Trade up to D750 good deal?

Cuchulain · 3 May 2017 at 11:05

Whilst drunk I decided to get a quote to trade in my D7100 + 2 lenses to a D750 (and pay an extra £600 on top), it'd leave me with a Sigma 150-600 and 35mm 1.4 and I could probably get a used walkabout lens for a couple of hundred at a later date.

I mostly shoot wildlife and landscapes so I'd be losing a 10-20 3.5 in the trade but I can live with that for a while.

Big question is, is it worth the upgrade?

Cuchulain · 3 May 2017 at 18:23

Gawd, I was hoping for a resounding yes, luckily I waited. The two lenses were a Sigma 17 - 50 2.8 and Sigma 10 - 20 3.5. My main problem is noise even at relatively modest ISO's (e.g. 1600) and I was hoping the 750 would help with that. a used decent nick D500 is a good £300 extra currently so I guess I'll stick with what I have and wait and see what the D7500 brings. Thanks for the advice, saved me 600 quid.

Cuchulain · 3 May 2017 at 20:53

Sorry, should've clarified. I don't have any problem with ISO for landscapes as it's always set to 100, it's wildlife mainly where I need to keep the shutter speed up. I think I was hoping a full frame camera was some kind of magic bullet but turns out it's not, at least not to the degree I dreamt it might be. I'll probably stick the cash in to a new walkabout lens to replace the 17 - 50mm 2.8 and start experimenting with different types of photography instead.

Cuchulain · 4 May 2017 at 09:13

I'm going to ask this in here rather than creating a new thread, anyone have experience with the Sigma 18 - 35 1.8?

Cuchulain · 4 May 2017 at 10:34

Jono said:
Most of these were taken with a D750 (except the ones which weren't) - Anything since December 2015 is D750, prior to that was a Canon 600D.
www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanwilkinson

Nice! I've been hunting Kingfishers at our local wildlife reserve for over 4 years and I've yet to see one in the wild!

Cuchulain · 4 May 2017 at 20:22

Excellent, I can flog my inherited 35mm and make some cash!