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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 296218" data-attributes="member: 24285"><p>Right now I'm leaning much more towards the D7100 and some good glass.&nbsp; I have an older film (FX I guess) 300 mm Sigma lens that does mount on the D5100, manual focus, but works well.&nbsp; I understand the D7100 will focus these older (circa 2001) lenses and that with the crop factor the 300 becomes a 400 (or better if I go to the D7100's own cropped mode).&nbsp; That would be good use of an old lense.&nbsp; I also have the old kit lens that came with my F60 Nikon film 35 mm camera (goes up to 100mm I believe) so that would give me a better range over the DX kit lens I have now.&nbsp; And looking at the D600 I'm not sold - top of the line DX, or bargin basement FX?&nbsp; They cut corners to get the D600 (610) price under $2000.&nbsp; As I look at it I'm really comparing the D7100 or take the big jump to a D800.&nbsp; That is only 3x the price, $2 grand more.&nbsp; Thats a nice bit of glass.&nbsp; Researching it on line I've found sites that post comparative pictures with the D7100, D600 and D800 (and one included the D5200 too).&nbsp; And frankly I could not see the difference in image quality, even when they enlarged as small cropped section of an bridge.&nbsp; Details were just fine. I also read that some semi-pro's use the D7100 for a variety of reasons (budget is probably one).&nbsp; &nbsp; So the D800 is on my &quot;when i win the lottery&quot; list, the D7100 is one I may be able to save my pennies for.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 296218, member: 24285"] Right now I'm leaning much more towards the D7100 and some good glass. I have an older film (FX I guess) 300 mm Sigma lens that does mount on the D5100, manual focus, but works well. I understand the D7100 will focus these older (circa 2001) lenses and that with the crop factor the 300 becomes a 400 (or better if I go to the D7100's own cropped mode). That would be good use of an old lense. I also have the old kit lens that came with my F60 Nikon film 35 mm camera (goes up to 100mm I believe) so that would give me a better range over the DX kit lens I have now. And looking at the D600 I'm not sold - top of the line DX, or bargin basement FX? They cut corners to get the D600 (610) price under $2000. As I look at it I'm really comparing the D7100 or take the big jump to a D800. That is only 3x the price, $2 grand more. Thats a nice bit of glass. Researching it on line I've found sites that post comparative pictures with the D7100, D600 and D800 (and one included the D5200 too). And frankly I could not see the difference in image quality, even when they enlarged as small cropped section of an bridge. Details were just fine. I also read that some semi-pro's use the D7100 for a variety of reasons (budget is probably one). So the D800 is on my "when i win the lottery" list, the D7100 is one I may be able to save my pennies for. [/QUOTE]

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