Should I Buy a Nikon D300s, Nikon D7000, or Nikon D7100 to Replace My Nikon D90? (Viewer Question)

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[DalisayOrchard]

I shoot night football. Which one is best for low light at ISO 3200? D300s or D7100?

[SirSilverFox]

I'd suggest a used Nikon D3S or a point and shoot camera.

[GeoffBosco]

7100>7200 low iso dynamic range. Still the best value Nikon out there, unless you're doing mostly high iso action/wildlife.

Frankly even for wildlife I've never really needed to go +1250 iso on my 7100. Which is about the range where the 7200 begins to out-perform the 7100.

[cathycgilreath]

I am still using a D3000...but I am also just getting into photography for more than personal use. Is this a good camera to begin a photography business?

[musachocco]

Thanks Mr for giving us good advice. I have Nikon D7000. And I'm happy to have it.

[Elmex_]

Pentax is moving to full frame (I think they already have some FF lenses), Nikon doesn't do good DX glass anymore (lighterweight / same performance as FX glass ... if they wanted to), Sony isn't making APS-C or FF glass for its SLT-A series (nor a A99m2 ? ) . Depending what you shoot, the D7000 series are great. They work for portraiture, street photog, landscape, probably even weddings.

But for sports, wildlife, insects and birds I think a m43 is better. Why? The newer m43 bodies (oly's camp E-M1 / its sequel, panny's body GH4 / GX8) have very good AF tracking and burst rate. Newer D7100 and D7200 also have good focus tracking, but the burst rate / buffer gets full very quickly. That's not the biggest problem tho imo. Biggest problem is that you end up using FF lenses on a body that should be using crop lenses. You could save so much weight off if somebody bothered to make a 150-600 equivalent in APS-C format, or even the longer macro lenses / 70-200 lenses. A 150-600 lens might weight a good 2kg, whilst a 100-300 m43 is only 600g. It's probably not same image quality as the 150-600 lens, but it's much much much better than the Tamron 70-300 VC USD that I have. Give these m43 designers time and they'll design a lens to compete with my 300 PF.

[rohanarchive]

well if you wanna shoot action, and maybe extreme weather and you dont care about video i would say go d300 not even the d300s you can pick up a d300 for $200-300 and it will do 8fps with the grip and its is just indestructable.

[flatheadfletch]

Long in the tooth. Laughable. The 300s takes better photos then everything your comparing them to !!!

[wherezthebeef]

Wow, just saw this, I still use my D300, D7100 and D610 in 2025, had to laugh, you said D300S was 'getting old' 9 years ago, LOL, still takes phenomenal images and with ai upsclaling, can print as big as I want..

[thomasacerbo]

The Pentax is K-S2 is good (and inexpensive) DSLR (under $600).

[Gadgetbig]

I think he should buy a Nikon d5500 with the 18-140 kit kens, , fantastic camera, , and great value for money

[SirSilverFox]

I'd suggest a used Nikon D3S or a point and shoot camera.

[SirSilverFox]

I'd suggest a used Nikon D3S or a point and shoot camera.