Nikon D5300 24.2 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Auto Focus-S DX NIKKOR Zoom Lens (Black)

My first DSLR and I'm loving it. Fairly easy to use with lots of nice features for someone just getting serious about photography. My only regret was buying it with the 18-140mm lens. It's a very good lens with AF-S VR and takes very sharp pictures; it's just not the focal length for me. I enjoy taking wildlife photos and probably would have enjoyed the 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED IF AF-S VR zoom more. If you are new to photography I would suggest buying this camera with a kit lens and then when you know what kind of photography you want to do you could explore better lenses. I used this to take my first fireworks photos and had a blast though with the 18-140mm lens! I used the RAW setting and the highest resolution and even though my photos looked liked they would be too small to enjoy, I was able to crop them and get some pretty sharp pictures. The swing-out LCD screen is great. It rotates 360 degrees and can be used to take photos from any angle; even selfies, but it's great to be able to angle it when the sun is glaring and you are trying to line up a shot. The camera body is fairly light in weight; the extra weight will come from the bigger lenses. I bought a used 50mm prime lens for taking family shots and the camera weight is not noticeable. When I change to the 18-140mm lens, the weight is a very noticeable and supporting the camera to take a photo gets tiresome. That's when I use my tripod (a MeFOTO Roadtrip which supports it nicely) with a remote and everything is steady and doesn't wear me out. I don't know enough about photography yet to review all the specs but I know this has a DX format which will allow me to use FX format lens. This means that even though I won't get the full benefit from the FX lens on this camera, when I advance my skills and decide to buy a full FX format camera I can use the same lenses. I know that the camera is fairly easy to use and with the programmed settings you can take a great picture with your first shot. It also has extensive settings for those wanting to learn manual settings and take complete control over their camera. If you are starting out and want a really nice camera to develop your skills I would recommend the D5300. It even has built-in WiFi and GPS and a great video feature. Nikon is a great brand and produces wonderful products; I don't think you can go wrong with their cameras!

I purchased this DSLR as my very first. I have only ever used point and shoots. I also bought a book to go with this so am slowly learning my way beyond Auto. This camera is amazing! I am simply a mom who loves to capture pictures. The pictures are beautiful, clear and stunning. I love that I can quickly capture pics of my 2 kids who never sit still! The other day I took a bunch of pics of a dolphin pod playing in the inlet and later cropped them in really close and the quality is still amazing! I haven't tried GPS or wifi yet. I love the cute filters and scene settings as I don't fully understand aperture, ISO, etc but I have no doubt that when I do my pics will be even better. FYI Nikon D5300 for Dummies is a great book to go with this awesome camera :) Update: 11/13/14. So I have been using this camera heavily for 7 months now and am even more impressed! I have learned soooo much and never touch that auto button now. I do tend to shoot in aperture priority mode 75% of the time just because it takes out a lot of the guess work from manual. Trust me folks, if this is your first dslr purchase this is a great choice! So easy to learn, so many fantastic tutorials out there (Pinterest!), the pictures are beautiful. I just shot our family Christmas pictures and have gotten so many compliments, and I don't even know how to use photoshop! Once posted to Facebook people wanted to book my photographer 😉.

I bought this to replaced my 8 years old D80. I'm a very picky person, and I am impressed by this camera. I've been considering SONY A6000, D5500, D7100, D7200. And finally decided to go with this camera. This is not a perfect camera. But budget wise, this is for sure a camera that have superior performance-to-price ratio. I use it with my one year old Nikon 18-200mm VR II lens. For the price of $496, I can't find another camera can compete with it. The A6000, it's a very nice mirrorless camera. I pay serious attention to it. And I went to Bestbuy to test it out. What I like A6000 is it's light weight and size. What I don't like much is when its length changes, it take like 1/4 second to show up in the OLED view finder. And A6000 doesn't have articular screen which equipped with D5300 that makes family portrait a lot easier. D5500, I don't see much different to D5300. The touch screen on D5500 is a nice but not must have. The higher ISO up to 25600 is technically nicer than the 12800 in D5300, but I doubt if I would shoot at such a high ISO. Other than that, I don't see much difference, and I know I ain't paying $200 more for touch screen and higher ISO. D7100, it has Expeed 3 processor while D5300 has Expeed 4 processor. Yes it has better manual control and functions. But after having D80 (which has top screen and dual dial and better manual control than D5300) for 8 years, I have to admit that I'm not a professional photographer but an enthusiast that enjoys the possibility to take photos that's better than a point and shoot camera. D7200, well, it has the same Expeed 4 processor while it comes with better manual control. But with $600 price difference, I'd give up those extra manual control and get a all around D5300 for the ease of my pocket. Bottom line, D5300 is a decent camera for the price that no one can deny, yet it's been announced for 2 years already but still maintains a 24MP clear and sharp production and relatively light and with functions that can make entry-level to enthusiast happy. The only thing I don't appreciate much is it's GPS function, I wish it had a faster and more accurate lock up performance that doesn't require a A-GPS file to be updated very 14 days.

soy usuario de Nikon desde hace algunos años, empecé cuando Pentax dejo de tener variedad de modelos, empecé con la D5100 luego seguí con la P7800 (que me robaron en SFO) y me espere a poder comprar otra DSLR con wifi integrado, me encanto el combo Nikon cámara mas lente 18-140 (antes use una Tamron 18-200) pero de verdad el autoenfoque no funciona igual especialmente en el video. tengo poco tiempo con ella pero como ya conozco estos modelos no creo cambie mucho las cosa. me encanto la pantalla de 3.2 pulgadas, su wifi integrado que no necesitas andar añadiendo otros dispositivos la P7800 usaba el adaptador Wu-1a que se desconectaba cuando mas lo necesitabas y por supuesto los 24 megapíxeles además de muchas otras características que trae esta fabulosa cámara. un buen paso adelante para aquel que quiera hacer fotografía amateur o seria. La nota mala: el envío fue x DHL express y el mensajero fue y me la aventó TRES casas mas allá, ese día no fui a mi trabajo (trabaje desde casa) por estarla esperando, pero checando el tracking por internet, grande fue mi sorpresa al ver en la pagina web que el paquete ya había sido entregado y firmado (porque era requisito indispensable) por una empleada de limpieza de obra civil o sea por la primera persona que vio en mi calle el mensajero; por supuesto puse una queja en DHL aunque quisiera poner una advertencia en Amazon, Mexico.

Verry.nice

Pictures are not clear enough when printed.

Es buena cámara, resistente y toma excelentes fotos. La aplicación del Iphone hace posible compartir las imagines rápidamente. Ojo si quieres pasar las imágenes a máxima calidad al cel, pásalas de una en una. El GPS no funciona muy bien. es muy lento y tiene poca potencia, en interiores no lo vas obtener posición GPS. Pero no compras una cámara por el GPS.

Me encantó. Excelente compra y precio