Nikon D90

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But some of the best shots I've taken and printed at least to A3 size have been taken on an old Nikon D90 with an 18-55mm kit lens. Don't focus on resolution too much, if you're thinking about printing. 10 MP are usually fine unless you intend to crop too much. Of course more MP lets you take sharper images, but there's no need to obsess about it.

The main restriction on the D90 was its video mode - it was limited to 720P, laughably low by today's standards. I was under the impression that the D90 was a full frame, but it's APS-C so I won't be losing any sensor size by getting a Z50. I have never used a mirrorless before, so I don't know what differences I can expect in terms of overall user experience and image quality. I currently own 3 F-Mount lenses so I bought an FTZ adapter as well - the 18-105mm and 70-300mm Nikkor DX lenses that were bundled with the D90, and a Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX (11-16mm f/2.8).

“From 2016, extremely outdated” lol, I use a Nikon D90 from 2008 and it works fine and produces great quality photos. New expensive camera bodys are obviously nice but it really comes down to your knowledge of the all the cameras settings, what lenses you use, and other external factors such as lighting set ups. That being said, a body upgrade would be nice due to 13 years of wear and tear.

The D90 is an older 12mp sensor but isn’t too far behind current APS-C cameras and offers a lot of high performance features for not a lot of money right now and is well suited for sports/action/wildlife/birds for someone on a really tight budget. Its D7000 successor’s 16mp sensor is still competitive with modern APS-C cameras and offers some other iterative improvements over the older D90 - a lot of camera for the money. I’d skip over the D5X00 bodies unless you really want the fully articulated screen.

I started printing my images a while back, when I still shot a Nikon D90, and noticed, even for bigger prints 10mp were enough. They larger you print, the father away you usually have to step back to appreciate the image. Unless you want to extremely crop your images, a crop sensor might be sufficient, but for a much lower price tag. If it's for increased light sensitivity, up-to-date cameras usually offer enough dynamic range.