Vari, angle touchscreen, Proven sensor, Small size and low weight
The optical viewfinder in a DSLR doesn't show the effect of camera adjustments, GPS unit gone
Build and handling Like the D5300, the D5500 has a monocoque construction, which means its shell is made from a single piece of material. However, at 124x97x70mm and 420g (body only) the new camera is lighter and slimmer than the D5300 which measures 125x...
Excellent updated handling, Solid performance, great images, Fast AF
No GPS, Conservative upgrades
The Nikon D5500 is a very conservative tweak of the popular D5300. It doesn't mess with the image quality or performance, instead deciding to make the camera a mite more accessible. We'll have to see whether the touchscreen's actually worth using when we...
Abstract: Nikon komt met iets nieuws in haar assortiment. De D5500, haar eerste digitale spiegelreflexcamera voorzien van een kantelbaar touchscreen. Deze nieuwe DX-formaat camera richt zich eigenlijk op de enorme explosie aan creatieve opnamen die worden gemaakt m...
Variangle touchscreen, Proven sensor, Small size and low weight
The optical viewfinder in a DSLR doesn't show the effect of camera adjustments, GPS unit gone
There may be some who are disappointed that the D5500 doesn't make any huge leaps in pixel count, but 24 million pixels is more than enough for most uses. The files (usually) have plenty of detail, noise can be controlled well and the memory card or comp...
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Published: 2015-01-07, Author: Mike , review by: pocket-lint.com
Abstract: It's a curious time in the world of cameras right now, with boundaries ever-blurring, but new technologies incremental rather than revolutionary. The arrival of the Nikon D5500, which is the company's first ever touchscreen DSLR, looks to fend off the com...
Abstract: The Nikon D5500 offers fantastic DSLR image quality and speed in an ultralight and inexpensive package. Live View lets you shoot photos and videos while held away from your head with a swiveling screen.The D5500 weighs so little that it's a pleasure to ca...
Abstract: The Nikon D5500 marks the first product from Nikon that includes touch operation. Our editors are looking to get their hands on this and test it at CES. The touch-operation makes the D5500 more intuitive, with pinch to zoom and shutter activation. The Var...
Low image noise, Very good sharpness, Great dynamicrange, Accurate AF system, Short shutterlag, Excellent timetofirstshot, Full HD video with autofocus, Quite usable with gloves on, Good batterylife, Nikon D5300, Nikon D5300 No EyeStart sensor, GPS, Nikon
Some overexposure, Below average AWB, AF on the slow side, Odd LiveView preview, Odd Auto ISO behavior, Selftimer resets after each use, No mechanical AF coupling
The D5500 refines the existing Nikon entry-level DSLR design with several notable improvements while keeping a very consistent feature-set.While external changes are easy to spot, the worthy upgrade is its revised 24 MP APS-C CMOS sensor which manages to ...