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Thinking about upgrading my Nikon D3100
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<blockquote data-quote="CGPhotography" data-source="post: 728108" data-attributes="member: 48030"><p>I am also trying to upgrade from my beloved Nikon D3100, but I can probably push my budget up towards $1000 if needed. I've been shooting mostly travel, street, landscape, and would like to branch more into wildlife photography. While I started more as a hobbyist, I'm looking starting to actually sell my work and want to be able to increase my ability to capture sharp images even in low-light settings and fast-moving subjects. I like having full manual control of exposure and shutter speed, and love the feel of the D3100 body. I also love my VR and auto-focus capability on the lens it came with (but I like to use manual focus at times), and have since bought a prime lens to go with it. I also have some old Nikon lenses I used with my old-school film camera (FM2 Nikon). So I'd like to stick with Nikon so I can still use my old lenses. </p><p></p><p>I guess my main complaint (after 9 years of happy shooting with this camera), is that I feel it doesn't do as well as the even the newest iPhones and Android phones in low-light and doesn't have HDR capability. Obviously, I can sometimes overcome the low-light challenges when I have my tripod on me (and have a slow-moving or stagnant photo subject), but I'd like a camera that can do better than the latest phones and give me larger-res images. Will the D7xxx series give me enough of a boost in capability or is there another body that I could get used/refurbished that will give me a qualitative edge from what the D3100 can provide? Also any good zoom or wide-angle lenses you would recommend to accompany an upgraded body that would help me expand my wildlife photography capabilities?</p><p></p><p>Many thanks for any advice!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CGPhotography, post: 728108, member: 48030"] I am also trying to upgrade from my beloved Nikon D3100, but I can probably push my budget up towards $1000 if needed. I've been shooting mostly travel, street, landscape, and would like to branch more into wildlife photography. While I started more as a hobbyist, I'm looking starting to actually sell my work and want to be able to increase my ability to capture sharp images even in low-light settings and fast-moving subjects. I like having full manual control of exposure and shutter speed, and love the feel of the D3100 body. I also love my VR and auto-focus capability on the lens it came with (but I like to use manual focus at times), and have since bought a prime lens to go with it. I also have some old Nikon lenses I used with my old-school film camera (FM2 Nikon). So I'd like to stick with Nikon so I can still use my old lenses. I guess my main complaint (after 9 years of happy shooting with this camera), is that I feel it doesn't do as well as the even the newest iPhones and Android phones in low-light and doesn't have HDR capability. Obviously, I can sometimes overcome the low-light challenges when I have my tripod on me (and have a slow-moving or stagnant photo subject), but I'd like a camera that can do better than the latest phones and give me larger-res images. Will the D7xxx series give me enough of a boost in capability or is there another body that I could get used/refurbished that will give me a qualitative edge from what the D3100 can provide? Also any good zoom or wide-angle lenses you would recommend to accompany an upgraded body that would help me expand my wildlife photography capabilities? Many thanks for any advice!! [/QUOTE]
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