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So I've been using a Nikon D3300 for about three years now and feel it's time to upgrade. I bought the camera with a kit lens (18-55mm) but the lenses I've bought since then have been FX lenses (Nikon AF-S 50mm 1.8g and Nikon AF-P 70-300 4.5-5.6e) as I wanted the option to upgrade to a full-frame body without having to spend loads on a new set of expensive lenses. Well I feel the time has come and I have my sights set on a D600 (used, obv).
Considering I don't have an FX wide angle, I would be using the D600 in crop mode when using my DX 18-55mm until I'm able to upgrade to a full FX lens set (probably six months or so). This would give me an effective resolution of just over 10mp. This seems fairly low compared to the 24mp D3300... But it wasn't long ago that 10 and 12 megapixel cameras were pretty standard, right? I shoot mostly landscape and would be printing no larger than 16x12". I think the improvement in sensor quality - pixel size, colour rendition, low-light performance, dynamic range etc. would more than make up for the drop in resolution (because with pixels it's quality over quantity, or so they say). My decision was slightly swayed by this video which suggests that FX lenses on crop bodies (my current set up) are less sharp compared to DX lenses on crop bodies or FX lenses on full-frame bodies:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDbUIfB5YUc
Am I being tempted by the lure of a shiny new (second hand) camera when I should really upgrade my lens first?
Considering I don't have an FX wide angle, I would be using the D600 in crop mode when using my DX 18-55mm until I'm able to upgrade to a full FX lens set (probably six months or so). This would give me an effective resolution of just over 10mp. This seems fairly low compared to the 24mp D3300... But it wasn't long ago that 10 and 12 megapixel cameras were pretty standard, right? I shoot mostly landscape and would be printing no larger than 16x12". I think the improvement in sensor quality - pixel size, colour rendition, low-light performance, dynamic range etc. would more than make up for the drop in resolution (because with pixels it's quality over quantity, or so they say). My decision was slightly swayed by this video which suggests that FX lenses on crop bodies (my current set up) are less sharp compared to DX lenses on crop bodies or FX lenses on full-frame bodies:
Am I being tempted by the lure of a shiny new (second hand) camera when I should really upgrade my lens first?