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I definitely do not need a new DSLR, but sometimes I look at them just to see if there's any interesting models. But wow, Nikon has completely ruined their interesting midrange cameras (a market segment Canon never really cared about either, why I got a Nikon in the first place IIRC). Like, I absolutely love my D7200, it's basically a “prosumer camera if you don't need a full-frame sensor”. But then its successor, the D7500, is clearly just a cost reduction rather than an iterative improvement because improved technology got developed. Other than being able to do 4K video and nominally having better autofocus in low-light—don't see anything about its performance in normal light though—large portions of what I like about the D7200 was gutted (they even put a worse sensor in!), it's basically just a slightly-nicer firmly consumer camera now. The only thing that I can see a justification for is removing support for non-CPU lenses since I assume I'm the only non-professional who cares about compatibility with film-era equipment.
Very disappointing, but I guess why cater to the midrange market when you can instead force more serious photographers to buy a prosumer camera that costs 2–3x as much, and get photographers who can't afford those to buy an even more cost-cut consumer camera that's likely higher-margin. Or maybe they just want people to buy mirrorless cameras which I don't really have any interest in, since I like the continuum of my film SLRs into my DSLR.
If I do want to blow money on camera stuff, it would definitely either be new lenses or new film photography supplies though. I'm still extremely happy with my D7200.
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