Nikon D5200 24 Megapixel Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm VR Lens Kit – Black

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I’m usually a lot more detailed in my reviews and want to do this justice, so I will revisit this when I have more time.However as a once (and maybe future) professional photographer, this is the best entry-level professional camera I’ve owned. I’ve had a lot of “prosumer” cameras that never did what I wanted. This one did.It’s intuitive (if you’re “old-school” like I am, that helps) and if you’re not experienced, it’s easy to pick up. The F-stop is somewhat limited (I’m used to a much wider range), but the overall options allow for those great depth of field effects (by using the focus settings). Technology makes up where optics may fall short.The built-in flash is kind of weak, but serviceable if you’re doing casual shooting. The shooting options are great. How they compare to higher priced cameras, I can’t say, but I haven’t hit any limits in my shooting. Remote, time-lapse, depth of field, long-exposure, it’s done everything I’ve asked for credibly and reliably.I do recommend a longer lens for distance shooting. The 18-55 mm lens is fine for indoor and panoramic shots. But for distance shots, I recommend going much higher (I added a 55-200mm lens). I also HIGHLY recommend the “VR” and “AF” versions of the Nikor lenses. VR means vibration reduction – essential when shooting long exposure shots (think eclipses). “AF” means autofocus – something you should have for the more complicated shots.For the most part, I do manual focus. I’m faster that way – especially in sports or action shots. For a more controlled shoot, I use autofocus. it does a very good job of that, too.The image quality I consider to be excellent. The standard JPG format is sufficient for almost all uses. For pros, there’s a RAW format that they may like. I found the RAW color rendering to be significantly different from the JPG format, and actually LESS ‘true color” than what the JPG files showed up. it appeared to mostly be in brightness. YMMV, since I have some color blindness (but I can tell when something looks different than what I’m looking at).Overall, the JPG format suits my needs and I save it at the highest quality to reduce any compression losses as much as possible.On the down side, it’s not the camera’s fault. The company stopped making the 5200. The new one is the 5300, which I tried out in the stores and didn’t like as much. It has a better (as in slightly wider and brighter) viewfinder, slightly brighter colors, but it’s not as “intuitive” for me. The color adjustments are easy to fix and I encountered no issues looking through the viewfinder with the 5200.IF you can find one, I think the 5200 is the best value professional level camera you can buy. You can spend (one hell of a lot) more on a better camera, but if you’re new to photography, or getting back into it – and really want to get serious about it – this is a great starting point to see how things go. It will stay in your bag, even after you upgrade, because it’s, at worst, a really good back-up for a pro unit. It has all the accessories and options you’ll likely ever need.Once I have a chance to get my ancient Cokin filters out of storage and see how they work together with this camera, I’ll have a better idea of how to finish this review. For the moment, I can say I’m extremely impressed. And assuming you’re not an old hand at digital photography, I think you will be impressed, too.

Nikon D5200 24.1 MP Digital SLR Camera Body Only (Black), Memory Card and Carry CaseI will keep my verdict concise. First of all, Great experience with seller LIFESTYLES from Amazon. if you are confused between 700d, d3300 and d5200 ; go for d5200. Cause as a first dslr you won’t get any better photographic options than d5200. i have gone through tons of reviews in the internet, for a stupid iso hype in d3300 don’t choose over d5200. and of course don’t call yourself amateur and end up buying a kit lens. buy a prime lens, trust me the outcome of it and lens itself will challenge you and make you a better photographer. After some time when your cam gets handy, buy a good zoom lens, that shall serve all your purposes.D3300 vs D5200 : you are getting much better number of focus points as well swivel screen, better dynamic range, bracketing, hdr etc. – all these are bliss as photographic features. the greater ISO of the D3300 is not real because you are never going to use it at the imagined level. Expeed 3/4 -Not important at all.Attached photo is taken with d5200 and 35 prime 1.8g

I was so confuse to buy which camera at last decided to for nikon D5200 and buyed from Amazon.The product is great and was delivered in time by Amazon and was packed very well. I recommend it to buy it with both len.Important points befor buying:The product comes with VR2 lens as it has not mention and it comes with 8gb memory cardThe thing I dn’t like is that the camera bag was very small it is difficult to keep camera with lens in bag. And there is no space for extra 2 lens.but the quality of bag is very niceI am happy with this product and I recommend it to go for it.