Nikon Body Conundrum help needed

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I am going to replace my D300 or keep as second body. Not sure whether to go full frame the answer here is of course "depends what you shoot" but what if you shoot everything from wildlife to portraits ? I do lean maybe 60% action 40% landscape, weddings portrait etc. I have a budget of about £1700 budget max for the body / bodies. I have reseached full frame vs crop till blue in the face the truth is as an all rounder you probably need both.

Here's what I was thinking

1 - D810 (FX and DX mode and massive cropablity but very specialist camera

2 - Both D750 / D7200

3 - D500

4 - D810 and keep D300 as the crop reach body for another 18 months till the D500 drops price.

I know it's only me can decide but its driving me batty what's your inclination ?

Thanks in advance
 
What lenses do you have? If you have FF lenses the go FF otherwise you may have to buy additional lenses.
 
I know where there is a nice D4 for sale, £2k. ;)
 
Option two would be a great option for anyone..

Both take SD cards, similar controls etc..
 
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I shoot a mixture of all sorts, landscapes, sports, wildlife, macro, very rarely portraits and IMO the D750 is the best all round camera there currently is. I don't feel I need another camera unless I need something much smaller and lighter for travel etc. Dynamic range is so good I very very rarely have to bracket landscapes now. The flippy screen really helps with low level landscapes too. Noise performance is so good I'm 'happy' to let it rise up to 12800 ISO. AF is capable of keeping up with any action I've asked from it. Metering and white balance get it right 99.99999% of the time. It's lighter than the D810 and has the comfiest grip out of all the Nikons I've tried (YMMV). I don't need 36mp as don't print larger than A3, rarely crop 'that' heavily and don't want to slow down Lightroom any more than I need to.

I do sometimes think about buying a crop body as a second camera for extra reach, but then I do wonder when I'll need it. I have a 150-600mm and not a birder so never really found reach an issue. DX mode is a bit of a useless feature for me as I find it easier/better to crop in post (giving you the same result and resolution) as framing in DX mode isn't always easy.
 
I would buy the D750 and see how you get on

(I have a D750 and have just sold a D7200, have had the D7100/D7000/D300/D700 and have just bought a D810 - I shoot mainly birds and wildlife)
 
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sep9001 said:
What lenses do you have? If you have FF lenses the go FF otherwise you may have to buy additional lenses.
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This is a very good point as going full frame can mean expensive lens changes.

Currently I'm using a D750 and D7200. The D750 is my main go to camera. It's good for high ISO, AF and subject separation for shallow DoF. I mainly do wildlife with a little landscapes. Most of the time I don't miss the reach of a crop sensor as I have found I've worked around my subjects. The D7200 was picked up from here to try some remote wide angle that's a bit hit and miss. Doing remote stuff with only my D750 would result in many other missed opportunities as the remote camera can be out in one location for hours before a subject gets in exactly the right place and even then getting a sharp image is a gamble when having to preset a manual focus point and guess where the subject will be. Im going to use the d7200 over the next few weeks for a continuation of a Great Crested Grebe project I started trying last year. I found I didn't have enough reach being limited to 400mm on a full frame. With the grebes swimming on a lake I couldn't exactly get closer! If I wasn't trying remote camera stuff this year I doubt I would have two cameras, if you have a need for the two then it's a good combo. It's surprising how close the button layout is too, I think there is only one button that's in a different position so it's easy to swap between them. They also take the same accessories, batteries, memory cards so that's makes it easier too.
 
BillN_33 said:
I would buy the D750 and see how you get on

(I have a D750 and have just sold a D7200, have had the D7100/D7000/D300/D700 and have just bought a D810 - I shoot mainly birds and wildlife)
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Of all Nikon cameras at present the d750 seems to be the best bang for buck at present. I would do the same as Bill says, get the one that mostly suits your shooting style then add the other if you feel a need for it later. That said why not just keep the d300 as a second body and get something that your D300 can't do?
 
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I have a D750 and D300. Cant bear to part with the 300, its so nice to use.
You do know the D750 can be used in FX and DX modes, so your DX lenses could still be used ( at a lower resolution of course).
 
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