DLSRs

[forgotten_aria]

I've been wanting a new DLSR for a long time. I currently use a d80 with some lenses from the 90s, so I am restricted by which bodies I can buy that will drive the AF on the old lenses. The d80 was the new model in 2006. I bought mine used. While considering the new camera I want again, I looked up shutter lives and found out that the d80 is expected to live 100k shutter actuations. I found this cool website with real data (though not properly sampled data.)

The data shows that my camera could go as long as 1 million, and given that I don't do that many fast shutter shots or other things that might wear the shutter faster maybe it will.

But my camera has about 78k actuations. Which means it is nearing the end of it's rated life. Should this be enough of a push to finally buy the new camera body? I kept putting it off because of the cost and because I never quite got back into photography like I had in the past. I'm a very subpar photographer.

The new camera would have much better resolution, CCD speed (big win for what I usually photograph) and the option to do video. If I do decide now is the time, I also have to decide if I buy I used one with a low count, or take the plunge and buy new.

Comments

[dmaze]

I come from a Canon family, and there's the "don't wait for next year's phone" problem, _but_...Canon's new releases are all starting to have built-in WiFi/Bluetooth and in principle that should make it a lot easier to get pictures off the camera. That seems like an important difference to me that might make a difference between "new" and "recent but used", assuming Nikon is going the same way.

(I have a 4-year-old entry-level Canon SL1 body, and the new SL2 has the wireless features. Meanwhile, all of the high-end Canon bodies have built-in GPS, which I'd find useful. If a mid-grade body came out with both (and better autofocus tracking and an adjustable display) I'd consider upgrading.)

[dmaze]

(It looks like the Nikon D7200 has on-board WiFi and supports all AI lenses, including non-AF-S lenses, and that might be a reasonable starting point for shopping around.)

[forgotten_aria]

The d7200 is what I'm looking at. I'm actually looking at the 2 lens package that's currently on sale, since the AF-P lens being silent is kind of appealing for me, but I haven't found quite enough reason to spend the money yet.