GAS - Spend my money on Nikon gear.....

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I dont have any spare cash, but ive serious GAS right now,

Current body is D300 which I feel is getting a tad long in the tooth for my liking.

Ive hired a D500 and felt quite at home with it.......

Howvere - the D750 catches my eye with its FX promise of mega high IQ....

Current glass selection:
70-300 Nikkor
35mm Prime Nikkor
16-85 Nikkor
100mm Tamron Macro

I dont particularly specialise and have no need for huge long glass (except for my annual Silverstone Motogp visit)

Have a look at my Flickr :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30938108@N02/albums

And see if you can recommend me some new Nikon gear...


...Or even a beginners tog course!
 
I went from D750 to D500. I wanted to get as much perceived reach as possible. I'm finding that it's actually a good all round camera. Don't miss full frame at all.
 
Looking at your flickr pics I don't think you'll benefit from going FF tbh and the D500 may be better with it's super duper AF system and wide AF spread. Difference in DR is negligible and so the only benefit of the D750 would be the noise handling, but looking at your flickr you don't appear to take many low light shots. Sure pixel peeping and in studio controlled tests the D750 should give sharper/more detailed images, but in the real world I very much doubt you'll see it.
 
If it's GAS and you have a hankering for full-frame, then only a FF camera will scratch that itch - regardless of the benefits.

In which case, you'll need to swap out the 16-85 as that's a DX lens, for something like a 24-70/2.8 or 24-120/4. All your other lenses will behave differently so wait until you've acclimatised to FF before making final decisions. One obvious thought is if you regularly use the 70-300 at the long end, then you'll be short of reach on FF. A replacement for that might be the excellent Nikon 80-400. Expensive itch ;)

Or, get the D500, add a super-wide zoom and maybe upgrade the 16-85. That'll expand your horizons in every way and makes more economical sense, but looking forward, it locks you more firmly to DX format.
 
If it's the cheap 35mm then that's for APS-C too, still perfectly sharp on FF but with a bit of vignetting
 
I'm like Trevor, went from a D750 to a D500, and aside from a better Wi-Fi implementation (no Snapbridge required), I've found I haven't missed the D750 at all. As I also have a D810 though, I do have the FF side already covered, but I love the fact that the controls are very similar between the D500 and D810. As far as high ISO goes, I personally am certainly not seeing a 1-2 stop advantage that the D750 was supposed to have (more like ½-¾ of a stop at best). I have been really happy with the D500 up to and including ISO12,800 for good feather detail in bird photography, which is about as far as I ever pushed the D750 anyway. I know others will disagree but there you go.

As an aside, I do also love the Nikon 16-80 F2.8-4 VR lens that I got with my D500. It's super sharp and contrasty at all FL's and VR works great. It's been a much better lens that I had been lead to believe by some reviews (albeit still quite expensive), and better than my previous gold standard Nikon 17-55 F2.8. About the only advantage of that lens was the constant F2.8 aperture, but my copy was particularly susceptible to field curvature, where as the 16-80 doesn't appear to be.
 
I had many good years with a D300. Finally stepped up to my current full frame D610.

You may want to bare this in mind...

D300/D500 is a 'pro' body, ie full manual and in my opinion, all the functions have their own buttons and controls that are placed in very ergonomic positions. But with APS-C sensors.

D610 is full frame but the body is not classed as a pro body. Ie the buttons and controls are doubled up for most of the functions. For me, I instantly noticed how far less ergonomic it is. However, I want full frame so it's a good compromise. D750 is also a non pro body.

Go and have a test with your choices and see what you like. As already mentioned, if you really want full frame, get full frame!
 
I fully agree RE ergonmics. one of the reasons Ive been Nikon for years is that my first (D70S) felt better to handlle then the 350D of the time.

D500 is my logical upgrade route as I like the thing, it fits all my glass and I know where all the buttons are.

BUT - with the price of the D750 being comparable, I just want to convince myself that whichever way I go, I get the best bang for buck.

Once Im set body wise, Im thinking of changing up the 70-300 for the new 80-400.....or maybe 70-200 2.8, dont know yet.
 
Hertsman said:
I fully agree RE ergonmics. one of the reasons Ive been Nikon for years is that my first (D70S) felt better to handlle then the 350D of the time.

D500 is my logical upgrade route as I like the thing, it fits all my glass and I know where all the buttons are.

BUT - with the price of the D750 being comparable, I just want to convince myself that whichever way I go, I get the best bang for buck.

Once Im set body wise, Im thinking of changing up the 70-300 for the new 80-400.....or maybe 70-200 2.8, dont know yet.
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D750 is a better bang for buck as it's older.
 
Hertsman said:
Not sure I undertsnad the logic there ?
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Tech is always expensive when it's first out and over time the price becomes more reasonable. OK this is a bit skewed at the moment due to the brexit and the strength of the pound against the yen. The D500 is still pretty new and the relative price hasn't dropped much.
 
trevorbray said:
I went from D750 to D500. I wanted to get as much perceived reach as possible. I'm finding that it's actually a good all round camera. Don't miss full frame at all.
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How does noise compare at around 12800 with these 2 units
 
lushuk said:
How does noise compare at around 12800 with these 2 units
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Sorry. Can't help. Never shot that high.
However, I'd always choose full frame if I wanted the best low light performance.
 
No worries :) thanks
 
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