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What is the best companion camera to a D610 for a beginner?
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 378856" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>Here's a question that should be answered before any recommending happens. What is it that you like/want to shoot, and what is it that he likes/wants to shoot? Wildlife? Sports? Macro? Stars/Night Sky? Portraits? Street?</p><p></p><p>Without that I'm just telling you what bodies I consider good that are within your price range.</p><p></p><p>You're coming from a 40D, which is even more cropped than the Nikon DX cameras, so you're used to the format. Buying good glass for 2 DX cameras that cover a wide scope of interests - like landscapes to birds in flight - is much easier and less expensive for two DX's than it is for one DX and one FX camera. And there are some seriously good DX cameras out there. </p><p></p><p>DX glass can and will work on a FX camera, but be warned, it's not an electronic viewfinder and frankly it gets tedious and frustrating with a constant vignette on the focusing screen, let alone trying to compose an image in only 44% of your field of view. I know, I tried to make it work for a while. And the D610 will give you 10MP's in DX mode - that's less than 2/3 what you get with a good point and shoot that costs you 15% of what you paid for the D610.</p><p></p><p>Knowing one of you is serious and one is just starting, and nothing else, I'd heartily recommend the D7100 and either a D5300 or D3300. You can save some money buying used glass (I bought a second 18-105mm for about $100 recently) but if you want to go new then the D5300 w/ 18-140mm can be had for about a grand, which takes care of your better half. For your $2200, a refurb D7100 (what I bought) will run you around $800 or less if you look around, leaving $1400 for glass. My recommendation would be to invest in a <em>good</em> zoom lens that speaks to your greatest interest - a longer zoom for wildlife, a wide angle zoom for landscapes. $500 for a Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 leaves you another $700 in glass money, so how about a pair of primes (35mm & 50mm f1.8's) for about $400, and then buy another used 18-to-1-something so that you both have something versatile on your camera for walking around?</p><p></p><p>FX bodies take great photos, but you don't <em>need</em> FX sensors to shoot amazing pictures. If you're looking for a kit to share then you can get much more bang for your buck sticking with the DX range. It's frankly the more flexible format (said this FX shooter), and certainly affords you the ability to expand your equipment roster more readily since the glass is much less money. And if you want, you can invest in FX glass first because it works just fine and holds its value, and then have a set of lenses you can use should you ever decide to make the jump.</p><p></p><p>But again, that's me knowing nothing other than 2 people want 2 cameras.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 378856, member: 9240"] Here's a question that should be answered before any recommending happens. What is it that you like/want to shoot, and what is it that he likes/wants to shoot? Wildlife? Sports? Macro? Stars/Night Sky? Portraits? Street? Without that I'm just telling you what bodies I consider good that are within your price range. You're coming from a 40D, which is even more cropped than the Nikon DX cameras, so you're used to the format. Buying good glass for 2 DX cameras that cover a wide scope of interests - like landscapes to birds in flight - is much easier and less expensive for two DX's than it is for one DX and one FX camera. And there are some seriously good DX cameras out there. DX glass can and will work on a FX camera, but be warned, it's not an electronic viewfinder and frankly it gets tedious and frustrating with a constant vignette on the focusing screen, let alone trying to compose an image in only 44% of your field of view. I know, I tried to make it work for a while. And the D610 will give you 10MP's in DX mode - that's less than 2/3 what you get with a good point and shoot that costs you 15% of what you paid for the D610. Knowing one of you is serious and one is just starting, and nothing else, I'd heartily recommend the D7100 and either a D5300 or D3300. You can save some money buying used glass (I bought a second 18-105mm for about $100 recently) but if you want to go new then the D5300 w/ 18-140mm can be had for about a grand, which takes care of your better half. For your $2200, a refurb D7100 (what I bought) will run you around $800 or less if you look around, leaving $1400 for glass. My recommendation would be to invest in a [I]good[/I] zoom lens that speaks to your greatest interest - a longer zoom for wildlife, a wide angle zoom for landscapes. $500 for a Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 leaves you another $700 in glass money, so how about a pair of primes (35mm & 50mm f1.8's) for about $400, and then buy another used 18-to-1-something so that you both have something versatile on your camera for walking around? FX bodies take great photos, but you don't [I]need[/I] FX sensors to shoot amazing pictures. If you're looking for a kit to share then you can get much more bang for your buck sticking with the DX range. It's frankly the more flexible format (said this FX shooter), and certainly affords you the ability to expand your equipment roster more readily since the glass is much less money. And if you want, you can invest in FX glass first because it works just fine and holds its value, and then have a set of lenses you can use should you ever decide to make the jump. But again, that's me knowing nothing other than 2 people want 2 cameras. [/QUOTE]
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