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Hi Jeez, you should go for mind because I have got a great kit for sale at a good price and you need a great camera. This is the short answer. I can't make you to buy my kit, but if you are looking at the D7100, you might as well get the D7000, be that mine or a brand new one, simply because there isn't much difference between the 2 - the D7100 is an incarnation of the D7000. Yes the specs have improved, but you won't see very much difference. Depends on what kind of user you are, will you be using your cameras for snap shots, family / holiday / everyday uses? If so, the 24MP on the D7100 and the 16MP on the D7000 won't make much different to you. In fact, having a higher MP does mean you will have less noise on very high ISO (we are talking about probably over 6400 or so and viewing the pics are 100% enlarged), but then it also increases the file size, so pros and cons there. In terms of video, again, if you are a serious videographer, you probably won't use either of the bodier to do serious work anyway, as for family footage, 24p on the D7000 is probably a more "normal" format than the 30p on the D7100 (I am not sure if the D7100 can switch back to 24p). Focal points wise, the D7100 does have few more points, but again, the D7000 is fast enough as it is, so unless you shoot a lot of sport, it won't make much difference. So bottom line is, the D7100 does sound more advanced than the D7000 on paper and I am sure it is if you run lab tests to push them to extreme, but in actual use, particularly for general use, you won't see nearly any different. How often does one use the extreme setting on a camera in everyday use?
Beside, I personally don't think the D7100 is worth its price tag, new cameras are always very expensive, particularly considering you can get a FX body for a couple of hundred more (which is what I did for my upgrade), but with a FX body, you would have to get much more expensive lenses. I did it only because I was trained as a photographer and I want to get back in the game. So I do look after my stuff very well.
I am not to familiar with the D3200, but a friend who has a D3100 it's fine for what she wants, but she only uses it to document her work and that was what she could afford. the D3200 does have 24MP, but again, you will never really need to use that, unless you are printing posters the size of a wall. Ultimately, it's down to your budget and how serious you want your cameras to be - if you got the D3200, you might want an upgrade fairly soon. The other thing is where the buttons are very different between the D3200 and D7000/D7100, so that might be something you need to take into consideration, and also the size, I think the D3200 is the lightest and cheapest of Nikon, but I do like my camera a bit heavy, because it helps to keep my hands steady in certain situations.
Body wise, I am not selling my D7000 much more expensive than a brand new D3200 and it's half then price to the D7100. The D7000/D7100 are the best DX (APS-C sensor) D-SLRs you can get, the next one up would be a FX body, whereas the D3200 is an entry level. My lenses are better than the kit lens you would get with the D3200 and if you start upgrading your lenses, you might as well look for 2nd hand ones, for example, mine! As a general rule of thump, don't get the kit lens anyway as it's usually crap. At the end of the day, lenses are what matter and you the photographer is the most important thing out of all.
Bottom line is, all 3 cameras will do fine if you just want to kick around with your camera etc, I always go for the most expensive stuff I could afford at the time when I need them. Cameras are much like bikes, what you pay for is pretty much what you will get, unlike designer's handbags where the price tags have nothing to do with... well anything, in my opinion.
Happy to answer any more question you might have. It would be great if you could give me gears a new home as I won't be using them again, but if you want to get the newest - D3200 or D7100, then I appreciate it, but do bear in mind D-SLRs tend do age very gracefully in terms of the technologies, some technicians I work work think that they have reached the peak and companies are just faffing about with improving for the sake of marketing. 16MP, 24MP or every 38MP on the D800 won't help your pictures if you don't know what you are doing. (I am not pointing fingers at anyone here, just a general comment)
Do let me know what you decide so I could get back to the guys who want my to split the kits.