Camera sidegrade from D3200 to D5500

[spyder]

After owning the D3200 for 3 years now, It does feel kind of dated to me, I was in a retail store messing around with a D5500, looks very similar to my old DSLR, I do like the rotatable screen, wifi features, I am thinking of buying the body only since I already have lens on hand. I checked value basket and it's going cheap (it's an online shop from which operates in Asia I believe, Ordered my D3200 from them) Would the sidegrade be worth it? Or should I save and invest into getting D7000 series?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Depends on what your doing. The image and video quality won't be a noticable improvement. I can use 10 year old dslr's and they look great. I would recommend against it. Normally upgrading your camera doesn't help improve you photos. 

[Sharif]

Lel I plan on buying that camera you plan on upgrading from  

[spyder]

Depends on what your doing. The image and video quality won't be a noticable improvement. I can use 10 year old dslr's and they look great. I would recommend against it. Normally upgrading your camera doesn't help improve you photos.

I'm such a sucker for aesthetics but I guess your right, it would seem I am throwing money away just for one or two features

Lel I plan on buying that camera you plan on upgrading from

Great Camera for anyone getting into photography or casual shooting here and there

[skylane]

No it would not, neither would a D7000. 

[spyder]

No it would not, neither would a D7000. 

I want to progressively upgrade but I dont see the point from jumping to a D800 series because its too expensive. 

[skylane]

I want to progressively upgrade but I dont see the point from jumping to a D800 series because its too expensive. 

I'm not advocating for a jump to a full-frame body - that would require upgrading all your lenses. But I will say that you will gain zero benefit in actual photographic quality or ability by going from a D3200 body to any other crop-frame body, including something like a D7200. If you want to improve your photography spend on things that actually make a difference - external flash, quality tripod/head, umbrellas or reflectors, ect. 

[tS_kStin]

The thing with DSLRs and such is the body does not matter as much as the lenses that you put on it. I made this mistake (kinda). My first (and only) DSLR I got was a D7000. Then I got a $25 lens and a $50 Kit lens to go with it. Images do not look different from the ones taken on my friends D3300. My noise performance is a bit better but other than that, the image is coming through the same glass. It wasn't until I spend some real $ on lenses and I started to get better images. By better I mean sharper, the more $ you spend on photography does NOT directly relate to you being a better photographer. How I see it is wait to spend you money on better gear until you learn what you have now and can take amazing shots with what you have right now. 

 

A pro can take better images on a point and shoot from 10 years ago than an armature can take on a D4s with a 70-200mm 2.8 ($8400 in gear).

 

Learn it, then spend it. Only acceptation is if you NEED to get something that you do not have yet like flashes, ultra wide or a tele lens ect...