I have a Nikon D60 and a collection of about 5 lenses and with a family holiday coming up I wondered about upgrading it as it's a little long in the tooth.
Are the newer entry level Nikons (D3200 / D3300) worth the upgrade? It looks like I would get better sensor, higher megapixes and video, does it give me anything else from a still shots perspective?
I'd quite like auto exposure bracketing so i can play with HDR.
I would say im not sufficiently into photography to warrant a huge expenditure and I dont want to jump to cannon as want to keep my lenses....so what do you guys think?
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Unless you fancy a new camera of course....
I used to have a D60 and it was a lovely little camera. The major area I found it lacked was its low light performance. Its probably worth an upgrade for that reason alone to be honest. A D3300 is around £300, so for that money id probably be looking at a second hand D7000 instead. It has a weather sealed body, built in focus motor (so you don't have to buy AF-S lenses), a larger/brighter viewfinder, greater dynamic range and higher frame rate.
Just my 2p
IMHO HDR and waterfalls taken with a ND filter are to photography what two handed tapping is to guitar playing ;-) By all means have fun with it, but generally HDR pictures from 3-4 years now just look like 'HDR pictures'.
As Bing Monka said, I went from 350D to something like a 550D and the difference in image quality was huge (cheap Canon DSLR's with 3-4 years between them). I was very pleased with the upgrade, but quickly moved on to a camera with a bigger body as the small DSLR's feel very cramped to me, then went Full Frame.
Multiple focus points were pointless to me until I had a dedicated joystick to move the selection.
Do you do much post processing? Learning Lightrooom or similar can make a huge difference to the final output.
A lot depends on how you use your camera, but you could also consider something like a Sony RX100 to give you a bit more freedom, or some off camera flash equipment and modifiers to use with your DSLR.
I'd push on with what you are trying to do with your current equipment and then choose what to buy once you hit the limits...it will be then be more obvious what the next move should be.