Charlie'smom

The D850 is not, and will not, be a consideration for me. The “tiny difference” is significant for me with having scleroderma.

My plan is to use the camera, with or without good, heavy lenses, in mostly stationary environments and the D7200 as more of an everyday, walk-around camera.

Thank you for the input,
Dana

NCMtnMan Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC

This is a bit of a different direction, but with your scleroderma and camera weight being an issue, have you thought about your D7200 with better glass in stationary environments and possibly one of the new Nikon P1000's as your everyday walk around camera?

Charlie'smom

Yes, I’ve gone back and forth on the possibilities. At this time in my life, I’m not looking at bridge cameras.

Again, thank you very much!

Dana

hobocamp Loc: Pittsford, New York

I moved from the 7100 to the 610 and am very happy with it.

sv3noKin51E

Charliesmom, Your brick and mortar may be able to give you a discount, comparable to NY, they all have expenses. I supported our local camera shop for 30 years until the day they abruptly shuttered with no warning to anyone. Store loyalty sometimes is an advantage, until the doors close. As long as the store is an authorized NikonUSA you should never have to worry about the body getting serviced by NikonUSA, and always choose the national service center; they put a 6 month warranty on the entire camera no matter what is repaired, replaced.

I found that sometimes I was ahead by talking to Nikon directly, then shipping it directly to Nikon LA/NY once they approved sending it in, without involving the dealer whichever half of the country you're in. Our dealer was always busy and it sometimes wasn't as clear to him that when Nikon said 'send it in' that didn't meant 5 days from now. If, it ever needs service, since if you buy locally you're supporting him, be sure to ask that he include free handling and express shipping to Nikon repair. The last time ours was in LA, they rebuilt it in 4 days from the time they got it into the que; I always pay for overnight return UPS rather than have one bump along over the Rockies for a week. Just in case, never assume if you need service that either the dealer or Nikon knows you want to pay for full catastrophic loss/damage replacement value for shipping insurance. It doesn't happen often, but one woman's camera had just been serviced at the Nikon facility, UPS fetched it and the same day the UPS truck was totaled, her newly refurbished camera was in pieces. The token $100 UPS check was all she had to show for it. When you pay for the best, don't ever cheap out on shipping or insurance. Happy shooting, sv

SusanFromVermont Loc: Southwest corner of Vermont

Do you have a good sturdy tripod? I use mine most of the time, with a remote wired shutter release, because I am not very good at getting sharp images hand-held. Since you are mostly in stationary environments, it makes it much easier to deal with added weight, not having to do much more than mount it on the tripod!

Charlie'smom

Good advice. Thank you. I’m 125 miles from LA. Worst case scenario, I could take it myself. It would be a nice motorcycle ride. That’s the ONLY way to maneuver through that traffic!

Charlie'smom

I do have a sturdy tripod, as well as a remote wired and non-wired shutter release. They’ll both get lots of use.

Thanks.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

I have both. the D7100 for macro & telephoto images, the D610 for low light, wide angle & normal shooting...Seldom use a tripod, especially for macro shooting

stogieboy Loc: Marlboro, NY

Well, I moved from the D3200 to the D750 in January 2017. My main reason was that I am really into landscape photography, and was getting into night photography. I quickly realized on an overnight workshop that to get good photos, I needed longer exposure time. With the D3200, I would get some serious "ghosting" around the edges of the frame on any shot over 4 minutes (these were not all star/sky shots, so I needed the longer exposures). I wanted to do a lot of light painting, but without the ability to have longer exposures, that was quite difficult, so I wanted the full-frame camera to capture all that I could. Outside of that, I never really had an issue with the D3200, but I just felt like I could get more out of a full-frame camera. I really appreciate the ability to shoot in higher ISO with the D750. It has allowed me to get those 4-5 minute exposures and have the ability to light paint from multiple angles in a single exposure. The ONLY thing I miss about the D3200 is how much lighter it is than the D750. I still wouldn't go back, but there are times that I wish my gear didnt weigh so much...

Good luck! I would offer the advice to really think about "why" you want to move up. I don't say that to talk you out of it, but the crop sensors really don't have many drawbacks for most photographers, unless you're in a situation like me, where nighttime exposures became my main focus.

no nameJoe

I have both the 610 and the 750 the 750 focuses a little faster than the 610 and the 750 has the tilt screen otherwise I find no diference

Charlie'smom

I don’t shoot sports or wildlife (for the most part), and usually shoot manually. I had a D5500 with the tilt screen and really don’t miss it on my D7200. So if those are the main differences you’ve found, getting a used D610 and a couple of good pieces of glass may be my best option.

Decisions, decisions!

Thanks for the input!

ggttc Loc: TN

I upgraded from the D7100 to a slightly used D800E ( $1100 with 12,000 shutter count) and the difference is night and day. The ability to heavily crop a 36 mp image and still maintain IQ is remarkable.

Weight difference in only about 2 oz from the D750.

joe p Loc: Philadelphia, PA

Since weight is an issue maybe you should wait for the Nikon Z’s to be released.

Russ1700

A couple of years ago I did exactly what you are thinking, upgraded from D7100 to D610. Differences in quality, very little, however with lenses substantial. I like the low light capability of the D610. Downsize is the extra weight of the whole outfit, body and lens. If you go and get the Nikon holy trinity of lens, then add a bag to carry all that gear, it get very heavy.