Thinking of upgrading to D750 from D5200

srvkmr · Jan 18, 2018

Hello,

I am using D5200 since 2014 Jan. I shoot landscapes, birds, macros, little astro, little portraits. Here is a link of my flickr page. https://www.flickr.com/photos/35286525@N08/

Since few months I am thinking of buying D750 for better ISO performance in low light and better image quality. With D750, I wish if the camera could have more cross type auto focus points.

So, to those who have done similar upgrades, price of D750 is roughly 5x that of D5200 but does d750 provides really good bump in image quality and performance?

I own following lenses:

1.) sigma 17-50mm dx lens

2.) nikon 70-300mm ED VR.

3.) nikon 50mm 1.8G

4.) Tamron 150-600mm

Dyun27 · Jan 18, 2018

srvkmr said:
Hello,

I am using D5200 since 2014 Jan. I shoot landscapes, birds, macros, little astro, little portraits. Here is a link of my flickr page. https://www.flickr.com/photos/35286525@N08/

Since few months I am thinking of buying D750 for better ISO performance in low light and better image quality. With D750, I wish if the camera could have more cross type auto focus points.

So, to those who have done similar upgrades, price of D750 is roughly 5x that of D5200 but does d750 provides really good bump in image quality and performance?

I own following lenses:

1.) sigma 17-50mm dx lens

2.) nikon 70-300mm ED VR.

3.) nikon 50mm 1.8G

4.) Tamron 150-600mm

Just like the D5 high ISO image quality is not $4,500 better than a D750, so is the D750 image quality not 5x better than the D5200,... but... it IS noticeably better.

You get an IQ bump, yes,... but you get more in terms of AF focus accuracy, speed, sensitivity and general menu options that improve the user's experience in getting the image. It's just an overall better camera. Whether all that is worth the extra money, is up to you. Personally I love the D750 for many reasons and have been shooting with it for three years now. If you pair it with great lenses and skill, it will give you great results.

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StillLearning · Jan 18, 2018

srvkmr said:
Hello,

I am using D5200 since 2014 Jan. I shoot landscapes, birds, macros, little astro, little portraits. Here is a link of my flickr page. https://www.flickr.com/photos/35286525@N08/

Since few months I am thinking of buying D750 for better ISO performance in low light and better image quality. With D750, I wish if the camera could have more cross type auto focus points.

So, to those who have done similar upgrades, price of D750 is roughly 5x that of D5200 but does d750 provides really good bump in image quality and performance?

I own following lenses:

1.) sigma 17-50mm dx lens

2.) nikon 70-300mm ED VR.

3.) nikon 50mm 1.8G

4.) Tamron 150-600mm

A new D750 body runs just under 1800 here in the states. A new D5300 is around 600. I had a 5300 and it cost almost 800 when new. So if you got a 5200 for around 360 then you got a smoking deal.

It may not be worth it for you unless you consider having a second control wheel. A little larger body with a better grip. A battery grip to add on. Better high IQ. Almost 2 stops better then my D5300. Bigger viewer. More AF points and better AF in low light. Maybe a few more things but been too long since I had the 5300. The 5300 was nice but I missed too many things with it. Plus it was just too small for my hands.

m_black · Jan 18, 2018

srvkmr said:
Hello,

I am using D5200 since 2014 Jan. I shoot landscapes, birds, macros, little astro, little portraits. Here is a link of my flickr page. https://www.flickr.com/photos/35286525@N08/

Since few months I am thinking of buying D750 for better ISO performance in low light and better image quality. With D750, I wish if the camera could have more cross type auto focus points.

So, to those who have done similar upgrades, price of D750 is roughly 5x that of D5200 but does d750 provides really good bump in image quality and performance?

I own following lenses:

1.) sigma 17-50mm dx lens

2.) nikon 70-300mm ED VR.

3.) nikon 50mm 1.8G

4.) Tamron 150-600mm

I have a D750, my wife has a D5200. The D750 is a markedly better camera. The D5200 doesn't have AF fine tune either, which on some lenses is a big help.

srvkmr · Jan 18, 2018

mgblack74 said:
srvkmr said:

Hello,

I am using D5200 since 2014 Jan. I shoot landscapes, birds, macros, little astro, little portraits. Here is a link of my flickr page. https://www.flickr.com/photos/35286525@N08/

Since few months I am thinking of buying D750 for better ISO performance in low light and better image quality. With D750, I wish if the camera could have more cross type auto focus points.

So, to those who have done similar upgrades, price of D750 is roughly 5x that of D5200 but does d750 provides really good bump in image quality and performance?

I own following lenses:

1.) sigma 17-50mm dx lens

2.) nikon 70-300mm ED VR.

