Nikon D5500 Camera Review

Nikon D5500 Camera Review

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My Nikon D5500 is fantastic: it's tiny and weightless and makes breathtaking images in any light. Colors are fantastic, and it focuses and works well in dim light or at crazy high ISOs unheard of just a few years ago.

The new touch screen and lighter weight make this new D5500 with grips like Nikon MB-D80 Battery Grip, Nikon D5000 Battery Grip, Nikon EL4A Battery Grip, Nikon MB-D10 Battery Grip, Nikon MB-D11 Battery Grip, Nikon MB-D31 Battery Grip, Nikon MB-D51 Battery Grip, Pentax BP-K7 Battery Grip, Pentax K10D Battery Grip, Sony VG-B50AM Battery Grip, Sony VG-B30AM Battery Grip much nicer than any of the older D5300, D5200, D5100 or D5000 (there is no D5400).

The D7200 is marvelous, but honestly with the fast handling of the D5500's touch screen and identical image quality, I don't see much reason to pay more for the D7200 unless you need compatibility with manual focus and old-style screw-focus AF lenses. You're better off using the money you save with the D5500 to get new DX lenses. The other reasons you may want a D7200 is if you want its built-in flash to work as a commander, or if you need to swap between two completely different sets of settings with the D7200's U1 and U2 presets on its mode dial.

Here's another hint: the only real reason to pay twice as much for a heavier Full Frame FX camera and its bigger lenses is to get a bigger viewfinder! The pictures are the same! There is very little difference in picture quality today in 2015 between full frame FX and these DX cameras. In fact, the biggest picture difference is that DX cameras like this D5500 always get more in focus (have a deeper depth-of-field), while full-frame FX cameras like the D610 get less in focus under similar conditions. Colors, sharpness and noise are the same today; these cameras are all that good.

Nikon does not seal its boxes, so never buy at retail or any source not on my personally approved list since you'll have no way of knowing if you're missing accessories, getting a defective, damaged, used, customer return or if the warranty has already been registered online to someone else! The approved sources I use ship from secure automated warehouses where no salespeople or customers ever get their hands on your camera, and they have the best prices, service, return policies and selection.

I'd get mine at those or these links to all the variations at Adorama, all the variations at Amazon or all the combinations and variations at B&H.

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