Greetings. First post on UHH.

I do all of my photography these days with a D7500. However, for an upcoming overseas trip, i’m wondering if an old D3200 body would be satisfactory for IQ while saving weight? This is a standard site-seeing trip, primarily cities. I’d be using the same lens(es) either way, and I could deal with the menus on the D3200. Won’t really need the higher FPS, and i’ll be shooting RAW. Am I overlooking anything? Are there any other inherent issues about the D3200 that would make this a poor choice?

Travel lenses - now there’s another HUGE topic for another day...

Many thanks. Looking forward to the group’s collective wisdom.

I think the problem is that most people see the "auto" part of "M + Auto ISO" and assume that

a) It's leaving the camera to make decisions for them, and

b) They have to blindly accept what the camera proposes.

Both of those assumptions are wrong. Firstly, the camera offers suggestions based on what it determines to be an appropriate exposure level. Secondly, if you think that the camera's suggestions aren't appropriate, you can use exposure compensation (EC) to tell the camera to target another level of exposure.

Whether you dial in an EC value or not, at no point is the camera forcing you to accept a specific value. The user can start off by choosing whatever value of aperture he/she thinks is appropriate, then he/she can use one adjustment wheel to play off shutter speed against ISO. As the user changes the shutter speed setting, the camera automatically provides an appropriate value of ISO, based on whatever the targeted** level of exposure happens to be. By this process the user is in full control of the exposure.

**The targeted level of exposure is determined by the camera itself plus whatever EC value is dialled in by the user.

My suggested procedure is to choose aperture and EC first, because in most situations there will not be a sudden or urgent need to alter them, and the exceptions to that would be fairly obvious and easy to identify.

Where aperture is concerned, you can select what you consider to be the widest aperture that still gives sufficient DOF (depth of field). Being able to estimate that is one of the most useful skills a photographer can have. Going wider than that is something that would be done only in very demanding circumstances, and in a situation where a sufficiently fast shutter speed was more of a priority than sufficient DOF (and where ISO was maxed out). Again, those circumstances would be easy to identify.

The good thing about the above procedure is that it's logical and intuitive, and it doesn't require any skills beyond those which you acquire in order to do basic photography. (OK, knowing when EC will be required is probably a step up from being a basic skill, but it's not rocket science, and it's definitely a skill that's worth acquiring if you don't have it already).

I am plagued with my equipment and cameras (5) distributed throughout a number of camera bags etc. I want advice on how to store them for facile access.
I have been thinking of clearing out a closet in my study and putting them on current or new shelves in the closet. This will likely take me and a team of mules to move stuff (photographic mostly) to another place. This is why I want opinions before jumping in and moving stuff.
In your opinion is it safe to store cameras and lenses open on a shelf without being protected? For security reasons, is it safer to store equipment in closet rather than on open shelves in my study?
What do you do? Do you have suggestions and opinions?
Thanks in advance. I find the contributors on this site to be extremely helpful.