3.) nikon 50mm 1.8G

4.) Tamron 150-600mm

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I have a D750, my wife has a D5200. The D750 is a markedly better camera. The D5200 doesn't have AF fine tune either, which on some lenses is a big help.

You sir, have both bodies at present and I think can throw more light on the comparison. Please tell me how does the cameras compete in macro, landscape, shooting moving birds, Astro photography.

To all,

Since am using 150-600, I am getting 900 mm on d5200. Is it good to say that an image shot at 600mm on d750, then cropped to 900mm is better than the same image shot at 600mm on d5200 (900mm equivalent on dx) ?

m_black · Jan 18, 2018

srvkmr said:
mgblack74 said:

srvkmr said:

Hello,

I am using D5200 since 2014 Jan. I shoot landscapes, birds, macros, little astro, little portraits. Here is a link of my flickr page. https://www.flickr.com/photos/35286525@N08/

Since few months I am thinking of buying D750 for better ISO performance in low light and better image quality. With D750, I wish if the camera could have more cross type auto focus points.

So, to those who have done similar upgrades, price of D750 is roughly 5x that of D5200 but does d750 provides really good bump in image quality and performance?

I own following lenses:

1.) sigma 17-50mm dx lens

2.) nikon 70-300mm ED VR.

3.) nikon 50mm 1.8G

4.) Tamron 150-600mm

Click to expand...

I have a D750, my wife has a D5200. The D750 is a markedly better camera. The D5200 doesn't have AF fine tune either, which on some lenses is a big help.

Click to expand...

You sir, have both bodies at present and I think can throw more light on the comparison. Please tell me how does the cameras compete in macro, landscape, shooting moving birds, Astro photography.

To all,

Since am using 150-600, I am getting 900 mm on d5200. Is it good to say that an image shot at 600mm on d750, then cropped to 900mm is better than the same image shot at 600mm on d5200 (900mm equivalent on dx) ?

I'm partial to FX, so I may be biased. The size of the sensor matters. Not in pixels, because they are the same, but in area. The pixel for pixel, the image is better on the D750. AF is faster, and more accurate.

The D5200's AF spread covers more of the frame because of the smaller sensor size. I don't do much macro so I can't comment. But an object will fille the D5200 viewfinder more than the D750 with the same lens. Landscape, the D750 has better dynamic range, and better availability of wide angle lenses. The 50 1.8 will feel like a new lens on the D750. The D750 AF for tracking birds will be excellent. I don't do much of that, but it's hands down better in low light situations. You can actually program how fast it reacts in AF-C mode. Plus it has 3D AF tracking.... oeverall much more advanced than the D5200.

Taking a picture on a D750 and cropping to DX proportions will only give you about 9mp. So your D5200 will have more digital crop reach. But again, the image quality of the D750 will be much better.

That all said, the D500 is not much of a price difference compared to the D750 right now. If you like the crop factor you get with your long lenses and are worried about losing "reach", have a look at the D500. It's essentially a crop frame D5. Many of the abilities of the D750 and D850 but without chaning your field of view. The D500 is 4mp less than the D5200, but 1 million pixels along each side is not noticed in all practicality. And the AF and IQ is far improved from the D5200. Plus, for shooting birds, it has a higher FPS than the D750.

mostlyboringphotog · Jan 18, 2018

srvkmr said:
mgblack74 said:

srvkmr said:

Hello,

I am using D5200 since 2014 Jan. I shoot landscapes, birds, macros, little astro, little portraits. Here is a link of my flickr page. https://www.flickr.com/photos/35286525@N08/

Since few months I am thinking of buying D750 for better ISO performance in low light and better image quality. With D750, I wish if the camera could have more cross type auto focus points.

So, to those who have done similar upgrades, price of D750 is roughly 5x that of D5200 but does d750 provides really good bump in image quality and performance?

I own following lenses:

1.) sigma 17-50mm dx lens

2.) nikon 70-300mm ED VR.

3.) nikon 50mm 1.8G

4.) Tamron 150-600mm

Click to expand...

I have a D750, my wife has a D5200. The D750 is a markedly better camera. The D5200 doesn't have AF fine tune either, which on some lenses is a big help.

Click to expand...

You sir, have both bodies at present and I think can throw more light on the comparison. Please tell me how does the cameras compete in macro, landscape, shooting moving birds, Astro photography.

To all,

Since am using 150-600, I am getting 900 mm on d5200. Is it good to say that an image shot at 600mm on d750, then cropped to 900mm is better than the same image shot at 600mm on d5200 (900mm equivalent on dx) ?

D5200 24MP APS-C - D750 24MP FF

We may quibble if one is "really" getting 900mm on D5200; what you are really getting with 600mm D5200 is the center crop of 48MP FF sensor, So in terms of resolution, 600mm D5200 is better than 600mm D750, if cropped to the DX, it would be about 12MP (however, many folks believe it's more than adequate for a poster size even).

