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<blockquote data-quote="sonicbuffalo_RIP" data-source="post: 293040" data-attributes="member: 21543">My thoughts are this.....I first bought a D5100 and bought David Busch's Guide to the Nikon D5100 and I was off and running....then I realized I could have skipped the D5100 and jumped into a better D7100 for just a little more money and it would have advanced my knowledge significantly...the 600, 610 and 800 are out of my price range.&nbsp; In any case I sold the D5100 and the kit lens and wish now I would have skipped that step and the inevitable upgrade within a year or two.&nbsp; I only had my D5100 a year and a half....took over 5000 pictures with it between my wife and I.&nbsp; Not telling you what to do but I'd get a better body to begin with and the money you save on upgrading can be used for better glass in the future.&nbsp; The D7100 has a motor inside which the 5100 doesn't.&nbsp; That means you can shoot older FX lenses that have no built in motor.&nbsp; That's just one of many features of the D7100.....like higher MP count, and dual memory card slots, and weather resistant. You're also talking getting a camera that has more metal in the body, which makes it more stout, than the D5100, which is all plastic.Hope this helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sonicbuffalo_RIP, post: 293040, member: 21543"] My thoughts are this.....I first bought a D5100 and bought David Busch's Guide to the Nikon D5100 and I was off and running....then I realized I could have skipped the D5100 and jumped into a better D7100 for just a little more money and it would have advanced my knowledge significantly...the 600, 610 and 800 are out of my price range. In any case I sold the D5100 and the kit lens and wish now I would have skipped that step and the inevitable upgrade within a year or two. I only had my D5100 a year and a half....took over 5000 pictures with it between my wife and I. Not telling you what to do but I'd get a better body to begin with and the money you save on upgrading can be used for better glass in the future. The D7100 has a motor inside which the 5100 doesn't. That means you can shoot older FX lenses that have no built in motor. That's just one of many features of the D7100.....like higher MP count, and dual memory card slots, and weather resistant. You're also talking getting a camera that has more metal in the body, which makes it more stout, than the D5100, which is all plastic. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]

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