Chicken Nugget
Why did the rooster hang around the henhouse?
I will start with I'm very new to photography so go easy on me.
I have had my Nikon D3300 for about a year. I use a AF-S Nikkor 55-200mm 1:4-5.6 II ed vr DX and really only shoot birds. I wanted to upgrade my lens to 300mm to get a little more reach and decided to also upgrade the body to allow my wife to get into the hobby too. So questions are as follows:
I'm thinking up upgrading to the D7500 over the D5500. It seems like a little upgrade from the 5000 series for not a lot more money with some added features that might help me. thoughts? Should I buy new if I plan to keep this for years to come?
I can not afford the 2k I want for my preferred lens(once again from my research but no real experience) so for now I'm looking at a refurbished AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6e ED VR for now and then save for the lens below. Will I notice the extra 100mm?
The end goal is a 70-200mm f/2.8g VR II with a teleconverter.
I also am assuming that I should stick with Nikon so we can bot have the same systems??
I want to be able to hike with it so I hope to not have to use a tripod. I have $800 to maybe $1500 to spend now.
Thank you for your help.
I have had my Nikon D3300 for about a year. I use a AF-S Nikkor 55-200mm 1:4-5.6 II ed vr DX and really only shoot birds. I wanted to upgrade my lens to 300mm to get a little more reach and decided to also upgrade the body to allow my wife to get into the hobby too. So questions are as follows:
I'm thinking up upgrading to the D7500 over the D5500. It seems like a little upgrade from the 5000 series for not a lot more money with some added features that might help me. thoughts? Should I buy new if I plan to keep this for years to come?
I can not afford the 2k I want for my preferred lens(once again from my research but no real experience) so for now I'm looking at a refurbished AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6e ED VR for now and then save for the lens below. Will I notice the extra 100mm?
The end goal is a 70-200mm f/2.8g VR II with a teleconverter.
I also am assuming that I should stick with Nikon so we can bot have the same systems??
I want to be able to hike with it so I hope to not have to use a tripod. I have $800 to maybe $1500 to spend now.
Thank you for your help.
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