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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 320212" data-attributes="member: 24285">Having just taken that fork in the road and bought a D610 after shooting with a D5100 for the past few years I now find myself wishing I had bought FX glass.  BUT in hindsight I'm not sure I would have done so even if I had had the foresight to know I would go FX this year.  Now I only had three DX lenses, AF-S 55-300 DX VR Zoom Lense AF-S 18-55 DX VR Kit lens both of which I bought with the camera as a set and then I added the less expensive AF-S 35mm DX f/1.8G Prime Lens. With the prime I probably would have been further ahead to get the less expensive 50mm FX prime - but that would be 75mm on the DX which is a little long.  The alternative would have been a 20mm or 24mm prime.  That might be a good option for you if you were looking for a prime portrait for the D5300 which will serve you well later as an FX lens.  I guess it depends a lot on budget.  IF buying only FX lenses means you'll only have one lens for a few years, then maybe not.  If cost is no object then get FX and don't look back. (If cost where no object you probably would have gone FX already with the body eh?)  Keep in mind that the DX lens is not completely useless on a FX camera.  My D610 has a DX setting which will auto-crop to the DX sensor size.  OR you just do that manually in the software - and depending on the crop may be further ahead to do it yourself.  The degree of vignetting varies with settings.  I've used my 35mm DX prime on my D610 and am OK with the results.  Not getting the full FX benefit but still a very nice image which at the end of the day is what we are all about anyway eh?  I also had a couple of old FX lenses from my film days.  Sometimes I wonder whether I'd get better images from my Nikkor AF-S DX 55-300 with VR than my old Sigma AF 100-300 without VR (sigma calls is OS I believe).  Smaller image but maybe sharper?  And if shooting a moving subject like a bird in flight I have not been successful with my Siggy - should try my DX zoom - maybe?  FX zooms are a lot more expensive I've learned.  Almost all FX lenses are much more - the lovely 50mm prime the exception to the rule.  You can also go cheap and use old film glass, some of which is great.  I'm finding my AF-S 28-80 film kit lens can take good images.  In the meantime enjoy that D5300.  When I was going through the "what next" internal debate I was looking at upgrading my D5100 to either the D5300 (nice extra's like WiFi and I sure miss my swivel screen) or the D7000/7100, or go FX with a used (or old stock) D700, D610 or totally break the bank and go for the D800.  In the end the D610 won but the D5300 was a serious contender - great camera - enjoy it to the fullest, and if that means getting some affordable Dx lenses do it. IMHO</blockquote>

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