$1500 for Whatever you want

[The One]

Time for a hypothetical, lets say you have $1500 for a FULL-Frame body and X amount of lenses, what would YOU get and why ?

 

[Designer]

I would get a Nikon D700 for its imaging qualities, and a Nikon AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED because it's been on my wish list for over a year. (I have several other lenses)

 

[smoke665]

A savings account, because it would be considerably less then needed.

 

[Braineack]

Wouldn't pay for the lens or body I want...

 

[greybeard]

A Nikon D750 and a AF-S 50mm f/1.8

https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-D750-FX-format-Digital-Camera/dp/B07CPCRHR4/ref=sr_1_1?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1548906360&sr=1-1&keywords=nikon+d750&th=1

Sharper and faster than any zoom. Just zoom with your feet.

 

[Tropicalmemories]

A Sony A7ii with kit lens should come in below this cost with current discounts.

Then add the 50mm f1.8

But with that budget I'd go for a discounted Fuji X-T2 with the excellent 18-55 kit. Nobody really needs 'full frame' these days, except perhaps a professional working with very high iso?

 

[snowbear]

I have the FX body, and like smoke said - $1500 would only be a down payment on any of the Nikon Holy Trinity +1.

 

[Braineack]

I guess if $1500 is all I had to work with I'd go for a used D810.

Really I'd like the D850 (and a new computer to handle the files/storage) and the 105mm 1.4e or the 300mm f/4e

 

[Solarflare]

Time for a hypothetical, lets say you have $1500 for a FULL-Frame body and X amount of lenses, what would YOU get and why ?

Still, as always, I'd go for:

D700 - ca $500
Nikkor AF 35mm f2 - ca $200
Tokina 100mm f2.8 macro - ca $250

Rest I'd spent on a Godox remote flash setup, a Manfrotto BeFree travel tripod, and a coated circular polarizer filter plus stepup rings for that.

Mind you thats a very unspecific setup, for example if you go for landscape then theres much better choices to specialize into that.

 

[D7K]

Still holding out for a 14-24 and a 70-200 for my D850... But also for a set of NiSi Filters... so I don't need a body, but I'd go with a D810 probably if I had to, else I'd use it as a kick start for the rest of my kit!

 

[webestang64]

Since the question only says Full Frame, does not specify digital.....

Pentax LX film camera body and the rest on film.

 

[ac12]

Used D810 or new D750.

 

[ORourkeK]

And by new you mean almost 5 year old D750 XD. I think it is crazy that Nikon has not released a newer full frame body for the $1500-$2000 range yet. Perhaps we will see it happen this year, but there is speculation that wont happen because they don't want it to compete with the Z6. *Shrug*

 

[Solarflare]

On the contrary I wouldnt be surprised if Nikon raised the initial price.

The market is shrinking, so Nikon has said to focus on higher tiers of cameras.