Should I upgrade from my D3200 ?
Aug 16, 2018 08:24:17 #
Have you thought about using a monopod on your trip? It's not as good as a tripod (a tripod may take too long to set up if you plan on taking a tour), but would help stabilized the camera.
Aug 16, 2018 08:58:16 #
Do you have local friends you can compare cameras with? Try shooting with each other’s cameras with and without tripods to see how much difference operator makes and how much is the camera.
Aug 16, 2018 09:10:23 #
You might want to get a weather sealed camera like a D7200. I nearly lost a D3400 to dust when I was in Kenya last year.
Aug 16, 2018 09:16:27 #
schneiss wrote:
I have a D3200 and use a tamron18-270. I will be traveing to africa and want sharp pictures that i may choose to enlarge. I find i get shots now that arent as sharp as id like them to be. Ive tried to keep shutter speed up, but same issue. Should I uprade my equipment? Other suggestions?
You should see what that camera can do with a 300mm F4. The 18-270 isn't even close at 300mm.
Aug 16, 2018 09:46:23 #
D3200. Very difficult camera to learn even the basics on. This camera would discourage me.
Aug 16, 2018 16:46:37 #
Harry0
Loc: Gardena, Cal
schneiss wrote:
I have a D3200 and use a tamron18-270. I will be traveing to africa and want sharp pictures that i may choose to enlarge. I find i get shots now that arent as sharp as id like them to be. Ive tried to keep shutter speed up, but same issue. Should I uprade my equipment? Other suggestions?
Sure.
Clean your sensor. And the rest of the camera, lens and contacts too.
I "fixed" a camera by detaching the lens and blowing the fur off the sensor.
Your camera USED to take sharp pictures- it still does. Something else is wonky.
Africa- get a lens or two that'll go 400, maybe 600, easily and well. Getting too close outside to get a shot could mean being some critter's insides. Talk to your guide- many times they like hooking up similar lens size folk together.
Carnegie Hall- PRACTCE! Too much shutter speed means too much aperture means too small iso equals almost a good shot. Praactice your smooothness and stability.
The d3200 does take good pictures, and yours used to. Figure out how to do it again. Don't be learning WTF after you get off the plane!
Aug 16, 2018 17:45:33 #
I upgraded from my D3100 to a refurbished D7200 from Nikon.Very happy with the camera,it does so much more.
Mike
Mike
Aug 16, 2018 18:41:06 #
schneiss wrote:
I have a D3200 and use a tamron18-270. I will be traveing to africa and want sharp pictures that i may choose to enlarge. I find i get shots now that arent as sharp as id like them to be. Ive tried to keep shutter speed up, but same issue. Should I uprade my equipment? Other suggestions?
You bought one camera shy for sharpness. The 3200 was the last entry level nikon with lowpass AA filtering. Like all their other models, Nikon pulled the AA filters out of the D3300 and the results were sharper images (somewhat). They started with the D7100, The D800E and somewhere in the same time on the D5xxx models.
That and your choice of a third party walk-around lens could be improvements to look at. I know the D3300 was sharper. I bought one for the change to NO AA lowpass filtering which became a trend of many manufacturers about the same time.
Whether you know it, low pass AA filtering is a process that desharpens the image or smudges it. It's been pretty much done away with.
Explanations abound but I am not going there. The day is too short too soon.
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