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D5200 vs D7000
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 106209" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>My sincere apologies if I offended your photographic sensibilities. :culpability: I believe you've chosen to focus on a couple of my words and not on my point. If someone picks up a camera inspired to take something other than "really nice pictures" then I'd have to ask if they were in therapy. There's a difference between someone who takes pictures and a photographer. We might all draw the line in different places, but I believe we would all agree that there's a line to be drawn. I do not intend to expound on where that should be, I only meant to comment on buyer motivation <em><strong>at the time of purchase</strong></em> - they are free to change their minds down the road, and many likely will.</p><p></p><p>The D5200, from all reports, seems to be a fantastic camera, and not one that would necessarily be limited to casual photographers only. But when the questions is asked "D5200 or D7000?", and you look at the two from top to bottom, I have to believe that the person choosing the D7000 is doing so strictly because it has more of the features that they're seeing on the higher end cameras, and that is the direction they want to go. My contention is that the D7000 buyer sees it as a "now investment" believing that they will eventually "trade up", while the D5200 buyer is looking for a "great camera" with no thought to where they'll go next. The feature list on the D5200 being what it is, it's a comparatively "better camera" in many ways. And if that's the case then why else would a person go with the D7000 other than with an eye set on more professional equipment down the road?! So if that's the D7000 buyer, then the D5200 buyer is everyone else - those who are just looking for a great camera to take great pictures. And there's nothing wrong with that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 106209, member: 9240"] My sincere apologies if I offended your photographic sensibilities. :culpability: I believe you've chosen to focus on a couple of my words and not on my point. If someone picks up a camera inspired to take something other than "really nice pictures" then I'd have to ask if they were in therapy. There's a difference between someone who takes pictures and a photographer. We might all draw the line in different places, but I believe we would all agree that there's a line to be drawn. I do not intend to expound on where that should be, I only meant to comment on buyer motivation [I][B]at the time of purchase[/B][/I] - they are free to change their minds down the road, and many likely will. The D5200, from all reports, seems to be a fantastic camera, and not one that would necessarily be limited to casual photographers only. But when the questions is asked "D5200 or D7000?", and you look at the two from top to bottom, I have to believe that the person choosing the D7000 is doing so strictly because it has more of the features that they're seeing on the higher end cameras, and that is the direction they want to go. My contention is that the D7000 buyer sees it as a "now investment" believing that they will eventually "trade up", while the D5200 buyer is looking for a "great camera" with no thought to where they'll go next. The feature list on the D5200 being what it is, it's a comparatively "better camera" in many ways. And if that's the case then why else would a person go with the D7000 other than with an eye set on more professional equipment down the road?! So if that's the D7000 buyer, then the D5200 buyer is everyone else - those who are just looking for a great camera to take great pictures. And there's nothing wrong with that. [/QUOTE]
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