Moving from Nikon D80 to a Nikon D3200?

11 years 9 months ago #243025 by Oscar Cohen
Budget strikes again and I have limited funds to work with. I really want a new camera and have about $750 to spend. What do you think about the D3200? It's DX, 24.2 MP, 4 fps with an ISO range of 100 to 6400 and you can shoot video with it.

I really like the video part as the D80 doesn't have any of that. Plus this camera is only $700.

Would you recommend this purchase?


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11 years 9 months ago #243129 by margaritelsoto
no i vl notmove to Nikon D3200


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11 years 9 months ago #243147 by effron
Yes, the D3200 is a fine upgrade from the D80. If auto focusing lenses are important, make sure what you have will work.....;)

Why so serious?
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11 years 9 months ago #243161 by John Ledder
That camera is getting a lot of great reviews. And for the price? Good upgrade if you ask me.

Family, Fishing, Fotography :)
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11 years 9 months ago #243177 by Screamin Scott
Just realize that you are moving from a Prosumer model (which will auto focus with any Nikon mount AF lens ever made) to a Base model which has no built in focus motor & as such requires AF-s lenses in order to be able to AF. Granted though that the D3200 will have some newer more advanced features. It all depends on your needs & budget.

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11 years 8 months ago #243591 by Joves
As Scott said no focus motor means AF-S for Auto focusing. The side benefit of that though is that you can use any Nikon F-mount if you do not mind manually focusing, and there are some nice pre-AI lenses you can get for cheap.


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