Then why would anyone ever want D750? Since it's a bigger pixel size than D5200, and let's say the scene is very contrasty. D750 with higher DR, due to larger pixel, may not blow the highlight as D5200 might.

It's a long winded way to say, what do you mean "better"?? ;-)

Good luck...

BTW, D850 has 46MP, so now you can eat the cake too :-O

srvkmr · Jan 18, 2018

thanks all for your valuable inputs.

Since sigma 17-50 is a dx lens, is it still ok if I use it on D750 at say 20 or 24 mm to avoid vignetting?

m_black · Jan 19, 2018

srvkmr said:
thanks all for your valuable inputs.

Since sigma 17-50 is a dx lens, is it still ok if I use it on D750 at say 20 or 24 mm to avoid vignetting?

Depends on the vignetting. I'm not familiar with the Sigma 17-50 but I know the Nikon 17-55 is usable without vignetting from 35-55. All Nikon FF cameras have a DX mode where a box shows in the viewfinder indicating the DX crop, so you can use the 17-50 for a while, but it will be limited to roughly 10mp.

Dyun27 · Jan 19, 2018

srvkmr said:
To all,

Since am using 150-600, I am getting 900 mm on d5200. Is it good to say that an image shot at 600mm on d750, then cropped to 900mm is better than the same image shot at 600mm on d5200 (900mm equivalent on dx) ?

At low ISO, the D5200 will have the advantage of more pixels on your subject. At high ISO, the D750 image will be cleaner even when cropped into, but will only give you about 10 megapixels.

I think that even if you don't have as much reach with the D750 as you do with your D5200, the D750 will allow you to produce better IQ results and also acquire focus faster. BUT.... if you mostly shoot distant subjects like birds and wildlife, maybe look into the D7500 or D500 instead. These two will also be quite an improvement on your D5200 in IQ!

If I could use my D750 for wildlife and get the same reach with it that I do with the D500, I'd probably use the D750 most of the time. Since that's not possible without spending $12K on a nice long prime, the D500 is the next best thing. It's better than using teleconverters, or cropping into an image. No, the IQ isn't as great as the D750, but it's close enough and it gets the job done.

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srvkmr · Jan 19, 2018

thank you all for your valuable inputs.

Last thing I will like to ask is, I don't have fx wide angle or middle range zoom. So its ok to get d750 with 24-120mm kit lens or just buy d750 body and get a tokina 16-28 or nikon 18-35 mm to combine with all other lenses I have?

James809 · Jan 19, 2018

What's your timeframe for D750 purchase? I ask because there are decent used FF lenses to be had on eBay. I'd suggest a 24-70mm 2.8 if you're not intent on buying the D750 now. You can use anyone's 24-70mm on your existing gear, and wait on the D750 until there's another special (I think around April or May, if memory serves from last year) and save a little cash.

Dyun27 · Jan 19, 2018

srvkmr said:
thank you all for your valuable inputs.

Last thing I will like to ask is, I don't have fx wide angle or middle range zoom. So its ok to get d750 with 24-120mm kit lens or just buy d750 body and get a tokina 16-28 or nikon 18-35 mm to combine with all other lenses I have?

Personally I love the Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G (new version). It is very sharp, great color, very light, smallish and takes front-mounted filters. If you want to go wider than 18mm, consider the Tamron 15-35mm f/2.8. The Tamron is bigger and heavier, but has VR, is sharp and will take filters in the back of the lens. IMO those are the best choices in that price range for UWA.

There are manual choices as well, such as the new IRIX 11mm f/4 and 15mm f/2.4. Very well-built, weather-resistant, sharp,.. but manual focus and quite specialized. I have the 11mm and it's pretty great, just not great for everything since it's so crazy wide.

srvkmr · Jan 19, 2018

I am planning to buy d750 in Feb. Since I don't have any wide angle for fx, I was thinking of buying Nikon 18-35 or tokina 16-28 instead of getting 24-70 or 24-120.

Then I will sell my sigma 17-50. I am planning to have following lenses for d750.

1. 24-120 or 18-35/16-28.

2. 50 mm 1.8 g

3. 70 - 300 Ed vr

4. 150-600 Tamron.

TacticDesigns · Jan 20, 2018

srvkmr said:
Hello,

I am using D5200 since 2014 Jan. I shoot landscapes, birds, macros, little astro, little portraits. Here is a link of my flickr page. https://www.flickr.com/photos/35286525@N08/

Since few months I am thinking of buying D750 for better ISO performance in low light and better image quality. With D750, I wish if the camera could have more cross type auto focus points.

