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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 820172" data-attributes="member: 48483">Personally, I would just use the D5200. It is a backup after all.But, I cannot recommend buying a new F-mount DSLR even if the prices drop. All scuttlebutt says Nikon has stopped manufacture of F-mount bodies a while ago. Mirrorless Z-mount is the future.I currently have a D750 that is a 2nd camera, and a Z5 which is the primary. I am very slowly working to replace the F-mount lenses with Z-mount, and the D750 will get traded-in for a Z8 sometime in the future. In the meantime I use the FTZ adapter to use the older lenses. The Z5 was available as body-only for $1000 this past month, but I think the sale ended this weekend (Just checked, through June 2). May want to look at that (but skip the kit with 24-50mm lens, still cannot figure why that lens exists). Z5 can really be thought of as a mirrorless D750. About the same specs on most things. Uses 2 SD cards like a D750, same battery, same remote shutter release, etc. It does not have the top LCD display, all the auto preset programs, nor pop-up flash. Burst mode is a bit slower too. But you gain the mirrorless features, in-body image stabilization, and touch-screen control. AF is mostly the same, but no 3D tracking on Z5.And if the thought of mirrorless gives you a rash, used D850 prices are coming down.</blockquote>