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<blockquote data-quote="Kias" data-source="post: 107515" data-attributes="member: 9496"><p>Here's my gut feeling on all of this.</p><p></p><p>If you HAVE to get one now, I'm with Jack on this. Get the D90, it's a proven workhorse.</p><p></p><p>However...</p><p></p><p>You already have a D5100 in the family. Hopefully your wife is sharing that with you!? So is timing a real factor in this?</p><p></p><p>I decided to get a DSLR when my point -n- shoot just couldn't get the shots I wanted to get anymore. It wasn't the camera's fault, I just outgrew it. (Oh, and I also lost it, but that's another story.)</p><p></p><p>So I was doing my homework. I too looked at the D90, D5100, and the then new D3200, then I really got into the specifications of all the cameras and also looked at the D7000 knowing I'd never be able to afford it. Well... The specifications on the D7000 were just too good to pass up. Where I could have dropped the 6-700 bucks for the D90, etc, right then and there, I decided my phone camera would have to suffice until I could save the extra money for the D7000. Suffice it did... I put a penny away here, and a penny away there... During that time I read a LOT about photography. I lurked around here a LOT too. I learned about the exposure triangle, dof, iso, aperture, bokeh, lenses, lighting techniques, and other (at that time) such weird things. Also, about three months in to saving for the D7000 I learned it's not really the camera body that makes the difference, it's the lens. But more importantly than the lens is how the body behind the camera is using all of it. So I quit saving for the D7000 kit, and started to save even more for the D7000 body and the lens of my choice.</p><p></p><p>So... <strong>Nine months</strong> after I decided to get a DSLR, I have a D7000 which has enough options to keep me learning for years. I won't have to worry about outgrowing my camera for quite awhile. As an added bonus, the price dropped 4 or 500 bucks in the time I was saving for it. Also, the D7000 is nearing it's 'end of life' and will probably be replaced by something else here real soon. The price will probably drop even further when that happens. You already have a camera in the family to use. (Hopefully)</p><p></p><p>Will a 'non-entry' camera be harder to learn on? Probably not to take pictures. They all have aperture priority, shutter priority, and manual modes. It will be harder to learn what all the buttons and dials do, there's more of them! But in the end, all those buttons and dials makes things easier once you learn where/what they do. That's one of the main reasons I wanted the D7000, it has a dial on the front and back for aperture and shutter speed. No messy menus. Even after a couple months with the camera, I still get "Control Confused". Especially when I'm trying to adjust something in a hurry. But I know when I finally get everything straight in my head, it's all going to be second nature. Like riding a bike. Or falling off one. :emmersed:</p><p></p><p>Since I had nine months of "studying" before I even got the camera, it came out of the box and we hit it hard! A couple of weeks ago, I was trying to take the picture below, and I kept fiddling with the controls when somebody said, "Don't you have a backlight mode?" I had no idea what he was talking about until I thought about it for a bit. He was talking about one of those automatic modes. It hit me that I didn't even know if my camera worked in auto mode. Never had it in it. So later that night I turned the dial to auto, and nothing. I knew I had to push some button somewhere to bring up the menu for all the different modes, but I never found it, and never looked in the manual to see how to do it. So to this day, I still don't know if the auto mode actually works or not. That's fine by me, that's why I wanted to get away from point-n-shoots to begin with! I'm not about to have an expensive camera like that and only use it in Auto.</p><p></p><p>So, ya... go with the D90 if you have to have one now. But do you really? Save for the D7000, I promise you'll love it. ...and that's my 2.5 cents.</p><p></p><p>Oh! And totally work the "It's for the Kids" angle. It ALWAYS works. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]25263[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kias, post: 107515, member: 9496"] Here's my gut feeling on all of this. If you HAVE to get one now, I'm with Jack on this. Get the D90, it's a proven workhorse. However... You already have a D5100 in the family. Hopefully your wife is sharing that with you!? So is timing a real factor in this? I decided to get a DSLR when my point -n- shoot just couldn't get the shots I wanted to get anymore. It wasn't the camera's fault, I just outgrew it. (Oh, and I also lost it, but that's another story.) So I was doing my homework. I too looked at the D90, D5100, and the then new D3200, then I really got into the specifications of all the cameras and also looked at the D7000 knowing I'd never be able to afford it. Well... The specifications on the D7000 were just too good to pass up. Where I could have dropped the 6-700 bucks for the D90, etc, right then and there, I decided my phone camera would have to suffice until I could save the extra money for the D7000. Suffice it did... I put a penny away here, and a penny away there... During that time I read a LOT about photography. I lurked around here a LOT too. I learned about the exposure triangle, dof, iso, aperture, bokeh, lenses, lighting techniques, and other (at that time) such weird things. Also, about three months in to saving for the D7000 I learned it's not really the camera body that makes the difference, it's the lens. But more importantly than the lens is how the body behind the camera is using all of it. So I quit saving for the D7000 kit, and started to save even more for the D7000 body and the lens of my choice. So... [B]Nine months[/B] after I decided to get a DSLR, I have a D7000 which has enough options to keep me learning for years. I won't have to worry about outgrowing my camera for quite awhile. As an added bonus, the price dropped 4 or 500 bucks in the time I was saving for it. Also, the D7000 is nearing it's 'end of life' and will probably be replaced by something else here real soon. The price will probably drop even further when that happens. You already have a camera in the family to use. (Hopefully) Will a 'non-entry' camera be harder to learn on? Probably not to take pictures. They all have aperture priority, shutter priority, and manual modes. It will be harder to learn what all the buttons and dials do, there's more of them! But in the end, all those buttons and dials makes things easier once you learn where/what they do. That's one of the main reasons I wanted the D7000, it has a dial on the front and back for aperture and shutter speed. No messy menus. Even after a couple months with the camera, I still get "Control Confused". Especially when I'm trying to adjust something in a hurry. But I know when I finally get everything straight in my head, it's all going to be second nature. Like riding a bike. Or falling off one. :emmersed: Since I had nine months of "studying" before I even got the camera, it came out of the box and we hit it hard! A couple of weeks ago, I was trying to take the picture below, and I kept fiddling with the controls when somebody said, "Don't you have a backlight mode?" I had no idea what he was talking about until I thought about it for a bit. He was talking about one of those automatic modes. It hit me that I didn't even know if my camera worked in auto mode. Never had it in it. So later that night I turned the dial to auto, and nothing. I knew I had to push some button somewhere to bring up the menu for all the different modes, but I never found it, and never looked in the manual to see how to do it. So to this day, I still don't know if the auto mode actually works or not. That's fine by me, that's why I wanted to get away from point-n-shoots to begin with! I'm not about to have an expensive camera like that and only use it in Auto. So, ya... go with the D90 if you have to have one now. But do you really? Save for the D7000, I promise you'll love it. ...and that's my 2.5 cents. Oh! And totally work the "It's for the Kids" angle. It ALWAYS works. :cool: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]25263._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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