Is the Nikon D3200 any good?
I love taking photographs but I'm tired of my old camera. Is this one any good or is the D3100 better?
The D3200 is actually better than the D3100. If you are simply upgrading from a point and shoot camera and this is your first DSLR, I would suggest starting with the cheaper of the two as they are both great cameras to learn on.
Here's a link to see the differences between the two cameras:
http://snapsort.com/...ikon_D3100
The D3200 is a great camera with all of the newest specs. It is significantly better than the D3100 as it is the newer model. It provides an easy interface for beginners to learn and experiment with the manual modes, and has a large 24.2 Megapixel sensor. I would also recommend checking out the Nikon D5100 as it a slightly better camera for more able photographers, and as you are looking for an upgrade it would be a better choice than a beginner's camera.
A good site to check out the comparison is <www.snapsort.com> and just input the model numbers and initiate a search.
It's just an OK dSLR, it's Nikon just delivering more of the same. Some so called photographers will say it's better just because it has some new features. While I'm all for some of the new screen menus for teaching photography basics to the newbies, I'm not thrilled with Nikon's 24 megapixels.
megapixels never have been, nor ever will be a measure of image quality. People think that, so camera companies push more to sell more cameras to make more money, not to get you better photographs.
That image sensor is also found in the Sony A65 and A77, and according to Nikon the 24MP sensor in the D5200 is somehow different. Either way, these image sensors are dogs in low light at high ISO making them useless to me, and I suspect it could annoy some owners.
The D3100 has better looking RAW files at high ISO same for the D5100.So what's better? Depends on what you want. Look carefully at the new features in the D3200, decide if you really need them, and figure out how much low light high ISO shooting you will be doing. Either way you go, shoot RAW and process your own jpegs to get the most out of any dSLR.