have a tamron 70-200 which has great reviews. Of course I would need a long telephoto and a short one. Oh if only I was rich

brianthomas

Can't say enough great things about the Tamron 35-150 it is a great walk around and very sharp lens.

Canisdirus

Take a look at this webpage...
yes, the lenses are tested for the sony A7RIV...but that works in your favor for third party lenses.
If they can hold up optically for that powerhouse sensor...they will easily perform for your Nikon FF.
The tam 28-75 seems to do pretty well...not outstanding...but it will do better for your camera.
All in one lenses don't fare too well, because it is a mighty engineering feat to produce one that is excellent across the board.

https://sonyalpha.blog/2019/11/10/which-lenses-to-maximise-the-potential-of-the-sony-a7riv/

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

The equivalent of a DX 16-300mm lens for full frame (FX) would need to be a 24-450mm lens.

No 24-450mm FX lens exists.

The closest is the 28-300mm already mentioned. It will be bigger, heavier and at the current sale price costs about $200 more than your 16-300mm. And, obviously, the 28-300mm doesn't give you as wide a wide angle or as long a telephoto focal length as your current lens.

If you want the same range of focal lengths on full frame, you will need to buy and carry around two lenses.

You can get close to the same range with...

Nikkor 24-120mm plus a 100-400mm (Sigma or Tamron).

Nikkor 24-70mm plus Sigma 60-600mm.

Nikkor 24-120mm plus Nikkor 200-500mm.

Nikkor 24-120mm plus Sigma or Tamron 150-600mm.

Tamron 35-150mm, plus Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 and Nikkor 200-500mm... Buy a backpack. That would be about $2500, 8 lb. of FX lenses replacing your $629, 1.2 lb. "do it all" zoom.

There are many more options, but they're all going to be a lot heavier, bulkier and more expensive than what you use now.

Good news is that you can probably get top dollar for your D7200 whether you trade it in or sell it outright yourself, because it remains very popular even though Nikon has discontinued it. In a number of ways, the "old" D7200 is superior to the D7500 that replaced it. (Note: The D7500 does have some nice upgrades.. But was downgraded in other ways.)

Quite frankly, it's very possible you'd be better served keeping your D7200 and instead buying better lenses to use on it. Unless the camera simply can't do something you need, if your goal is "better images", you are going to see little gain dumping a bunch of money into an FX camera and FX lenses to use on it. Unless you are making really large prints (bigger than 16x24"), you could see much greater image quality improvements getting two or three higher quality lenses to use on your D7200.

Your current scenario is something I think is common.... a high quality camera fitted with a somewhat mediocre lens. Peoples' results are almost always better when they put more of their money into the lenses and less into the camera they use those lenses upon. But all-too-often the opposite is what happens.

Classes, seminars, how to books, photo safaris and camera clubs are other low cost ways to get the best out of what you've already got or, perhaps, out of a better set of lenses on your current camera.

There certainly are exceptions where a full frame/FX camera would be a better choice... But the vast majority of users would be better off sticking with APS-C/DX cameras. Keep in mind that your D7200 can use both FX and DX lenses, and is compatible with most Nikkors made the last 50 years or so, including earlier AF systems.

I don't shoot with modern Nikon cameras, so really don't feel comfortable recommending what might be some better quality lenses for use on a D7200. I bet some other folks here on UHH can advise, though.