looking for recommendations for a full-frame digital SLR

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i think i have wrung the last bit of life out of my nikon d70s

i am looking for some recommendations for a cheapish full-frame digital SLR.... preferably nikon as i can re-use some of my exist kit

speaking of... are my current batch of lenses ok... or do you need to use lenses that are more specific to shooting full-frame

thanks

yukioMishima
 
another thought... maybe something like a canon G7X..... as i don't have huge £ to spend

apart from the G7x... is there something similar i should be looking at

shooting in RAW is a definite

thanks

yukioMishima
 
just been doing a little more research and found these 2 alternatives:
- Sony Cyber-shot RX100 III
- Panasonic's Lumix DMC-LX100

anyone have any thoughts / experiences

thanks in advance

yukioMishima
 
If you find a cheap full frame nikon........ DONT TELL ANYONE!
 
sounds ominous... i guess no such thing exists then

from what i have seen... most full-frames do seem pretty expensive :(

maybe an alternative is in order

i primarily shoot urban / architecture..... if that makes any difference

thanks in advance

yukioMishima
 
probably south of £1000.... i guess that rules out a fair bit :eek:

if the right sort of camera presented itself... could posibly stretch to £1500

from what i have seen... from the last few hours of poking around.... it seems that there are some good cameras in the hi-end point & shoot / bridge cameras... but then a big price jump to the full-frame-ish slrs

or am i missing something?
 
yukiomishima said:
if the right sort of camera presented itself... could posibly stretch to £1500
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The Sony A7 is FF and is below £900 new and if you can cope with manual focus (it has peaking and magnified view available so accurate MF is easy) you could have an A7 plus 28mm f2.8, 50mm f1.8 (or f1.4) and an 85mm for comfortably under budget of £1500.

Other than new, you could buy used. Early FF cameras are pretty cheap.
 
If you have some nikkor full frame lenses already then the d800 second hand is within budget and awesome.

The d700 is well in budget and will be a massive step up from the d70, leaving plenty for a decent wide angle!
 
If you have DX lenses the d7000 is a great crop sensor body! I loved mine
 
D800 might require a PC upgrade! File sizes are HUGE!
 
If I was starting from scratch with that budget I'd say grey market Canon 6D, a nifty fifty and a used 24-105L (good deals as everyone sells their kit lens) would be a good starting FF kit. How heavily invested in Nikon lenses are you? Couldn't see any list on your profile. Of course, it also depends on your style of photography and what you'll be shooting!
 
That's quite a swing from asking about full frame to then the GX7/RX100/LX100! Everybody will have their own opinions on the merits of high-end P&S, bridge, crop and fullframe DSLRs, so I think you need to decide what it is you're looking for in any potential camera. I own an RX100, it takes good pictures and fits the "the best camera is the one you have with you" maxim but it supplements not replaces my DSLRs.

I'd say the good news is that because Nikon have gone through models quicker than Canon (full frame models since 2012: 3 Canon, 7 Nikon), the prices have also dropped quicker.
 
The words "budget" and "full frame" don't really mix well, and really needs good full frame glass to go on the front. My cheap mk1 5D suddenly cost me a lot of money in lens upgrades as it shone huge lights in the weakness of some of my 3rd party cheap FF glass.

I'd look at the newer versions of the Nikon DX line up, say a D7100 which will use all your existing glass, and leave you change in the budget for some glass is needed, pick up a used one maybe and leave even bigger budget for glass.
 
wow... HUGE thanks for all of your replies... really appreciate it

i will go thru them one by one and do a little associated research

my lenses are pretty much as old as the d70s.... so i am not holding out much hope that they will compliment a new FF body

more to follow once i have researched

thanks again one and all

yukioMishima
 
If you want a DSLR then you don't need to go FF to gain a huge improvement over what you already have - a D7000 or D7100 would probably be ideal.

The kit lens from the D70 was the 18-70 and that is a cracking lens - better than modern kit lenses so that would do you fine in the short term.
 
nawty

thanks for that... will take a look at your recommendations as well

yukioMishima
 
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