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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stmv" data-source="post: 114013" data-attributes="member: 10038">partially dependent upon your budget, you seem to not mind spending enough for a D7000, so,, I would say go for the 5200 as sensor is awesome, and the video is surper. buy a kit package with 1 or 2 lens. and start slow.Yes, the 5100 is fine (I have one), and is 300 dollars cheaper, so the posts are right, that you could buy this and one prime, along with the basic 18-55 zoom. once you start with DSLR, you can open up a huge box.but,, I have helped many buy just dslr and 18-200 lens, and they never take the lens off, love their Nikons, and take wondeful family images. So,, my vote:D5200 with 18x200 lens,,, and keep it simple until you come up the learning curve.</blockquote>