So, to those who have done similar upgrades, price of D750 is roughly 5x that of D5200 but does d750 provides really good bump in image quality and performance?

I own following lenses:

1.) sigma 17-50mm dx lens

2.) nikon 70-300mm ED VR.

3.) nikon 50mm 1.8G

4.) Tamron 150-600mm

You have had a lot of other feedback . . . but I don't think I've seen mention of the difference in viewfinder.

I have a Nikon D5100, D7000 and D750 currently.

The D750 beats my DX cameras an high iso / low light performance and in IQ in general.

I guess the caveat is that it does that at shallower depths of field.

QUESTION: Will that be a pro or con for your macro work? Or birds? I'm not sure. I don't really shoot that, but am curious on what thoughts go behind what the pros / cons of each platform for those subjects.

Also . . . the D5x00 series have a Pentaxmirror viewfinder which is smaller and darker than a Pentaxprism viewfinder. And . . . going from DX to FX, the size of the viewfinder also increases and is brighter.

I have been playing around with some old manual focus lenses on my Pentax cropped sensor cameras. I have both a Pentamirror and Pentaprism dSLR Pentax camera. Having both cameras in hand at the same time, I can see a big difference in what I see in the viewfinder between them. Also, I can simply manual focus lenses easier and more accurately on the Pentaprism viewfinder camera.

I don't do it often with my Nikon cameras, but . . . I did try out manual focus on my Nikon D750 and found the bigger Pentaxprism viewfinder much easier to manual focus.

If you do manual focus, that may be something to take into consideration as well.

The little macro photography I did was on a manual focus macro lens, so for me, I would probably find that more useful.

Then again . . . for macro, the smaller sensor would get more pixels on your subject. That might make DX more advantageous.

As I said above, I don't shoot macro much, but . . . thinking about it, the bigger depth of field of the DX and more pixels on subject might make me want DX more?

Maybe add the Nikon D7200 / D7500 or D500 to your cameras to consider if macro and birds in flight (BIF) is something you want to shoot?

Take care & Happy Shooting!

Flashlight · Jan 20, 2018

TacticDesigns said:
QUESTION: Will that be a pro or con for your macro work? Or birds? I'm not sure. I don't really shoot that, but am curious on what thoughts go behind what the pros / cons of each platform for those subjects.

With the same aperture the 24MP DX camera has a stop more DoF than the 24MP FX camera. But when you want to maximize DoF for macro diffraction sets in one stop earlier for DX, so when you want to retain the same resolution set the DX to f/8 and the FX to f/11 and end up with the same DoF.

Flashlight · Jan 20, 2018

srvkmr said:
So, to those who have done similar upgrades, price of D750 is roughly 5x that of D5200 but does d750 provides really good bump in image quality and performance?

I made a quick comparison for you from the attic window so you can see for yourself. Best download the full jpegs and compare them side by side in Photoshop or another editor.

I compared the D7200 with 35mm f/1.8 FX to the D750 with 50mm f/1.8. IMO the 35mm is the better lens so that could be a factor, otherwise there's little significant difference that I can see. I used DxO Photolab with the same settings for both files to get from RAW to jpeg.

D7200, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G FX , 1/500 f/5.6 ISO 800

D750, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G, 1/500 f/8 ISO 1600

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TacticDesigns · Jan 20, 2018

Flashlight said:
srvkmr said:

So, to those who have done similar upgrades, price of D750 is roughly 5x that of D5200 but does d750 provides really good bump in image quality and performance?

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I made a quick comparison for you from the attic window so you can see for yourself. Best download the full jpegs and compare them side by side in Photoshop or another editor.

I compared the D7200 with 35mm f/1.8 FX to the D750 with 50mm f/1.8. IMO the 35mm is the better lens so that could be a factor, otherwise there's little significant difference that I can see. I used DxO Photolab with the same settings for both files to get from RAW to jpeg.

morinor · Jan 20, 2018

TacticDesigns said:
Also . . . the D5x00 series have a Pentaxmirror viewfinder which is smaller and darker than a Pentaxprism viewfinder. And . . . going from DX to FX, the size of the viewfinder also increases and is brighter.

I think you should stop using your Pentax. It has infect you. :-D

TacticDesigns · Jan 20, 2018

Flashlight said:
TacticDesigns said:

QUESTION: Will that be a pro or con for your macro work? Or birds? I'm not sure. I don't really shoot that, but am curious on what thoughts go behind what the pros / cons of each platform for those subjects.

Click to expand...

With the same aperture the 24MP DX camera has a stop more DoF than the 24MP FX camera. But when you want to maximize DoF for macro diffraction sets in one stop earlier for DX, so when you want to retain the same resolution set the DX to f/8 and the FX to f/11 and end up with the same DoF.

Thinking of upgrading to D750 from D5200

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