Author: Saviour Lutterodt

D5300 is Nikon’s latest buzz in the market. With its new DSLR, Nikon has come out with best of class features in a compact design. The model has been launched just after one year of its predecessor D5200, which has now become a trend of the company with D7000-D7100 and D600-D610. Although, Nikon D5300 wasn’t launched to replace D5200, but it has clearly become a preferred take among mid-range DSLR line-up.

Even though, the D5300 shares several features with D5200, but the 24.3MP APS-C CMOS sensor is actually a new development in this line. The model also features anti-alias filter, which grantees delivering much clear and sharp images, depending upon the shooting locations, of courses! D5300 also sports 39-point Multi-CAM 4800DX focusing system, which is an inherited feature and somewhat quite successful among the user group.

Nikon D5300 Key Features

24.2 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor
3.2 inch tilting vari-angle screen
Built-in GPS/A-GPS
Wi-Fi connectivity
ISO 100 – ISO12800, extends to 25600
EXPEED 4 image processor
5 fps continuous shooting
2016 pixel RGB metering sensor
Full HD movies at 1080/60p, 50p, 25p, 24p
HDMI output supported
Built-in stereo microphone
HDR and Active D-Lighting
16 Scene Modes
14-bit RAW recording

Nikon D5300 Design and Built

The Nikon D5300 sports a clear and bright 3.2inch LCD screen. Despite of its compact size, the camera offers the flexibility of good viewing angles. You can easily tilt the screen for better viewing angles at the time of shooting. The camera has an improved grip, and the Body is made up in monologue design. It looks stylish, solid and well built with number of amazing curves.

Nikon D5300 Performance

As far as battery life and speed are concerned, the Nikon D5300 is equipped with EN-EL14a battery that is capable of delivering approximately over 5000 shots in one charge. However, the continuous shooting speed is comparatively less with 5 fps rate. On the other hand, the shutter response is quite impressive, and so the switch on time. In terms of performance, the camera is capable of producing excellent images with efficient Color reproduction and good exposure. Best part is that the portrait photo with Flash does not show any signs of red-eye, offering amazing detail. There is a wide array of options given for capturing shots in a variety of scenarios, including a Night Vision effect mode.

Nikon D5300 – Features

The Nikon D5300 supports the Nikon Wireless Mobile Utility app which is available on Android or iOS app store. This app lets you browse and share photos with other system. You can also access or control your camera remotely with this amazing app. Auto white balance and D-lighting are another additional that improve photos, while retaining the details of highlights and shadows.

Final Words

In short, it can be said that the D5300 by Nikon has outperformed the competition with built in GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.2 inch large screen, improved battery life and noise performance. The Nikon D5300 is a compact and stylish DSLR camera that provides excellent image quality, with useful features including 24.2 megapixel sensor and no OLPF. The camera is built to take detailed and sharp photos. In fact, you can get best out of the camera, if you are ready to invest in additional lenses.

Nikon D600 proved to be an attractive package for a lot of photographers who wanted to try full-frame photography, but most amateurs were not happy about the financial outlay. It just seemed to be too much. Fortunately, Nikon D7100 was released and grabbed everyone’s attention. It offers advanced specifications in a reasonable price range.

Design and features

Price: $999.00 Nikon D7100 24.1 MP DX-Format CMOS Digital SLR with 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Auto Focus-S DX NIKKOR Zoom Lens

Although D7100 comes with only APS-C sensor, this should not be a reason to shy away. This is because D7100 offers 24.1 Megapixels, exceptional shooting rate of 6 frames per second and No optical low pass filter. You can even benefit from 7 frames per second if you choose to reduce the camera’s resolution to 15.4 Megapixels.

Nikon D7100 takes away anti-aliasing filter or OLPF to increase image quality and sharpness. Due to this feature, D7100 becomes the perfect camera for landscape photographers.However, it can sometimes cause a bit noticeable moire on videos and images.

