Gents,
I'm heading to Japan later this week to visit the in-laws. While I'm there, I plan to go to the electronic district in Tokyo and pick up a new camera. After much negotiation, I've convinced the wife to let me get what I want (a DSLR) rather than a P&S like she prefers. This will be my first DSLR. I'm trying to decide whether I should go with an entry level camera, like the newly released D3200, or a more advanced camera that I can grow into, like a D7000, and would love your advice.
I'm also thinking that I will probably pick up a general use lens to go with the zoom that will likely come with the camera. I've been eyeing this one http://shop.nikonusa.com/store/nikonusa/en_US/pd/productID.213467400 as a possible option. Again, any thoughts/advice would be greatly appreciated.
My most likely use for the camera will be general photography (SOTD shots, vacation pictures, the puppies and wife in candid shots, etc.). And I'm hoping that I'll learn enough to make this a new hobby (because SWMBO doesn't approve of my prior hobbies of scuba diving and flying airplanes)...
I'm heading to Japan later this week to visit the in-laws. While I'm there, I plan to go to the electronic district in Tokyo and pick up a new camera. After much negotiation, I've convinced the wife to let me get what I want (a DSLR) rather than a P&S like she prefers. This will be my first DSLR. I'm trying to decide whether I should go with an entry level camera, like the newly released D3200, or a more advanced camera that I can grow into, like a D7000, and would love your advice.
I'm also thinking that I will probably pick up a general use lens to go with the zoom that will likely come with the camera. I've been eyeing this one http://shop.nikonusa.com/store/nikonusa/en_US/pd/productID.213467400 as a possible option. Again, any thoughts/advice would be greatly appreciated.
My most likely use for the camera will be general photography (SOTD shots, vacation pictures, the puppies and wife in candid shots, etc.). And I'm hoping that I'll learn enough to make this a new hobby (because SWMBO doesn't approve of my prior hobbies of scuba diving and flying airplanes)...