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Nikon D5200 Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm VR Lens Kit - Black (24.1MP) 3 inch LCD (discontinued by manufacturer)

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The D5200 utilizes color and brightness information of the shooting scenes acquired by light source identification of the Scene Recognition System for auto white balance. It identifies the light source by referencing the in-camera database for auto white balance. In this way, it can determine the ideal white balance even with difficult light sources. Nikon's Picture Controls are akin to Canon's Picture Styles in being preset combinations of sharpening, contrast, brightness, saturation and hue. The available choices are Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait and Landscape. The following examples demonstrate the differences across these options. D-Movie AF modes: Live View autofocus works when shooting movie clips, keeping subjects in sharp focus The shutter is a dream. It's smooth, refined and quiet. For use in sensitive areas, the D5200 is much quieter than the bigger and more advanced Nikons.

I also found out that it works great for indoor photography because you can fit more of a photo in a single frame; it is an excellent lens for real estate agents who need to photograph houses. Shot in very dark conditions, like outdoors at night ( LV -2), the D5200 also exposes very well, for instance, at 1/6 at f/1.8 at Auto ISO 6400.Looking at the EXIF data, the time elapsed in this sequence is only one second from start to finish! The D5200 not only exposes well, it exposes well even when conditions are changing faster than the eye can see. Therefore, if you just want great photos easily, the D5200 (or D3200, D3100 or D5100) can't be beat. If you are like me and are constantly resetting the camera from shot to shot as conditions change (very few people know how to do any of this), the D5200 is annoying because I constantly have to stop my shooting to do everything in the menu system instead of directly with the buttons of higher-end cameras. The LCD is excellent. It has so many pixels that one never sees any of them to make the screen look grainy, and the D5200's LCD's colors match my calibrated 30" Apple Cinema Display. However, it's worth bearing in mind that the 24 million-pixel Nikon sensor gives you the manoeuvrability to crop into images and still retain a high pixel count - useful for shooting distant subjects with a short focal length lens. The old has gone and the new has come. Why do we say this? The Nikon D5200 goes digital with all of its settings. Instead of physical dials and buttons, you get everything on screen. Simply adjust it via a rotating dial to swivel from one setting to another. An improved burst rate is also a plus point for the Nikon D5200. Nikon D5200 for the average user

There are plenty of other reasons to choose the D5200, though. Its sensor delivers impressively low noise, and gives a significant image quality boost over older Nikon digital SLRs. The autofocus is the best available at this price, and the video mode and articulated screen are up there with the best.This is a high-performance lens for users looking for the best quality wide-angle lens. Still, if that is out of your price range, Tokina 11-16mm offers similar performance, but you will have to sacrifice versatility as the focal length goes only from 11 up to 16mm. Razor-sharp 39-point AF system with nine cross-type sensors in the center. Offers fast and precise autofocus coverage across the frame A good proportion of cameras now include digital filters with creative photographers in mind. The D5200 has the same seven filters as its predecessor, such as Selective Color and Miniature. It's still not possible to shoot these effects in raw format, and remove them in post-processing, though. Nikon D5200: sensitivity This is an excellent lens for traveling or photographic situations where you can only use one lens for different photos. It will do a great job and provide good image quality on many other occasions, but don’t expect to get the same rate as you will get with a dedicated lens in certain types of photography. In many respects, these two cameras offer very similar specifications at pretty similar price points, so it may all come down to personal preference over brands, or the feel of the camera in the hand.