With D7100, Nikon is offering the new 51 point AF system. It also comes with 15 cross type points. This is much better than Nikon D600’s 39 point system. In fact, it matches the capabilities of professional D4.

When you handle this camera for the first time, it will look and feel a bit similar to D7000. However, it is slightly bigger than its predecessor. It is even lighter and offers better handling. Just like other cameras from Nikon, D7100 also features a dual-dial control system. It can be used for changing shutter speed and aperture parameters.

Other buttons in the camera are also easily accessible and allow you to even shoot with just one hand. The mode dial in Nikon D7100 also comes with a centre locking button. You can press it to adjust your shooting selection.

D7100 has a large 3.2 inches LCD screen with some buttons you can use to easily access various camera function. For instance, you can press the i’ button to bring up the most recent Settings for certain adjustments in your camera. The best part is that D7100 also features built in focus motor. It allows you to use even those lenses which don’t have their own AF motors.

According to most customers, Nikon D7100 is an excellent performer. With this camera, you can easily grab almost unlimited JPEG shots in a continuous mode.

Image Quality

Price: $999.00 Nikon D7100 24.1 MP DX-Format CMOS Digital SLR with 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Auto Focus-S DX NIKKOR Zoom Lens

Nikon D7100 is an exceptional camera which offers sharper images. Unlike other cameras from Nikon in the same price range, this one offers much better image quality. This can be attributed to the removal of anti-aliasing filter or OLPF. It also seems that Nikon made some improvements in the automatic exposure and metering controls.

The camera does not blow out highlights in certain areas like previous versions did. In addition to this, the dynamic range of D7100 is also exceptional. However, it seems to give more latitude in low light conditions rather than highlights.

For almost every purpose, Video quality of the camera is also near perfect. It provides a sharp and clear Image from the sensor. Picture styles and default settings deliver an exceptional, contrasty image. Therefore, you will find it beneficial to easily switch to a flatter style and even play with the camera’s settings.

It won’t be wrong to say that Nikon D7100 is a perfect combination of usability and performance. It is a proficient performer and caters to various needs of all kinds of photographers.

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Nikon D5000

was launched by the company as a high-end entry level Digital SLR. With this camera, Nikon is trying to target amateur photographers who’ve just begun to take an interest in photography, but want to step up from a standard budget model. In the last couple of years, D5000 has become extremely popular among photographers who want to ‘up’ their game.

Externally,

this camera resembles its predecessor, D60. However, this camera includes a lot of key aspects of high-end cameras like D90. For instance, D5000 features HD movie recording and Live View. Moreover, it is also the first Digital SLR from Nikon to come with an articulated screen.

General Product Features

has made a clear attempt to swap the 10.2 MP CCD of D40 and D60 with the 12.3 MP CMOS sensor which was available in Nikon D90. Due to this, D5000 is also able to offer the same kind of picture quality and base sensitivity range. With a range of 200-3200 ISO, which is extendable to 100-6400 ISO with Lo 1 and Hi 1 options, this may be one of the best cameras in this price range. The camera

also features Nikon’s vibration low-pass filter and Airflow system combat dust.

also used the same kind of imaging pipeline which was used by the company in Nikon D90. However, D5000 additionally features 12 bit analog to digital conversion and EXPEED processor. It offers automatic lateral chromatic correction and Active D-lighting options on JPEGs. With this camera, Nikon has also tried to add some new and innovative processing tricks which go beyond the scope of Nikon D90. Some of these include Color Outline, Soft Filter, Perspective Controls and 1:1 & 16:9 trimming options.

Just like

Nikon D90, shutter block in this camera is rated for 100,000 cycles. However, you might experience some problems with continuous shooting. It is not very quick. Unlike D90, Nikon D5000 features a bit slow speed with 4 frames per second. But, it is worth mentioning that most entry level Digital SLRs feature 3-3.5 frames per second speed. Therefore, D5000 is still considerably faster than other options available in the market in this price range. D5000 has also inherited the processing pipeline and sensor of D90. This way, it is able to offer two key benefits over previous versions. These include HD video recording and Live View.

