That's pretty much where I see myself head to. I'm thinking quality glass will give me more than a better camera. I'm not real sure that as long as I am getting shot I like with the camera I have do I really did to move up to a even better DX camera? Just spend the money on glass and go shot more photo and became a better photograph taker. I am seeing the man has a lot to do with the quality of photo produced from the tools in his hands.

Here is some of what I am now doing photos with birds and landscape/waterscape. Both of these photos were taken with the D5300 & Tamron 18-270 lens.

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Question Steve. If I was to buy a D810 and I put in Crop modes does that give me the same DX crop photo as a true DX camera with the same lens on both?

Also I find I am cropping most of my shots taken with the rented 200-500 lens even with the D5300 camera. So wouldn't the FX photo cropped down below normal DX size have even more loss of quality than the DX photo cropped drop from it's normal photo size?

Thank you Steve that pretty much answer my question on the cropping of FX to DX size to get the same length in focal length of a lens for long shots on birds and animals.

If I am understanding you right in close up shot were you are going to use the whole frame as shot in camera the FX bets the DX. Like landscapes and portraits.

But for getting the most from a lens in far off shots for wildlife the DX wins. Have I got that right or am I off somewhere?

If thats right then all I have to do is make the choice of just what I want to shoot the most and get the best photos I can for that type of shooting. But then cost also comes into play as going FX cost a whole lot more.

I think I am seeing a move up when it happens, from my D5300, being in the DX line either to a 7*** or even up to the D500. Because I like shooting wildlife and the cost of going FX is most likely out of my range for the pocketbook.

I am going to ask another question here that maybe you could help on since it seem you shoot a lot of birds/wildlife on lenses. I have rented a Nikon 200-500 and thinking about buying one. But another way I've though about is going with the Nikon 300 f/4 prime with 1.4 TC. The prime with TC cost more, but for someone taking photos only for self and posting on web would be the best buy?

Thanks you again.

Thank you Apaflo for replying to my questions. You have cleared up some of the thinking I was have troubles with. Thanks again

Thank you all for your kind words

As the title says I just joined the group and want to show some of my photos. These were taken Aug of 2016 on a visit to Minnesota/North Shore. These are some I edited to print for my home wall.

Nikon D5300 with a Tamron 18-270 lens

This is the Cascade Falls in Osceola WI


A lower falls just below Devils Kettle Falls, North Shore


High Falls on the Pigeon River border between US and Canada


Ramsey Falls


Minneopa Falls, Minneopa State Park

I am a retired Postal Rural Carrier and just started to get into photography last spring. Moving from point and shoot to a Nikon D5300 and trying to learn the ropes of running the camera rather than letting the camera run me. I have lots of question so looking forward to answers from those of you in the know.

Found this site through emails and glad to have found it. Looking forward to my time here.

I am fairly new to photography, less than a year. I hear that full frame cameras give a sharper and more clear photo than crop cameras, because of more pixels.

My questions are. If you shoot a photo both with full frame and a crop camera (since the D500 is said to be the D5 in full frame cameras lets use those two cameras) with the same lens and crop the full frame photo to DX size is there a difference in photo quality?

Is there still more pixels and a sharper photo with full frame?

Also my Nikon D5300 has a photo size of 4000X6000. If you crop a full frame photo to that same size is the full frame photo the same cropping? Would this give you the same photo with full as crop?

My chance of ever selling a large photo is, small or next to none, so crop cameras give the print photos I need for myself. I am thinking of upgrading to a better camera sometime in the future but thinking lenses for now. I don't want to by DX lens if I should move to FX for a camera upgrade later.

What I now have is the Nikon D5300 with a Tamron 18-270 lens which is on my camera most of the time with a DX 35 mm in my bag. I would like to move into wildlife/birds and thinking of buying a Nikon 200-500 lens, a FX lens I know. I am also thinking of trying the Nikon 16-80 DX lens for my walk around lens. Hoping to get a little better photo than the Tamron gives. What are your thoughts on that change?

I know a lot of question in one post but would like and hope you all can give me some great answers.

Thank you in advance.