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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robbins.photo" data-source="post: 538678" data-attributes="member: 27043">I guess a lot depends on your individual shooting style and the sort of shooting situations you find yourself in often as to whether or not you'll really benefit from the upgrade.I upgraded to the 7100 from an older D5200, and believe me I thought it was well worth it.  The second command dial on the 7100 gives me the ability to control both the aperture and the shutter speed and adjust both quickly and easily on the fly, and that alone was worth the upgrade to me at least.  It made a huge difference being able to quickly and easily control both my aperture settings and my shutter speed without having to take the camera out of shooting position.On paper you won't see a huge difference between the 5200 and the 7100, but at least from my experience it's a lot of little things that made a big difference.  The 7100's viewfinder was much better than the 5200, for example.  Just a lot of little factors that combined together to make shooting the 7100 a much more enjoyable experience.As someone else mentioned the 7100 does have a smaller buffer, so if your shooting a lot of bursts the 7200 might be worth investing in, for me I use cards with a 95 mb/s write speed so the buffer clears much faster, and that's always been good enough for my needs using the 7100. My recommendation?  If you can go take a look at a 7100/7200 at a store and try them out, or even rent one for a few days and see for yourself if it's worth the price of the upgrade.</blockquote>

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