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<blockquote data-quote="jkinzel" data-source="post: 204631" data-attributes="member: 16578">Regarding image quality:&nbsp; For those who&nbsp; have moved from a <a href="http://rd.bizrate.com/rd?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fp%2Fcanon-eos-rebel-t3-12mp-dslr-camera-with-55-250mm-and-18-55mm-lenses-black%2F-%2FA-14494002%3Fref%3Dtgt_adv_XSB10001%26AFID%3Dshopzilla_df%26LNM%3D%7C14494002%26CPNG%3DElectronics%26ci_src%3D10043468%26ci_sku%3D14494002%26szredirectid%3DSZ_REDIRECT_ID&amp;mid=22731&amp;cat_id=402&amp;prod_id=5112863105&amp;pos=0&amp;rf=af1&amp;b_id=17&amp;bamt=a5fedf14fd8fec0d&amp;ppr=f6f1f7bbe62be0de&amp;oid=5112863105&amp;country_code=US&amp;atom=10020&amp;bid_type=0&amp;af_assettype_id=12&amp;af_creative_id=8&amp;af_id=6784" target="_blank">12MP camera</a> to the D7100, is the image quality a big&nbsp; leap and worth the move?&nbsp; I’m not unhappy with my <a href="http://nikonites.com/products/dslr-3/d90-96/" target="_blank">D90</a> and intend to keep it, but I have been&nbsp; thinking about getting the 24MP D7100 under the assumption the image quality&nbsp; would be better and quality loss would be less when cropping.

 My other&nbsp; thought was the <a href="http://nikonites.com/products/dslr-3/d600-238/" target="_blank">D600</a>, BUT with the issues the D600 has/had and having to&nbsp; invest in more lenses and at 65 and getting ready to retire I would kind of like&nbsp; to keep cost down, so the D600 is on the back burner for now.

 Gear: D90,&nbsp; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_1506452_17?ie=UTF8&amp;node=493730&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-6&amp;pf_rd_r=059G5ZXK1Q5967NZYEQM&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1275962162&amp;pf_rd_i=226721" target="_blank">Nikon</a> DX 18-105, Nikon DX 55-300, Nikon DX Micro 85mm and a&nbsp; Nikon FX <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=85mm 1.8" target="_blank">85mm 1.8</a> portrait lens. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="jkinzel, post: 204631, member: 16578"] [INDENT]Regarding image quality: For those who have moved from a [URL="http://rd.bizrate.com/rd?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fp%2Fcanon-eos-rebel-t3-12mp-dslr-camera-with-55-250mm-and-18-55mm-lenses-black%2F-%2FA-14494002%3Fref%3Dtgt_adv_XSB10001%26AFID%3Dshopzilla_df%26LNM%3D%7C14494002%26CPNG%3DElectronics%26ci_src%3D10043468%26ci_sku%3D14494002%26szredirectid%3DSZ_REDIRECT_ID&mid=22731&cat_id=402&prod_id=5112863105&pos=0&rf=af1&b_id=17&bamt=a5fedf14fd8fec0d&ppr=f6f1f7bbe62be0de&oid=5112863105&country_code=US&atom=10020&bid_type=0&af_assettype_id=12&af_creative_id=8&af_id=6784"][COLOR=#ac0000]12MP camera[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#ac0000][/COLOR][COLOR=#ac0000][/COLOR] to the D7100, is the image quality a big leap and worth the move? I’m not unhappy with my [URL="http://nikonites.com/products/dslr-3/d90-96/"][COLOR=#ac0000]D90[/COLOR][/URL] and intend to keep it, but I have been thinking about getting the 24MP D7100 under the assumption the image quality would be better and quality loss would be less when cropping. My other thought was the [URL="http://nikonites.com/products/dslr-3/d600-238/"][COLOR=#ac0000]D600[/COLOR][/URL], BUT with the issues the D600 has/had and having to invest in more lenses and at 65 and getting ready to retire I would kind of like to keep cost down, so the D600 is on the back burner for now. Gear: D90, [URL="http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_1506452_17?ie=UTF8&node=493730&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-6&pf_rd_r=059G5ZXK1Q5967NZYEQM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1275962162&pf_rd_i=226721"][COLOR=#ac0000]Nikon[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#ac0000][/COLOR][COLOR=#ac0000][/COLOR] DX 18-105, Nikon DX 55-300, Nikon DX Micro 85mm and a Nikon FX [URL="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=85mm 1.8"][COLOR=#ac0000]85mm 1.8[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#ac0000][/COLOR][COLOR=#ac0000][/COLOR] portrait lens. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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