Nikon D5300 Digital SLR with 18-55mm VR II Compact Lens Kit - Black (24.2 MP) 3.2 inch LCD

Do go check out my video review of this camera. I've added a list below to sum up the good and bad bits of the camera. I have also added some sample images I've taken from the camera. Pros -Flip out display -Excellent photo/video quality -Fun photography modes/features -Wifi and GPS -Huge range of lenses to work with -Compact design Cons -Mic jack broke -Expensive to repair -Nikon software is useless -GPS feature difficult to use -Nikon lenses expensive

Almost infinite numbers of menus to play with, or you can use full auto. Excellent manual. No doubt it won't be as durable as one of the professional models, but I'm not a professional. I've waited for years for just the 'right' digital SLR and this is it- I previously used a similar 'consumer' model film Nikon body for many years and I'd still be using it now if digital wasn't so much more convenient. Make sure you get a spare battery- I got the official one- especially if you want to use the highly entertaining GPS location feature. As you would expect, this works just as advertised- open View NX2, connect to the internet and bingo! there is a map showing where you took all your pictures. Just that feature doesn't seem to use much power, but leaving it on GPS tracking so that it knows where you went even when the camera is switched off- that gets through power considerably faster.

Arrived within 4 days of order. It had been reboxed which made me a little suspicious but all parts were included. On startup Europe wasn't included in the zones, so to progress I indicated the zone as Canada. After that the camera was perfect. 275 pages of instructions to browse through to find my way around. GPS and WIFI enhance its features.

This is more a Supplier review and what was advertised vs what I was supplied. I ordered a Nikon D5300 VR II lens kit, first I opened the box supplied via Amazon - the box inside the large box was damaged ripped at side, looks like it's been opened and closed multiple times. the first thing you see if a photo copied instruction book, them on closer inspection there is a CD and another leaflet but No warranty card. For a product, they are selling £489.00 - as new! Not acceptable. Also, to revert to the Camera and lens itself, I have no idea if it's new it looks ok but the lens was not what I ordered, it was the VR lens only. Small difference but still you cannot advertise as VR II lens! Camera is being returned in full, not acceptable for the money they are charging. Disappointed!

Brought this camera to upgrade my 6 year old SLR and i have to admit this camera is great. The pictures it takes are superb and it has a range of useful extras that mean this body will last and still be useful in the years to come. It does have a few negatives though which a probably more personal issues. The camera has a wide a arrange of options which are used through button presses. These buttons however are EVERYWHERE, sometimes its actually difficult to find them! The other negative for me is the digital menu is a bit of a pain to navigate, several times i have looked to tweak a setting and its buried deep inside a menu tree and it takes me too long to find it.

Having previously owned an SLR some twenty years I am looking to resume a previous interest in photography and decided to purchase my first DSLR camera. I haven't owned the Nikon D5300 for long [just a week!] so cannot make comment on all the functions. To date I have found it to be very intuitive in terms of getting to grips with its operation and all of the functions. Quality of photographs to date, including some macro stuff, look great. I love that it connects to my Google Nexus which I have also learnt I can use as a kind of 'remote control'!! I am soon to go on holiday and am very much looking forward to having the time to properly get to grips and testing the fully capabilities of this camera.

Before you buy this camera.. I had the Nikon D5200, much like this, and I have some advice. I based my 1st DSLR camera purchase on a mix of price versus features, features meaning image quality. I actually read in a magazine that the D5200 was the BEST VALUE BEGINNERS DLSR, and I bought it on new ebay. If you really are an enthusiast I would encourage you not to get this camera. I had mine for 6 months and got rid of it out of frustration. If you are looking for a 1st camera, like I was, I would do at the start what I later had to do and go for the Nikon D7100. The reasons why: there are far fewer external controls on this camera. You will always be going through menus etc. and will either miss the shot or just not bother using the feature that will that this much time to change, the change back. All useful features are buried deep. You have to pay for the privilege to get external access to these features. But it is so worth it. Metering, ISO, Autofocus, are all features that cannot be accessed externally on the D5300 camera body. The image quality will be roughly the same as the D7100, but you will miss the shot, even if it's of your dog. If the D5300 had these 3 buttons it would be great. But it doesn't. People who buy DSLR's, especially their 1st DSLR expect to be able to control these things but with all Nikon cameras below the D7100 you get suckered into buying it with different add-on's that like wifi, gps and even image quality - all usefull.. BUT.. if you want control of your camera; what most new DSLR buyers expect they are buying; you have to go for the D7100. It can even use every lens since like 1970. I don't think that reviews and comparisons between these 2 cameras highlight enough the face that the D5300 has so few vital external controls. But like I said, you get what you pay for. Get it 2nd hand for about the same price. That's my advice. D7100 - the best beginners camera and will last for years.

