750vs7000

can't begin to answer until we know what you do, what you're trying to do, what you find lacking in the 7000, what you're trying to fix, what lenses you have and whatever other details besides "is it better". The 7000 is very good and most things can be done fairly well with it.

Yes, but then a lot of other newer Nikon cameras would be as well, as would a lot of non-Nikon cameras.

I have a 105 mm 2.8 lens, an 18-135 3.5-5.6 that came with my old d80, a 50:mm1.8, an 80-200 2.8, and an older 70-300, not a great aperture, 4.5-5.6. All are Nikkor. I’m an artist and take photos to use for drawings and paintings. Also do dog photos for local animal control for their adoption page. Actually have the most trouble with indoor shots there.

thank you.

I do google, or bing. But I also enjoy getting personal answers here from people who are not trying to sell me anything.

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then yes, yes it will be noticeably better.

pammie52 said:

I have a 105 mm 2.8 lens, an 18-135 3.5-5.6 that came with my old d80, a 50:mm1.8, an 80-200 2.8, and an older 70-300, not a great aperture, 4.5-5.6. All are Nikkor. I’m an artist and take photos to use for drawings and paintings. Also do dog photos for local animal control for their adoption page. Actually have the most trouble with indoor shots there.

thank you.

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I think a D750 will be better if you buy a lens for the dog photos. Or tour 50mm might do or buy a fast mid range zoom

pammie52 said:

I have a 105 mm 2.8 lens, an 18-135 3.5-5.6 that came with my old d80, a 50:mm1.8, an 80-200 2.8, and an older 70-300, not a great aperture, 4.5-5.6. All are Nikkor. I’m an artist and take photos to use for drawings and paintings. Also do dog photos for local animal control for their adoption page. Actually have the most trouble with indoor shots there.

thank you.

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I recently spent about 3 months going over all possible cameras to upgrade my old 2004 D70s, which was just such outdated technology and did not do well inside or in low light in general. I finally settled on the D5600, which I got last month on sale for $646 body only (like you, I had lenses already). Right now there are refurbished ones for $569 to $599, and new it seems to be around $699. I had an 18-70 kit lens that came with my D70s, and it works beautifully on the 5600 and is a wonderful all purpose lens. I also got some other lenses (the 18-300 f/3.5-6.3, which I really like a lot and it is fairly compact and light weight), but you already seem to have a nice collection of lenses so perhaps you wouldn't need any more lenses.

I really LOVE this D5600, and it is wonderful in low light, indoors is great even under lower lighting. If you don't want to use flash, you can boost ISO a bit and it looks plenty light enough. When you do need or want the flash it is very efficient and works well, plenty bright for most things I'd want it for.

Overall, I have been really delighted with this camera, and it is an absolute world of difference from my older camera (as it would be from your 7000), and although I was unsure at first about the touch screen part of it, I quickly realized how much I like it. It's an extremely quick way to change your basic settings. The LCD screen is large, bright and very clear. I like its full articulation as well, so you can flip it to the side for front or back shooting, angles up and down, or you can rotate it against the back of the camera to have it flat, or you can rotate it to put the screen inwards for protection when you aren't using it. I've found I really like this sort of screen, more that the ones that only tilt up and down. I also like the smaller size and lighter weight of the 5600. It has a very good grip and is easy to hold, which is nice when you have larger and heavier lenses on the camera. In my research I really liked some of the larger cameras such as the 750 or 500, but this one is just fabulous and I would buy it again, I have no complaints at all about it.

I loved my D7000, until it missed focus; and it missed focus more than I liked. The D750 solved that problem. It also gives substantially better ISO performance, e.g. with my slower f/4.5-5.6 lens I simply set max ISO to 6400 and snap away until dusk. But I also lost the telephoto "reach" of DX.

Nikon appears to be modernizing their mount and removing legacy functionality, i.e. AI indexing, screwdriver autofocus, and mechanical aperture links on E-type lenses. Unless you're considering buying new lenses choose your next camera carefully so the lenses you have now are compatible.

And don't forget to spend on really good post-processing software with hardware to drive it. My old dog pictures taken with a D70s and 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 look terrific when processed with a modern RAW converter.

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I have a 105 mm 2.8 lens, an 18-135 3.5-5.6 that came with my old d80, a 50:mm1.8, an 80-200 2.8, and an older 70-300, not a great aperture, 4.5-5.6. All are Nikkor. I’m an artist and take photos to use for drawings and paintings. Also do dog photos for local animal control for their adoption page. Actually have the most trouble with indoor shots there.

thank you.

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I have a Nikon D5100, D7000 and D750.

The Nikon D750 will make the lenses you have (except the 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 which is a lens designed for cropped sensor cameras) sing.

I have the 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 and love it. It is my favourite go to lens with my Nikon D5100 for vacation, or for my D7000 when I want / need an extra wide range.

The Nikon D750 will make all your lenses operate at the intended angle of view. So for inside shots, you can use your 80-200 or 50 and they will make amazing perspectives!

And the Nikon D750 has a bigger sensor, so that will result in cleaner pictures.

