AdventureHunter
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Okay, Nikon gurus!
I am having a serious moral debate right now.
I have the money for a new camera. I have $3000 in hand right now. I work a full time, barely over minimum wage job and have been cameraless for years. I know that I want a new camera now that I have the money. I had an Olympus E-510 a while back, and then used a D80 in my college photo classes and absolutely loved it. However, now I've been out of photography for about 5 years and there's all of these new things!
I travel a lot, and would love to photograph my journeys. I'm not looking to get into photography professionally, but I do want something that would make REALLY nice photos. My entire house is full of gallery style canvas prints of my old photos, and most of my immediate family have atleast a few of my pictures hanging up. My biggest hang up has always been low light photography, I can never get it to look *quite* right - and this is probably the biggest pet peeve about my photography.
That being said, I have the money and have been drooling over the D600 (the Costco pack looks pretty good). However, the camera and one lens would eat up my entire budget for this camera.
I've also been considering the D7000...just because it's the cheaper option. I would then also have money leftover to you elsewhere in my life.
My biggest concern is getting the D7000 and growing out if it in a few years. This is going to be my big camera investment for the next few years atleast, so I want to make sure that I'm getting the camera that will leave me the happiest in the long run. I am a little bit worried about the oil spots reported in the D600 - however, I have not found anything else wrong so I suppose I could bring it in for a clean.
Any recommendations? Also, recommendations for buying options? Costco and Adorama seem to have the best options from what I can tell. I was also looking at buying a refurb body and then make my own lens kit.
I am having a serious moral debate right now.
I have the money for a new camera. I have $3000 in hand right now. I work a full time, barely over minimum wage job and have been cameraless for years. I know that I want a new camera now that I have the money. I had an Olympus E-510 a while back, and then used a D80 in my college photo classes and absolutely loved it. However, now I've been out of photography for about 5 years and there's all of these new things!
I travel a lot, and would love to photograph my journeys. I'm not looking to get into photography professionally, but I do want something that would make REALLY nice photos. My entire house is full of gallery style canvas prints of my old photos, and most of my immediate family have atleast a few of my pictures hanging up. My biggest hang up has always been low light photography, I can never get it to look *quite* right - and this is probably the biggest pet peeve about my photography.
That being said, I have the money and have been drooling over the D600 (the Costco pack looks pretty good). However, the camera and one lens would eat up my entire budget for this camera.
I've also been considering the D7000...just because it's the cheaper option. I would then also have money leftover to you elsewhere in my life.
My biggest concern is getting the D7000 and growing out if it in a few years. This is going to be my big camera investment for the next few years atleast, so I want to make sure that I'm getting the camera that will leave me the happiest in the long run. I am a little bit worried about the oil spots reported in the D600 - however, I have not found anything else wrong so I suppose I could bring it in for a clean.
Any recommendations? Also, recommendations for buying options? Costco and Adorama seem to have the best options from what I can tell. I was also looking at buying a refurb body and then make my own lens kit.