Re: Photography
By: Nook8081 to DOVE-Net.Hobbies on Thu Jul 02 2026 12:32 am
Clear DayIs anyone in here interested in photography?
This is my first post ever on a newsgroup, and first time using this old tech and I love it so far!
Either way, photographers! Tell me about your gear! Doesn't need to be anything fancy, hell if you don't even have gear just talk about anything related to photography!
Personally I have used a few different sets of gear, but my all time favorite (and set I miss) was a little Nikon D7200 DSLR that I fricckin loved, I had a bunch of little Nikkor lenses that I loved too. Miss that little beast. After I graduated highschool I had to leave it behind, I
I like doing photography occasionally. And I actually still have my Nikon D7200, which I bought in 2015. I have a few lenses for it, most of them Nikon - The 18-140mm that came with it, an 18-300 ultra zoom lens, a couple of prime lenses (35mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.4), and a Sigma 18-35mm zoom lens with constant f/1.8 focal length.
When the Nikon D7500 came out, I wasn't really keen on its reduced resolution (20 megapixels, vs. 24 megapixels of the D7200) and only one memory card slot instead of 2 in the D7200, so I kept the D7200.
I bought the 18-300mm zoom lens to do some photography for an air show a year or two ago. I hadn't used that powerful of a zoom lens before, and most of the shots didn't come out as well as I'd hoped (many were a bit fuzzy/blurry).
Sometimes I've thought about selling my D7200 and possibly buying a mirrorless camera, but I don't really do much photography these days, and I feel like it's hard to justify doing that now. Also, for quick convenient photos, I think the smartphone I have now actually takes very good photos (it's a Google Pixel 8 Pro). Most of the time, I tend to just use my smartphone for photos these days; I rarely get out my D7200. I've thought about just selling my D7200 and not replacing it with anything, but not too long ago I had an opportunity to use my D7200, so I've kept it for now. I was doing some portrait shots of people in an indoor space, which had fluorescent lighting but also had big windows to let in sunlight, and I think the photos came out fairly good (I used the 35mm f/1.8 prime lens and the Sigma 18-25mm f/1.8 lens).
I do miss that little camera. Maybe I will pick up a new one off eBay sometime!
If you're planning on another D7200, Nikon doesn't make that model anymore, so you'd be looking at a used one. Unless you can find an unopened new old stock perhaps.
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