x 1080, 60i (59.94 fields/s)/ 50i (50 fields/s), high/normal 1920 x 1080, 30 p (progressive)/25p/24p, high/normal Auto modes (auto; auto (flash off)); programmed auto with flexible program (P); shutter-priority auto (S); aperture-priority auto (A); manual (M); scene modes (portrait; landscape; child; sports; close up; night portrait; night landscape; party/indoor; beach/snow; sunset; dusk/dawn; pet portrait; candlelight; blossom; autumn colors; food); special effects modes (night vision; color sketch; miniature effect; selective color; silhouette; high key; low key) D-lighting is Nikon's dynamic range optimisation tool that attempts to squeeze the full dynamic range of the sensor into JPEGs. The available settings are Off, Low, Medium, High, Extra High and Auto. The following examples demonstrate the differences between the various settings. The Effects shooting mode, first introduced on the D5100, continues to provide 7 different filters that can be applied to both still images and movies. The Night Vision effect is particularly worth of mention, pushing the camera's sensitivity to a whopping ISO 102,400, although a monochrome rather than colour image is recorded. Although the D5200 shares the same 24MP resolution as both the D3200 and D7100, the D5200 offers a higher extended ISO range compared to the D3200 (25600 vs 12800) and faster continuous shooting (5 fps vs 4). And the D5200, unlike the D7100, continues to use an anti-aliasing (AA) filter, although as we demonstrated in a side by side comparison in our D7100 review, it gives up precious little in terms of detail to its more expensive big brother.

Specifications

The Nikon D5200 follows conventional DSLR design in having a shooting mode dial on the top of the camera, which allows you to select either one of the advanced modes like Manual, Aperture- or Shutter-priority, or a number of scene modes. The Exposure Compensation button is thoughtfully positioned next to the shutter release. Hold down this button with your right forefinger and spin the control wheel on the top-rear of the camera with your thumb to adjust its settings - simple and intuitive. Overall, the D5200 makes fantastic quality images and weighs almost nothing, so it's a pleasure to carry it everywhere. Compared to the pro cameras I often haul, the D5200 feels as if it's hollow, which is a very good thing. Even with stabilisation off, the kit lens didn’t deliver the level of detail we’d hope for from a 24-megapixel sensor. When we switched to the Nikon 35mm f/1.8G prime lens, details were better but still only good rather than excellent, and not significantly better than the 16-megapixel Sony NEX-5N or 18-megapixel Canon EOS 7D we tested it against. And here are a couple of portrait shots. The built-in speedlight caused no red-eye effect in this test.

If you select a mode according to the scene, the D5200 automatically chooses the most appropriate settings to deliver a beautiful image. Five frequently used Scene Modes such as Portrait and Landscape can be directly selected using the mode dial. For other modes such as Sunset, Dusk/dawn and Food, set the mode dial to SCENE and select the mode by rotating the command dial. You can capture scenes which previously had been difficult to shoot, easily and beautifully. The D5200 should have taken a clear lead over the 18-megapixel 650D for details, but it took us a few attempts to get sharp photos in our studio test shots. Even then, the D5200’s photos were bigger but not obviously more detailed than the 650D’s to our eyes. Live View must also be entered to shoot movies. After pressing the Lv button and optionally presetting the aperture and focus, you can start recording video by pressing the dedicated Movie Record button on top of the camera next to the shutter release. The camera records full high-definition, wide-screen video in 1920x1080 pixel resolution, at a frame rate of 25fps or 24fps, in AVI format using the motion JPEG codec. As with Live View, contrast-detect AF is possible whilst shooting movies, although as with still images there's an audible whine as the camera refocuses and it's still too slow to focus on any fast-moving subject, so much so that we suspect most serious users will use manual focusing instead. Although the D5200 can automatically focus during video recording, it's just not fast enough to warrant regular use. An increasing number of digital cameras are now being shipped with features designed to appeal to those looking to get a little bit more creative with their photography.

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As you can notice, one of the main features of this all-in-one lens from Nikon is a vast focal length range from 18mm on the low side up to 300mm. One of the sharpest prime lenses for this category is Nikon 85mm f/1.8G, which also has impressive performance and many additional features you can expect to get when buying a lens from a Premium brand such as Nikon. Nikon introduces the latest D-SLR to its mid-range DX-format line-up, the 24.1 megapixel Nikon D5200, designed to bring out your creative side. From beautiful still photos to smooth Full HD movies, this camera empowers your freedom of expression, letting you capture your own unique view of the world. More about the Nikon D5200 after the jump. If you want other times than 10 second delalys, Nikon hid them at Custom Function C3, where you have your choice of 2s, 5s, 10s or 20 second delays, as well as can set it to your choice of from one to 9 shots when the delay is over.

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