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<blockquote data-quote="Hyogen" data-source="post: 123453" data-attributes="member: 12676">hehe, I know what you mean.&nbsp; By the 3rd year I shot with my old Rebel T1i, I knew I had pretty much pushed it as far as it would go performance-wise.&nbsp; DX lenses will work, but only in DX mode.&nbsp; Otherwise, you'll get lots of vignetting (which you could just crop out).&nbsp; I like to use the DX mode on my camera anyway, when I know I will want to crop out later anyway (it's like a free zoom, and file shrinker).&nbsp; I would say to just wait while you feel like you've maxxed out your D7000 and save for a huge upgrade like the D600.&nbsp; By then you'll be able to find used/cheaper D600.&nbsp; I was lucky to get mine for about $1550 with less than 1000 shots used.&nbsp; That's only a little cheaper than what it was for brand new during Christmastime, though.&nbsp; One more thing.&nbsp; To help speed up the process of becoming &quot;worthy of the upgrade&quot;, start shooting as much as you can in Manual mode.&nbsp; It really helps maximize performance of your camera (faster) and makes you learn how everything works together.&nbsp; The meter which tells you if you're under or overexposed is your best friend.&nbsp; For the majority of those 3 years with my old camera, I mainly used aperture priority or shutter priority modes... the last 5 months or so, I started using manual and really forcing myself to learn it.&nbsp; Now that's all I use, because it's so much easier to control how you want the picture to come out, especially if you're going to be editing them later in post.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hyogen, post: 123453, member: 12676"] hehe, I know what you mean. By the 3rd year I shot with my old Rebel T1i, I knew I had pretty much pushed it as far as it would go performance-wise. DX lenses will work, but only in DX mode. Otherwise, you'll get lots of vignetting (which you could just crop out). I like to use the DX mode on my camera anyway, when I know I will want to crop out later anyway (it's like a free zoom, and file shrinker). I would say to just wait while you feel like you've maxxed out your D7000 and save for a huge upgrade like the D600. By then you'll be able to find used/cheaper D600. I was lucky to get mine for about $1550 with less than 1000 shots used. That's only a little cheaper than what it was for brand new during Christmastime, though. One more thing. To help speed up the process of becoming "worthy of the upgrade", start shooting as much as you can in Manual mode. It really helps maximize performance of your camera (faster) and makes you learn how everything works together. The meter which tells you if you're under or overexposed is your best friend. For the majority of those 3 years with my old camera, I mainly used aperture priority or shutter priority modes... the last 5 months or so, I started using manual and really forcing myself to learn it. Now that's all I use, because it's so much easier to control how you want the picture to come out, especially if you're going to be editing them later in post. [/QUOTE]

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