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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 572551" data-attributes="member: 16090"><p>1. D3300 because it is least expensive body with 24MP and no high pass filter. The images that will come out will be equivalent to those from D5xxx and D7xxx in quality. The difference is that D5xxx has a swivel LCD, a few more focus points and a few more goodies, none of which will make a better image. D7xxx have robust weather proof body, more buttons a second LCD and a motor in the body. Again it will not give you better images per say, What it will do is to weather rain and dust better, have more buttons so that you do not have to set option via menu and enable the use of older D type AF lenses that require a motor in the body. On the whole if you cannot get an outstanding image with D3300, you will not with the higher priced models.</p><p></p><p>2. The longer the zoom range, the more compromise in lens design and in general the lower the IQ at the extremes. The 18-140 is a 1:7.7 zoom while the 18-55 is 1:3 zoom. So the 18-55 will in general be sharper, lighter and lower in cost than the 18-140. If you want to move around with only one lens and want to catch the moment; forget the IQ as what you get is more important; then the 18-140 or the 18-300 is a great buy. If you want better image quality and better low light capability the go for either primes or zooms with short range.</p><p></p><p>One thing that few realise is that the kit lenses sell the most (some authorities believe that half the lenses sold are kit lenses), so the volume ensures that the kit lens has the minimum price for the quality it offers. This is similar to 50mm lens of film days. They had excellent optics and were dirt cheap.</p><p></p><p>Now let me get back to your original reason for posting.</p><p>Changing profession is an extremely painful experience, especially if things do not pan out the way you thought they will. If possible you should practice the new profession to evaluate your capacity to be proficient in it. In case you realise at a later date that the new profession you wanted to enter so much is not jelling, you have the existing one to fall back on.</p><p></p><p>Photography has become pedestrian; with cell phones generating excellent images; that a professional photographer is either at the top making tons of money or at the bottom barely making a living. There is no middle path today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aroy, post: 572551, member: 16090"] 1. D3300 because it is least expensive body with 24MP and no high pass filter. The images that will come out will be equivalent to those from D5xxx and D7xxx in quality. The difference is that D5xxx has a swivel LCD, a few more focus points and a few more goodies, none of which will make a better image. D7xxx have robust weather proof body, more buttons a second LCD and a motor in the body. Again it will not give you better images per say, What it will do is to weather rain and dust better, have more buttons so that you do not have to set option via menu and enable the use of older D type AF lenses that require a motor in the body. On the whole if you cannot get an outstanding image with D3300, you will not with the higher priced models. 2. The longer the zoom range, the more compromise in lens design and in general the lower the IQ at the extremes. The 18-140 is a 1:7.7 zoom while the 18-55 is 1:3 zoom. So the 18-55 will in general be sharper, lighter and lower in cost than the 18-140. If you want to move around with only one lens and want to catch the moment; forget the IQ as what you get is more important; then the 18-140 or the 18-300 is a great buy. If you want better image quality and better low light capability the go for either primes or zooms with short range. One thing that few realise is that the kit lenses sell the most (some authorities believe that half the lenses sold are kit lenses), so the volume ensures that the kit lens has the minimum price for the quality it offers. This is similar to 50mm lens of film days. They had excellent optics and were dirt cheap. Now let me get back to your original reason for posting. Changing profession is an extremely painful experience, especially if things do not pan out the way you thought they will. If possible you should practice the new profession to evaluate your capacity to be proficient in it. In case you realise at a later date that the new profession you wanted to enter so much is not jelling, you have the existing one to fall back on. Photography has become pedestrian; with cell phones generating excellent images; that a professional photographer is either at the top making tons of money or at the bottom barely making a living. There is no middle path today. [/QUOTE]
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