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Originally Posted by Araaadi
Hey guys, looking for a beginners camera for myself, I am pretty good with technology and I learn quickly. At first it was between the NEX 5R or the Nikon D3200 for me, but a friend said that the d5200 is comming out soon and will a lot better than the d3200.
What do you guys recommend?
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To start off, I'll explain why I disagree with some of your friends' choices.
While the NEX5r is definitely a very useful package that can produce great images, I find that some of the manual controls that are IMPORTANT for beginners to experiment with are rather hard to access. As well, Sony's lense line-up isn't very great either.
The D5200 and D3200 both share the same brilliant 24MP sensor and have a useful guide mode that can help teach you how to use some of the custom functions. However, they lack aperture adjustment during live view that is oh so crucial to shooting video! However. Both the D5xxx and D3xxx range lack an autofocus motor, meaning that buying lenses is more expensive, and preventing you from using cheaper, old (but just as good!) nikon lenses!
If you're going to buy a camera to start out on, I would recommend either a T2i/T3i or a D7000.
The T2i and T3i shoot brilliant video and are dirt cheap nowadays (Brand new for less than 500 if you know where to look). Did I mention that the lenses you have are always more important that your camera body? They shoot much more robust looking video than the entry level Nikon bodies. As well, you can splurge for the T4i ( and an STM lense) if you want set and forget video; but I do believe that learning how to shoot video properly is important in the 21st century!
The D7000 is bound to get replaced soon, meaning price drops! As I mentioned earlier, the D5xxx and D3xxx are limited to certain more expensive Nikon lenses (AF-S) because they lack an in body AF motor. If you got the same set of starter lenses [I'd recommend 35 f/1.8, 80-200 or 85, random wide angle] the D7000 might actually be cheaper in the long run as you can buy older equivalents (AF-D lenses). Also, the most crucial part is that the D7000 makes it a LOT easier to access Manual Controls, which are all a part of learning photography. The 39 point autofocus makes the camera much more versatile, allowing you to shoot sports.