Member of the Month

theabortionator
April, 2025

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Updating to a new Nikon

profile picture
-Colton
Posts: 272 - Karma: 2,525
Currently shooting with a Nikon D90 and i am limited to only photos since it shoots potato video. Looking to film a variety of Park, Street, and Car shit belive it or not

1) What is your budget? 1000$ body

2) What experience do you already have with cameras? Lots

2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? Tripod.. lesnse, and a glidecam soon to come

4) What are you planning to shoot and how do you want to use your camera? Short edits in and around the park

5) Do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming? All the filiming

6) When filming skiing, how do you tend to shoot? - Follow cam / P and Shoot

7) What computer do you currently have/use to edit (if not currently editing, what would you most likely use)? If you can provide specifics, such as hard drive space, RAM, processor size, that would be great.

- Macbook pro 13' 16gb RAM 500gb HDD

7) What program do you currently edit on? How familiar are you with it (1- just learning; 10- I can make tutorials and know the keyboard layout)

Premier - skill 2
POLL
Edit Poll
Votes:

Take care when editing a poll; Options should be similar to maintain vote integrity.

More options will be added automatically as you type. You must supply a question and at least two options. No HTML is allowed.

9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
ascent_studios
Posts: 2157 - Karma: 4,581
Nikon sucks for video. Get a gh3
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
-Colton
Posts: 272 - Karma: 2,525
Ascent_CinemaNikon sucks for video. Get a gh3


But photo quality >>
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
ascent_studios
Posts: 2157 - Karma: 4,581
C_LadoBut photo quality >>


Oh ok I didn't realize that you still wanted to shoot photos. In that case I would honestly ditch nikon and go to sony. Get a sony a6000 with a commlite nikon to sony adapter and use your nikon lenses on that
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
CabbyArrant
Posts: 780 - Karma: 4,129
I didn't quite understand what your current equipment response. Do you already have lenses or are you going to get them. If you don't already have lenses I would actually look at Pentax their dslr are fantastic. The k3 II is in your price range, has in body stabilization, does 4k, and has a huge amount of legacy glass available for use. Pentax cameras are also ridiculously durable. Pentax is such an underrated camera manufacturer I think a lot of their stuff is better than canon or nikon and that's saying something
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Forcillo
Posts: 3801 - Karma: 3,580
I would go for an a6300 or the original A7. Sony mirrorless is taking over the world and for good reason.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
IanAvery-Leaf
Posts: 9936 - Karma: 9,457
CabbyArrantThe k3 II is in your price range, has in body stabilization, does 4k, and has a huge amount of legacy glass available for use. Pentax cameras are also ridiculously durable. Pentax is such an underrated camera manufacturer I think a lot of their stuff is better than canon or nikon and that's saying something

did a quick google search, the K3 ii does not shoot 4k, and correct me if I'm wrong but Pentax doesn't even have a camera out that does 1080 60p
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
-Colton
Posts: 272 - Karma: 2,525
ski.the.eastdid a quick google search, the K3 ii does not shoot 4k, and correct me if I'm wrong but Pentax doesn't even have a camera out that does 1080 60p


This, also Not to bash on new companies, I really want to know 110% the product is going to last if im investing a large portion of my student wallet into this
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
jca
Posts: 4180 - Karma: 6,363
C_LadoThis, also Not to bash on new companies, I really want to know 110% the product is going to last if im investing a large portion of my student wallet into this


Pentax is a 96 year old company tho
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
-Colton
Posts: 272 - Karma: 2,525
jcaPentax is a 96 year old company tho


Oh... didnt know, Sh** my bad
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
ascent_studios
Posts: 2157 - Karma: 4,581
C_LadoOh... didnt know, Sh** my bad


I'm sorry but how did you not know lol
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
IanAvery-Leaf
Posts: 9936 - Karma: 9,457
Ascent_CinemaI'm sorry but how did you not know lol


not sure why it's funny someone doesn't know some uncommon knowledge? OP is looking for a camera for both photo and video and in today's market Pentax is pretty irrelevant for that
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
-Colton
Posts: 272 - Karma: 2,525
ski.the.eastnot sure why it's funny someone doesn't know some uncommon knowledge? OP is looking for a camera for both photo and video and in today's market Pentax is pretty irrelevant for that


I literally said "updating to a new nikon" just wanted some opinions and people who have them or have used them to let me know what to get the best bang with my limited buck
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7953 - Karma: 23,123
a used d7000 would work quite well for you I think. I've been using one for 4 years almost every day. It's a work horse and the video is good especially using manual nikkor lenses which you can buy very cheap. It is weather sealed and has a metal frame so its fairly durable, and the controls are intuitive.
9 years ago
0 0
All times are Eastern (-4); Currently it's 9:25AM