Nikon fx vs dx

[fjrabon]

Add to that, I sold my d7100 to a member here when I went full frame. Besides low light, it performs on par and worst for certain purposes. BUT! Always buy fx lenses.

Eh, I sorta disagree with always buying FX lenses. A lot of times when you buy FX glass for DX you're either overpaying, getting a much larger lens than necessary, getting a slower lens, or not getting the focal lengths that really work for dx. Or most often, all of the above. Now what I may agree with is only buying used DX lenses. That way you take little/no loss of you decide to go full frame and sell off your DX glass.

I agree with your disagreement. The 35 1.8 and 17-55 2.8 are excellent lenses. It'll be a sad day however when you no longer have a dx and see a black circle in your vf.

Despite the excellence of the 17-55, it holds its value poorly.

Eh, I pretty much always buy used, so I never take more than a $20-50 loss. I've actually made money on a couple lenses I put up on eBay.

My theory is buy the most appropriate lenses for the camera you have, buy used, sell if you need different lenses. To me a 28-70 f/2.8 full frame lens is kind of a silly lens to own for APS-C. It's way heavier than it needs to be, has an awkward focal range, and is way more expensive than you need for DX. You're making a lot of compromises to have a lens image projected that your camera isn't even using.

And if you want a wide angle on APS-C you have no choice but to buy DX or use a fisheye instead.

 

[jinx703x]

This video was very enlightening to me when I first started out:

 

[Nikon newbie]

Add to that, I sold my d7100 to a member here when I went full frame. Besides low light, it performs on par and worst for certain purposes. BUT! Always buy fx lenses.

Eh, I sorta disagree with always buying FX lenses. A lot of times when you buy FX glass for DX you're either overpaying, getting a much larger lens than necessary, getting a slower lens, or not getting the focal lengths that really work for dx. Or most often, all of the above. Now what I may agree with is only buying used DX lenses. That way you take little/no loss of you decide to go full frame and sell off your DX glass.

I agree with your disagreement. The 35 1.8 and 17-55 2.8 are excellent lenses. It'll be a sad day however when you no longer have a dx and see a black circle in your vf.

Despite the excellence of the 17-55, it holds its value poorly.

Eh, I pretty much always buy used, so I never take more than a $20-50 loss. I've actually made money on a couple lenses I put up on eBay.

My theory is buy the most appropriate lenses for the camera you have, buy used, sell if you need different lenses. To me a 28-70 f/2.8 full frame lens is kind of a silly lens to own for APS-C. It's way heavier than it needs to be, has an awkward focal range, and is way more expensive than you need for DX. You're making a lot of compromises to have a lens image projected that your camera isn't even using.

And if you want a wide angle on APS-C you have no choice but to buy DX or use a fisheye instead.

Just purchased 35mm 1.8 dx can't wait till it comes in

 

[lance70]

You can't go wrong with the D7000 or D7100, great bodies and my wife still uses the D7000 and I only recently sold my D7100 and purchased a D610...for me it works better for the portraits I shoot with the room I have available and low light in clubs. I worked with several local models in my area and shot with all three bodies with the Nikon 70-200 f4 and the pics look incredible from the DX or FX body.