Making Live

View is easier and more useful than other Nikon Digital SLRs because of the inclusion of an articulated screen on the back of the camera. Interestingly, this articulated screen is hinged at the bottom, but still allows flexibility while filming movies and composing in Live View.

Image Quality

comes with the tried and tested approach of Nikon D90 with some additional features for a better upgrade. With a compact body, articulated screen and other features, this camera provide better noise reduction and picture quality. It is able to provide you with clearer and sharper images with some high quality lenses. Using prime lenses with this camera will be a much better choice.

is very easy and fun to use. It is a very user friendly camera which will instantly become your most favorite companion. It is an exceptional DSLR with excellent performance. Features and benefits provided by this camera certainly make it worth a shot and outweigh the cost. It also works fine in low light conditions. You can easily and conveniently buy this camera online at a discounted price.

Digital SLR advancement has gone through a number of different phases by now. At first the battle was to manufacture less-costly models. Once companies achieved this they turned their attention towards the production of cameras with high pixel count. Superior sensitivity levels and enhanced low-light performance were next in queue. This continuous development resulted in expanded camera functionality. Presently, the biggest goal is to make these greatly complex SLRs easier and simpler to use, whilst facilitating the photographers to be creative.

The famous Nikon D5100 perfectly symbolizes the present era in DSLR development. Although it does not have 24 Million Pixels like Nikon D3200, it is an incredible piece of technology. It’s 16.2 Million Pixels, special effects, 3-inch LCD screen and scene modes (fully automated) are enough for most photographers. It seems like Nikon D5100 offers almost everything an aspiring photographer would wish for.

Price

Nikon D5100 is available for $750 in the United States. It costs £550 in the United Kingdom.Features The 16.2 Million Pixels CMOS sensor is one of the prominent features this camera has. It possesses EXPEED 2 processor just like Nikon D7000. This indicates that it saves the images as 14 bit files, and the quality of two cameras is pretty much similar. The metering systems and white balance of Nikon D5100 use data from a 420 pixel RGB sensor. The AF (autofocus) system contains 11 points. Users can set the native sensitivity of this camera from ISO 100 to 6400. The Night Vision Special Effect mode has an ability to push the sensitivity of this camera to ISO 102,400. Shutter speed is 1/250 seconds or faster. Nikon D5100 is capable of shooting at a rate of 4fps continuously for 100 supreme quality JPEGs. It only takes 1 minute 50 seconds to write one hundred excellent JPEGs to an SD card. It has a 920,000 dot, 3-inch screen.

Image Quality and Resolution

16.2 megapixels, very versatile, intuitive controls, articulated screen, excellent performance in low light, and interesting Special Effects modes.

Build and Handling

When you grip Nikon D5100 harder than necessary, it becomes pretty clear that this camera is very well built. Manufacturers have designed it to last. It weighs around 560 grams. With the dimension of 128 x 97 x 79mm, Nikon D5100 is 10 percent lighter and smaller than D5000. The articulate screen is 17 percent thinner than D5000. This camera is extremely easy to grip. On the whole, it is very nicely put together.

Performance

Chroma noise is not an issue with this model unlike other Nikon cameras. The colored speckling is very minutely visible in the images captured with this camera at its highest ISO adjustment. The quality of the images improves tremendously when the sensitivity is kept well below the expansion setting. Previously, Nikon cameras have been accused of having too accurate AWB (auto white balance), due to which the true ambiance of a scene cannot be captured. Nikon D5100 eliminates this problem entirely with its comparatively less accurate AWB. All features considered this camera is a very capable one. Useful for both novices and enthusiasts, Nikon D5100 comes with incredible versatility, quality results and an opportunity for creativity.