Mediaman09
Senior Member
Well I am offically a Nikonite now!
After a long outing at the dealer , I just bought me a new Nikon 5100 with a DX VR II 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 AF-S lens ( and 16 GB Sandisk ExtremePro card).
The tipping scale (over the 3200) was:
After a long outing at the dealer , I just bought me a new Nikon 5100 with a DX VR II 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 AF-S lens ( and 16 GB Sandisk ExtremePro card).
The tipping scale (over the 3200) was:
- auto bracketing
- articulating screen
- preference of 16 over 24 MP ( closer to sweet spot)
- availability
- bundled pricing on 5100
- non-issue with relative weight
- ruling our of mirrorless options (advantage Niokn on many levels, ie build quality, lens choices, user community, compatibililty with my older Nikon lenses)
- ease of use with my older lenses (in manual mode)