Schade das keine Sonnenblende dabei ist, musste ich extra bestellen, eine Falsche auch noch erwischt... gut war mein Fehler. Aber versteh nicht warum so ein Plastikteil 1. so viel kostet und 2. bei einem relativ teurem Set nicht gleich dabei ist. Punkt Abzug gibt's aber keinen.... ist halt Marketing... ;) Ist aber auch meine erste Nikon, damals bei der Olympus E410 war alles mit dabei im Set daher wunderte es mich bei der Nikon welche deutlich teurer war. Bin sehr zufrieden mit der Kamera, vor allem mit der Standby-Funktion. Warum auch immer vergesse ich bei der Kamera (bei der vorigen die ich hatte nie) immer sie auf "off" zu stellen. Ist der Kamera recht egal, nach einiger Zeit schaltet sie sich sowieso aus, auch nach paar Tagen ist es für den Akku kein Problem. Wenn man eine Speicherkarte einlegt, sieht man das sie eigentlich nicht wirklich aus ist, sie checkt gleich die Karte. (Led für Kartenzugriff kurz aktiv) Fotos macht sie sehr schöne, habe aber keine gleichwertigen Vergleichsgeräte. Meine vorige war bereits 6 Jahre alt, machte zwar auch tolle Fotos aber technisch tat sich da einiges. Videos aufnehmen geht nur wenn man zuvor "Liveview" aktiviert hat. Sonst tut sich nichts bei der Rec-Taste. Die Qualität finde ich sehr gut, meine etwas ältere Digitale Videokamera könnte sie denke ich fast ablösen.... Vergleich machte ich aber noch keinen direkten.

La Nikon D5300 me parece una excelente primera cámara réflex para aficionados a la fotografía. Es habitual encontrar el kit D5300 + objetivo 18-55 en Amazon por menos de 600 euros, cuando en una gran superficie como ECI puede tener un precio por encima de 800. Por el precio que tiene en Amazon no merece la pena comprar una Nikon D3300 (a menos que tu presupuesto esté muy muy justo), y una Nikon de la gama 7000 es probablemente excesiva como primera cámara. El kit con el objetivo 18-55 me parece el más razonable. El objetivo 18-55 es adecuado para el 90% de las fotos que un aficionado quiera sacar. Es ligero, manejable, de calidad y proporciona un zoom 3x similar al que pueda dar una cámara compacta. El extremo inferior de 18mm (equivalente a 27.54mm en una cámara full-frame) proporciona bastante ángulo sin la necesidad de comprar un objetivo gran angular, que suelen ser bastante caros. Es razonablemente adecuado para paisajes o fotos de grupo en espacios reducidos. El extremo 55mm (equivalente a 84mm en una full-frame) es adecuado para retratos o para acercarse un poco a lo que se quiera fotografiar. Y en el medio podemos pararlo en 24mm (equivalente a 36.72 en full-frame) y tenemos un ángulo que refleja bastante bien lo que vemos con nuestros propios ojos.

Ürün her şeyiyle eksiksiz kusursuz bir şekilde elime ulaştı ve mod özelliği kapsamından geniş bi yapıya sahip çok memnun kaldım..!!

Excellent rapport qualité prix, cet appareil photo convient parfaitement à mon utilisation. Étant débutant, il est une parfaite introduction au monde de la photographie, avec un respect des couleurs rigoureux, un mode automatique intelligent, et surtout un mode manuel très simple grâce à son interface utilisateur. La vidéo à 60 images par seconde est d'une incroyable qualité, ce qui en fait un appareil très polyvalent. L'envoi s'est passé sans accrocs, et le distributeur a pensé à envoyer un adaptateur prise anglaise/française, car il ne s'agit pas d'une version française de l'appareil, ce qui est très gentil de leur part. Bref, il s'agit là d'un produit excellent !

Ottimo prodotto, perfetto per chi come me vuole avvicinarsi al mondo della fotografia prestando però attenzione al portafoglio. Dopo una lunga ricerca su siti vari, blog e forum di fotografia ho trovato quello che cercavo nella Nikon D5300, comprata per affrontare il primo lungo viaggio: PREGI: - è una entry level con qualche accenno ad una macchina semiprofessionale, - a differenza di molte altre sorelle di categoria questa non è solo plasticaccia ma è anche composta da alluminio e quindi più resistente agli urti e notevolmente più leggera (ottimo per chi come me vuole viaggiare zaino in spalla); -prezzo imbattibile! in tutti i negozio la si trova sugli 799 euro con kit 18-55 e sui rivenditori online non a meno di 630 euro. DIFETTI: - spacciata per macchina di importazione europea è in realtà asiatica (ecco perchè costa così "poco"), all'interno gli opuscoletti originali sono in cinese/giapponese anche se il libretto di istruzioni è stato stampato (successivamente) in inglese. E' comunque possibile scaricarlo dal sito Nikon.it in lingua italiana. - non è possibile estendere la garanzia originale di 4 anni (Nital) dato che è una macchina di importazione, ma solitamente è possibile utilizzare una garanzia del rivenditore. Se state ancora pensando se Canon sia meglio di Nikon (o viceversa) state sbagliando approccio, sono reflex "quasi identiche" e non esiste una marca che sia meglio dell'altra, a meno che non vi facciate "fregare" da pubblicità e strategie di marketing delle case produttrici. Fino a ieri ero convinto che Canon fosse meglio solo perchè vedevo in giro solo fotocamere di questa marca (tutti i turisti asiatici usano Canon) ma Steve Mc Curry fotografa con una Nikon ;) In bocca al lupo per il vostro acquisto