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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 538677" data-attributes="member: 13090">We've have a D7100 and a D5300 in my house for some time now so based on that, here's are my thought's.My girlfriend has shot with a D5300 for long while now and it never ceases to amaze me what she can get out of it. With really good glass, I've often referred to this camera as a &quot;wolf is sheep's clothing&quot;. When I say this, I am referring strictly to image quality. The D7100 is also amazing. Going from a 5000 body to a 7000 body, really, is not better image quality, it's about practicality. The 7100/7200 bodies give you a better build quality (e.g. the magnesium-alloy body and weather sealing) and more cool features you'll get used before you start wondering how you ever lived without them. Things like the top-mounted LCD, dual Command-Wheels, dual-card slots and a built-in focus-motor so you can use less expensive (and often incomparable) D-series primes for instance.The D7200, to my way of thinking, is an &quot;Apology Camera&quot;; Nikon screwed the pooch by releasing the D7100 with a crippled buffer and if they didn't know it then, they know it now. The D7200 corrects this problem and Nikon tacked on some additional features to sweeten the deal. If you know for a fact you're going to to go with either the 7100 or 7200 I'd say go big or go home and get the D7200. On the other hand, if you can score a super deal or something on a D7100, then that's another matter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 538677, member: 13090"] We've have a D7100 and a D5300 in my house for some time now so based on that, here's are my thought's. My girlfriend has shot with a D5300 for long while now and it never ceases to amaze me what she can get out of it. With really good glass, I've often referred to this camera as a "wolf is sheep's clothing". When I say this, I am referring strictly to image quality. The D7100 is also amazing. Going from a 5000 body to a 7000 body, really, is not better image quality, it's about practicality. The 7100/7200 bodies give you a better build quality (e.g. the magnesium-alloy body and weather sealing) and more cool features you'll get used before you start wondering how you ever lived without them. Things like the top-mounted LCD, dual Command-Wheels, dual-card slots and a built-in focus-motor so you can use less expensive (and often incomparable) D-series primes for instance. The D7200, to my way of thinking, is an "Apology Camera"; Nikon screwed the pooch by releasing the D7100 with a crippled buffer and if they didn't know it then, they know it now. The D7200 corrects this problem and Nikon tacked on some additional features to sweeten the deal. If you know for a fact you're going to to go with either the 7100 or 7200 I'd say go big or go home and get the D7200. On the other hand, if you can score a super deal or something on a D7100, then that's another matter. [/QUOTE]

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