It just has a bigger shooting envelope. So either you can go after more difficult lighting shots or make more mistakes and still expect to walk away with better shots than your D7000.

I kinda backed into getting a D750.

I was using a Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 and a Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 on my D7000 to chase my daughter around at gymnastics.

Then my wife and I were invited to do a paid gig. But . . . it was shooting in smaller rooms. So I would not be able to shoot with my D7000 and those lenses. I especially wanted to shoot with the 80-200 for that long perspective and soft background. But with a lens that long on a cropped body, I couldn't get far enough back in the small room. So it was either I get proper cropped lenses, or . . . simply get the D750.

So . . . I got the D750 and all my problems went away.

I was able to use my 80-200 at its proper angle of view and the ability to get the subject closer really helped to make the subject sharper in comparison to a softer background.

The same with the 50mm.

And when I am not allowed to use flash (such as indoor sports), the D750 out performs the D7000.

Here is a D750 shot with my 80-200.


Here is a D7000 shot with my 80-200.


Now. I still have my D7000. When I want the extra reach, I use it. And . . . it is still a fantastic camera. If I did not back into a paid gig, I would not have gotten the D750. As a parent, at the time it would have been hard to justify for me. Either I would have stayed with the D7000, or I would have gotten the D7200, which I really took a long hard look at.

Take care & Happy Shooting!


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Pammie, I splashed out and bought the D750 today with the 28-120 lens. It was a wonderful buy and I have been planning to upgrade from my D5300 for a while. A friend I used to work with bought one and is delighted. I asked about the weight (she is about my size and stature) and she said she doesn't even think about it anymore.

I am very excited (camera arrives Friday) and look forward to giving it a whirl. I mainly shoot flowers, gardens and landscapes. I may keep my d5300 and the 70-300 lens for when I want to take some bird or insect photos.

Good luck with your decision!

Lynn

Your lenses are full frame except the 18-135. Switching to a D750 would leave you with no wide angle capability and no general-purpose zoom that 18-135 serves now. That means moving to a D750 will also mean buy one or more lenses. Does that fit your budget?

If your lenses are all AF-S models, they will autofocus on D3xxx and D5xxx models, but any lenses that are not AF-S will not autofocus on these cameras. If getting a D5600 would give you functional autofocus, a D5600 could get you the better high ISO performance you'd like at a real savings. (The controls on a D5600 are different - you'd have a learning curve there.)

But they all all autofocus on a D610, D750, and on a D7200 or D7500. The last two are DX like your D7000 and on-camera controls are laid out almost exactly as on your D7000 (minimizes the learning curve). Both the D7200 and D7500 offer better high ISO performance and better autofocus than the D7000 - I think either one would meets your plans at a lower cost to you than a D750.

If you have a camera store within a reasonable distance, I suggest taking one of your lenses and a memory card to the store and ask to use your card and lens to take a few shots in the store at higher ISO. Look at the shots at home on your computer decide for yourself if a D5600, D7200, D7500, or D750 is your best bet. Then go back to that store and get the camera of your choice.

The 7000 is an odd camera. It came after the d300/d90 combo which were much the same quality as each other but in a different case. The 7000 took the 90 forward but not in a way that I noticed... image quality and controls are very similar. In my opinion the 90 is one of the best value nikons of all time.

The 7100 was a good step forward, then the 7200 was an excellent development and well sorted camera - even better value than the 90. So much so that I feel the 7500 was short of ideas.

Having shot many weddings with a 610 I now have a 750 as a lead camera and like it very much.

For you, is it a good choice? Well it is certainly a giant leap ahead of the 7000 though for your described use I can't see any huge advantage over a 7200. If the price is too good to resits, then go for it, but check the serial number on the nikon site to ensure it isn't in the bad shutter batch. If it is, check that it has been sorted out.

If the price is good but not totally unmissable I would look into the 7200 which is way more camera than most people will ever make use of. People big up full frame and make out that it is the only way forward. It isn't.

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I had a D7000 for a few years, and upgraded to a D750 last year. Zero regrets, it was the perfect evolutionary upgrade from the D7X00 line to an FX body, as it has almost all the bits that make shooting a breeze (minus a larger top LCD), and that buttery, light-sucking FX sensor.

It also hit the sweet spot in terms of resolution for me. I wanted more megapixels, but not D8XX-level. The RAW files are 20-40MB already, and that’s plenty for me, even for 20x30 prints I sometimes make (though 99% of my shots nowadays are destined for screens so a lot of resolution is wasted, except when I need to crop).

Finally, there’s a quality to the noise at high ISOs (3200 and above) that completely takes away any hesitation to use 3200, 6400, and even in some cases 12800! With the D7000 I was always hesitant to push to 3200 because of chroma noise that would make details get a bit fuzzy. With my D750, even at 12800 it’s mostly luminance noise which doesn’t make colors go blotchy, and in some cases makes the ‘character’ of the photos better.

After also renting the D4, D500, and D810, I settled on the D750 which is the perfect balance for this non-pro. My favorite digital camera body so far.

Another vote for the 750.

With the things you shoot, it's a no-brainer to get out of the D7000 and into full frame.