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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 574392" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>It's amazing how some people with no practical experience will not only form but share an opinion based on nothing. For the record, I shoot with my D750 just as much now as I did before the D500. They're different tools. But apparently some folks only see things as a hammer.</p><p></p><p>As I always ask when I see a "Should I upgrade...?" question, what is the D7200 <strong><em>not</em></strong> doing for you? If you can't answer that question you don't need to change bodies ... to <em>anything </em>else ... <strong>period</strong>.</p><p></p><p>I've not shot with a D7200, but the D500 is a step up in high ISO performance over the D7100 I had. Trusted sources will tell you that ISO performance is about equivalent between the two cameras. I know I can get away with shooting at 12800 with the D500, cleaning it up in post with either Nik Dfine or Topaz Denoise.</p><p></p><p>As stated above, the advantages over the D7200 are primarily frame rate and buffer capacity, and focus system. For me, as an avid wildlife shooter, this made the camera worth twice the price. The camera lives on CH and I've captured moments at 10fps that I never would have gotten at half that (a lot can happen in 1/10 sec). If you don't do a lot of shooting like that, and I mean <em>a lot</em>, then the D7200 will likely be all you need. Focus system is awesome, going side to side and grabbing focus like a champ, but if I'm honest while it's an upgrade I can say that I never felt like I was short changed with the D7100's focusing ability, so it's more of a "really, really nice to have" than something that would have made me upgrade. I can use my Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 with a 1.4x TC and it will still grab focus in the shadows on the edges. The pro body and controls are nice, but if you've never used them before then they're not so much an "upgrade" as something else to learn (albeit powerful once you do).</p><p></p><p>So tell us, what <em>isn't</em> the D7200 doing for you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 574392, member: 9240"] It's amazing how some people with no practical experience will not only form but share an opinion based on nothing. For the record, I shoot with my D750 just as much now as I did before the D500. They're different tools. But apparently some folks only see things as a hammer. As I always ask when I see a "Should I upgrade...?" question, what is the D7200 [B][I]not[/I][/B] doing for you? If you can't answer that question you don't need to change bodies ... to [I]anything [/I]else ... [B]period[/B]. I've not shot with a D7200, but the D500 is a step up in high ISO performance over the D7100 I had. Trusted sources will tell you that ISO performance is about equivalent between the two cameras. I know I can get away with shooting at 12800 with the D500, cleaning it up in post with either Nik Dfine or Topaz Denoise. As stated above, the advantages over the D7200 are primarily frame rate and buffer capacity, and focus system. For me, as an avid wildlife shooter, this made the camera worth twice the price. The camera lives on CH and I've captured moments at 10fps that I never would have gotten at half that (a lot can happen in 1/10 sec). If you don't do a lot of shooting like that, and I mean [I]a lot[/I], then the D7200 will likely be all you need. Focus system is awesome, going side to side and grabbing focus like a champ, but if I'm honest while it's an upgrade I can say that I never felt like I was short changed with the D7100's focusing ability, so it's more of a "really, really nice to have" than something that would have made me upgrade. I can use my Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 with a 1.4x TC and it will still grab focus in the shadows on the edges. The pro body and controls are nice, but if you've never used them before then they're not so much an "upgrade" as something else to learn (albeit powerful once you do). So tell us, what [I]isn't[/I] the D7200 doing for you? [/QUOTE]
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