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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 765696" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>With respect Bikerbrent, but the d3100 model is only 11 years old.</p><p></p><p>Let's take an inventory of what you have and where you may consider making changes. Is your kit lens an 18-105mm or 18-55mm? Those appear to be the common kit lenses for the d3100. Would like to know what the other lens is also. 50mm f1.4? Knowing helps to know if you might need to trade in lenses with the body for something different.</p><p></p><p>You have an entry-level DSLR that is a couple of generations old now. Your interests do favor having higher pixel count sensors. I expect you are using low lighting for mood with the boudoir portraits which precludes most uses of a flash. But there are light modifiers that can help with that situation. But better ISO performance would help a great deal there. Not as much with standard portraits and landscapes. There more megapixels help.</p><p></p><p>Personally for me, I went from a 10MP D80 as my entry to a 16MP D7000 and I only noticed that my photos had more detail and less noise. I also could use higher ISO settings without much penalty. But I did have to upgrade the lenses over time to exploit that higher-res sensor. My vintage lenses especially showed limitations. Then I bought a full-frame D750 (24MP) and there was another leap in photo detail. And I find the noise levels to be low enough that the de-noise filters in my post processing fixes easily because I have enough detail to spare in the resolution. However I also had to buy FX format lenses as I had nothing but DX lenses in the wide to normal range. I was ready on a personal level to make that change at the time and have not regretted.</p><p></p><p>So to keep things on a budget-friendly basis, have you considered selling or trading in your current gear? If you have a local brick-n-mortar camera shop that can be a possibility. I would consider a used body such as a D7200. That is still an APS-C DX sensor so your current lenses would fit and work, even if they don't deliver on quality of resolution. There is a significant amount of people moving to mirrorless systems that are trading in good equipment now to upgrade. If you look to full frame FX, a D610 used should be purchased for under $700 and I think you would flip cartwheels over the images compared to an entry camera. But the glass would need upgrading also to FX lenses.</p><p></p><p>The more forward-thinking approach would be to go mirroless yourself. As in Nikon Z50 kit at about $1100 to $1200. I would not talk anybody down from a Canon R series right now either. They are doing good things in mirrorless and maybe a bit better than anybody currently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 765696, member: 48483"] With respect Bikerbrent, but the d3100 model is only 11 years old. Let's take an inventory of what you have and where you may consider making changes. Is your kit lens an 18-105mm or 18-55mm? Those appear to be the common kit lenses for the d3100. Would like to know what the other lens is also. 50mm f1.4? Knowing helps to know if you might need to trade in lenses with the body for something different. You have an entry-level DSLR that is a couple of generations old now. Your interests do favor having higher pixel count sensors. I expect you are using low lighting for mood with the boudoir portraits which precludes most uses of a flash. But there are light modifiers that can help with that situation. But better ISO performance would help a great deal there. Not as much with standard portraits and landscapes. There more megapixels help. Personally for me, I went from a 10MP D80 as my entry to a 16MP D7000 and I only noticed that my photos had more detail and less noise. I also could use higher ISO settings without much penalty. But I did have to upgrade the lenses over time to exploit that higher-res sensor. My vintage lenses especially showed limitations. Then I bought a full-frame D750 (24MP) and there was another leap in photo detail. And I find the noise levels to be low enough that the de-noise filters in my post processing fixes easily because I have enough detail to spare in the resolution. However I also had to buy FX format lenses as I had nothing but DX lenses in the wide to normal range. I was ready on a personal level to make that change at the time and have not regretted. So to keep things on a budget-friendly basis, have you considered selling or trading in your current gear? If you have a local brick-n-mortar camera shop that can be a possibility. I would consider a used body such as a D7200. That is still an APS-C DX sensor so your current lenses would fit and work, even if they don't deliver on quality of resolution. There is a significant amount of people moving to mirrorless systems that are trading in good equipment now to upgrade. If you look to full frame FX, a D610 used should be purchased for under $700 and I think you would flip cartwheels over the images compared to an entry camera. But the glass would need upgrading also to FX lenses. The more forward-thinking approach would be to go mirroless yourself. As in Nikon Z50 kit at about $1100 to $1200. I would not talk anybody down from a Canon R series right now either. They are doing good things in mirrorless and maybe a bit better than anybody currently. [/QUOTE]
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