Which is the best camera and lenses for me?

[Funderflash]

I've just returned to this thread to find some fantastic advice. Thank you all so much.i was faced with cameras I had no idea about before. If I've asked in store I've always felt like someone was trying to sell me what they have and not what I need. I like the sound of a Nikon D7000 and there's some great lens ideas in there as well. So thank you all. It's great to get feed back from people who really know their stuff.

Thanks for all the lols as well[emoji23]

I wasn't sure if this forum would help but I'm really amazed how detailed your answers have been.
I hope I can be as helpful to someone one day.

Few more quick questions?
Why shouldn't I get a kit lens again? Is it because it's not a great lens or because it's not going to move up with me to a FF camera later on?

Also are these memory cards ok and is this flash worth keeping?

Ruifo. You seem to know exactly where I'm heading.

 

[jaomul]

Firstly d7000 uses sd cards not cf cards.

Secondly, in my opinion you should buy the kit lens. There isn't much point in buying a crop camera now and losing out because you only buy ff lenses. The 18-105mm kit lens is great. It could also be sold on later without much loss in money. Maybe ensure any other lens you buy is ff compatible so you don't have lots of lenses to get rid of later.

Furthermore, aps-c is already bigger than 4/3rds. Many never feel the need to go fullframe, image quality from the d7000 is excellent.

Not sure about the flash, if it's ok for digital it's worth keeping as a manual flash

 

[sashbar]

D7000 is a good camera, but be aware that it is 4 years old. If you can stretch your budget a bit, you will thank yourself later for buying a more modern D7100. It has a much better autofocus, that is important when shooting kids, and it has more megapixels, which will give you more freedom to crop your images in post production. It is important before you will have mastered your compositions. If you pland to learn photography and even go pro as you stated, buy a more modern body, you will pay more now but will save money in the long run.

 

[ruifo]

^^
I agree. I'd go either with a D7100 ou a D5300.

 

[ruifo]

Why shouldn't I get a kit lens again? Is it because it's not a great lens or because it's not going to move up with me to a FF camera later on?

You can get a kit lens. They are honest and good, especially for learning. They're not excellent, nor they will serve you for a future full frame in totality. With Nikon FF, you can still use your crop lenses, using the Nikon DX mode, what is very nice, but you will lack some quality. With Canon, it's worse, once you can NOT use your cropped lenses into a Canon full frame, unfortunately.

But than the option. If you know for sure you will end up upgrading, just skip them (but that's your option). If you plan to upgrade to FF and keep you crop body, you could have both type of lenses, with no problem. If you don't want to keep your cropped body, just save the money to buy only full frame lenses. In the end, it's up to you.

Also are these memory cards ok and is this flash worth keeping?

The only cropped body to accept CF card is in the now old Nikon D300 family, not produced anymore, and if you want it, you need to go to the used market. Nowadays Nikon's cameras being produced are:

CROP SENSORS:
* D3002/D3003 - Only 1 slot for SD card, none for CF card. The D3000 and D3001 are not under production anymore.
* D5002/D5003 - Only 1 slot for SD card, none for CF card. The D5000 and D5001 are not under production anymore.
* D7001 - 2 slots for SD card, none for CF card. The D7000 is not under production anymore.

FULL FRAME SENSORS:
* D610 - 2 slots for SD card, none for CF card. The D600 is not under production anymore.
* D800/D800E/D810 - 1 slot for SD card + 1 slot for CF card. The D800/D800E bodies are now being discontinued, but new bodies are still available out there, as stock exists. Only the brand new D810 will continue under production in this family.
* D4S - 1 slot for CF card + 1 slot for high-capacity XQD card. My understanding is that the D4 is not under production anymore.

So your CF card will only work on a current full frame body, D800 family onwards.

The famous and great families of the D300 (pro-level crop sensor), D700 (mid-high level full frame) are discontinued, not anymore under production.

Here is a template for the Nikon family tree line for DSLR:
Template:Nikon DSLR cameras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There are rumors (not confirmed yet) that we could still see a D7200 being launched between 2014 and 2015, and even a D400 (some call it D900x), replacing the old and good D300s. Again, nothing confirmed, just rumors. For camera bodies, I'd go with a new one, not a used one. But that's me. For lenses, it's fine (more than fine) to buy used lens, in good shape, as lenses endure way more than camera bodies...

Here the same for Canon:
Template:Canon EOS digital cameras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And here for Sony:
Template:Konica Minolta/Sony DSLR cameras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Sorry for the flash, as I don't know this one and could not give a advice about that model you have.

Sorry I'm giving more tips about Nikon. That is just because I am a Nikon user and am more used to it.
Canon, Pentax, Sony etc. are really good too. You cannot go wrong with any of them.