D5200 24.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR NIKKOR Zoom Lens (Black)

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.

This camera, to my knowledge, has the highest quality of any camera that's under $2000 (see DXO Mark's scores. It's even better than the D7100). So far, I have enjoyed this camera and I intend to shoot some landscapes too. I have been using this camera for a little while now and I can say I really am impressed with the image quality. I can shoot with higher ISO settings (ISO 640-2500 is common for me, even 3200 will do in a pinch) than I used to with my previous camera (Canon Xsi), which is a pretty good camera back in the day. I love the Picture Control function. It allows me to customize my JPEG shots. I shoot BOTH Raw and JPEG and use the JPEG format more often, mainly because I have already (with the Picture Control setting) made my image the way I want so I don't have to spend a lot of time in Photoshop trying to make the picture I envisioned in the first place. Plus, you can customize the Picture Control settings exactly the way you want. And I this review would not be complete without a REASON for why, after 33 years with Canon, I switched to Nikon. You see, I love in-camera special effects. In fact, my favorite technique is multiple exposures. But when I was 16 years old, Canon did not have a camera (for under $1000) that could do that. So, I waited. And I waited. I waited 33 years and Canon still did not make one so I switched to Nikon. This particular camera (D5200) has two different multiple exposure capabilities, one for JPEG (you can choose 2 or 3 exposures to overlap)and one for RAW. The Raw one is interesting. It lets you choose ANY two images on the memory card (they must be RAW format images) and you can control how bright each image will be in the final picture. I LOVE my Nikon! Now of the not so good part. There's always a down side to everything. And Nikon is no exception to that generalization either. The only two flaws that I can see with this camera is 1) the battery life is short. But this can be remedied by purchasing a battery grip (off brand names are inexpensive, under $100) and 2) the 18-55 kit lens that came with the body is pretty cheaply made (I recommend purchasing the body only and getting an independent lens, i.e. Tamron's 18-200mm zoom. It sells for under $200 here on Amazon). This camera is worth every penny! Add to cart!:)

Perfect just as expected

Nikon D5200 24.1 MP Digital SLR Camera Body Only (Black), Memory Card and Carry Case I 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

there was an issue with my camera- battery was dying very quickly. Thanks to the seller, now the problem is fixed. He sent me a new battery and a charger. Thanks for being thoughtful, i recommend him.

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 card The 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 nice I am happy with this product and I recommend it to go for it.

Love the moveable screen. Live view is great taking videos. AF is OK to. Shooting mostly in P mode. Not as quite as my Nikon D3000. Overall my picture quality has improved over the D3000 using same lenses. Like this camera.