Nikon d7200

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Considering exchanging my a6000 with 3 lenses for a d7200 and sigma 17-50 2.8 with the intention of a macro lens and telephoto for wildlife in future. Whilst I like the a6000 there is literally no decent general purpose zoom that's reasonably fast and lens choice is limited. Been offered £460 (around £60-70 more than a uk retailer) for my camera setup and can pick up the d7200 for £560 with the sigma lens imported new without guarantee for only £190. This is over £250 less than if I was to buy in the uk which isn't worth the lens guarantee. The only thing I see as a negative is the extra weight and lack of flip out screen. Any opinions?
 
Was gonna say surely there must be a bog standard walkabout lens for that system, but just checked the Sony website and you're right, £2.5k rrp for a 16-35mm f/2.8 lol, what a joke.

You can't go wrong with the Nikon D7200 it's the best crop camera on the market currently.
 
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Was gonna say surely there must be a bog standard walkabout lens for that system, but just checked the Sony website and you're right, £2.5k rrp for a 16-35mm f/2.8 lol, what a joke.

You can't go wrong with the Nikon D7200 it's the best crop camera on the market currently.
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There's literally hardly any lenses available. Had it near launch again purchased abroad so much cheaper. A few people have said there is a lack of support due to Sony putting most of their efforts into the ff market, although how people can justify the a6300 and a6500 with such few lenses available is beyond me.
 
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There's literally hardly any lenses available. Had it near launch again purchased abroad so much cheaper. A few people have said there is a lack of support due to Sony putting most of their efforts into the ff market, although how people can justify the a6300 and a6500 with such few lenses available is beyond me.
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Each to their own I suppose, and their needs :)

I'm happy enough with the small size of the A6500, and I have both the 18-105 and the 35mm Prime lens. With that I have a Godex TT350s flash, good size for the A6500.

With the A6500 and a 35mm Prime it is a small enough size to be a good walkabout / coat pocket camera and the 35mm 1.8 is virtually a 1:1 to what I see when used on a crop body camera.
Just bought a set of extension tubes for it as well, initial impressions are good for what I would use them for.

It really pays off to do the research before buying a camera tho, especially if lenses and accessories are important.

If a Nikon DSLR is for you then you probably realise that the 7500 is out now.

I have just sold my 80D as I just couldn't get used to the size and noise of a DSLR, compared to a mirrorless. There were other considerations as well.
 
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Yes, have the 35mm 1.8 and it's decent. The 19mm sigma 2.8 has also been great for very little money. Coming from these, you just don't want to use the kit lens so then look into upgrades years later to find there aren't any. Expected this initially, but not now and with the 6300 and 6500. It's unfortunately the cameras biggest limiting factor I think.
 
I done the same with my Sony a6000,loved the thing and still muss it in some respects,moved to a canon 750d and quite a good range of lens,I agree with you about the choice of budget lens for the 6000 and that's why I moved back to a DSLR, the weight was a issue for me when I had my Nikon d7000 and that's why I got the Sony but I'm very happy with the canon and will stick to a DSLR from now on.
 
It is disappointing that Sony continue with their excellent A6000 range and yet do little to balance out the lens situation, especially for their crop sensor cameras.

For me it wasn't just about the lenses, having owned a couple of Sony morrorless cameras in the past. The 80D was the first DSLR that I had owned and I found that over the year plus of ownership I was taking less photos than I was when I had one of the Sony cameras, as time passed. I always felt that it was way too large and very intrusive. Some events which allowed non flash photography also made me conscious, as I was the one with a camera which sounded like an A10 tank killer, no silent shooting possible. I had also grown to love the EVF, I never chimped as much as I was doing with the DSLR...!

Thankfully I can manage well with my 35mm Prime as the day to day lens on my coat pocket sized A6500 and then a 18-105 Sony lens for anything else. The two extension tubes seem pretty good, but I'll need to use them more to see if they meet my needs.

I can completely understand your need to change, I was mainly suggesting that whilst the 7200 is a mighty fine camera you might consider the newly released D7500.

I sold my 80D kit to MPB, in fact it is with them now and I'm waiting for their inspection etc before they pay out.

Good luck :)

EDIT: The only thing, as yet, that I have missed from the Canon is the battery life...! I had forgotten how dire it was when using a mirrorless compared to the size of the battery used in a DSLR. You do need spares...!
 
I to feel sony need to sort out some decent budget zoom lens for there 6000 range,the battery was not a problem for me as i had 7 battery's,the canon battery is so much better,i went to london last saturday and took 800 shots from one battery,it is nice to worry about carrying so many battery's :)
 
Yeah there is the D7500 as well, but it's not in the same class as the D7200 and D500 because it only has one card slot unfortunately.
 
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The images are worse as well because of it's lower resolution sensor. He'd be better off getting the Sigma 16-35mm f/1.8 or a D610 and 24-70 f/2.8 if he's spending that much money because he's clearly not shooting sports.
 
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