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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 147244" data-attributes="member: 4923">Tough questions to answer, especially through a 3rd person.Cameras in the running would be d3200, d5200. Even a d5100. D5100's are going at good prices. These will all take the same lenses and have a similar user interface. Any of these cameras would get her video capability and with the d5100-d5200, a swing out screen. She would get some additional camera features and some better low-light capability. She would also get more mega-pixels. More MP's would give bigger blow-ups or the ability to crop an image a little more and get a bit 'closer' through software. She will notice better image quality.No telling if any of this would impress her or improve her photography, but there is no downside. She does have an old camera and its probably time to upgrade. D5200, best sensor of what I mentioned.As far as lenses, a lot of people certainly upgrade from 55-200mm to 70-300mm for more reach. To argue the other side, this will be a bigger heavier lens that she might not want to carry around. It might even feel awkward on the smaller body. The micro is nice, but if she is not complaining that she wishes she had one, it might not get much use. For true macro shots, she would probably want to set up a tripod. If she is not into that type of project, backing up and using her smaller zoom may give better close up results while hand holding. How about a 35mm 1.8? Everybody needs one of those whether they know it or not. Better low light capability and sharp and its something worth having moving forward with a new camera.</blockquote>

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