This is a great camera with tons of features that many more expensive cameras don't have. Beginners can use it in auto mode and the advanced settings will allow you to,grow as a photographer. The only negative is that the menus are a little cumbersome to use.

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Just what I was looking for. A move up from my old camera with the ability to input settings or go fully automatic.

Light weight; quality pictures; takes very good video

Cost including lens

Excellent package with wide coverage of zoom ranges.
The remote shutter release and swivel LCD combination is so much fun and also very useful for group photos.

Easy To Use; Fast / Accurate Auto-Focus; Fast Shutter Speed; Good Image Quality; High ISO Performance; Large Clear LCD; Tilt /Swivel LCD

Short Battery Life

Have owned Nikon and Canon. This camera has some good features but is only as good as it's lenses. Canon has a much broader variety of lenses and are compatible with several other lens manufacturers where Nikon does not.

This 24 megapixel DSLR is for "advanced beginners" according to Nikon. The internals, such as sensor, image processor, auto focus and auto exposure are similar to the D7000, while the externals, such as viewfinder and body material is not quite up to big brother standards.

The Nikon D5200 is a lot of camera for the money, and though it's aimed at advanced beginners in terms of image quality and capabilities, it's not too far removed from DSLRs geared for more serious photographers.

24.1-megapixel CMOS sensor delivers high resolution images and generally great image quality; Comfortably familiar body design that features some welcome refinements; Excellent high-ISO performance for its class; Excellent dynamic range; Standard ISO from 100 to 6400; with extended range up to...

Slightly slower than average autofocus speeds; Low-light AF performance not as good as some competing models; Changing some basic settings takes more time and effort than it should; Optical viewfinder is tiny and cramped; Special Effects (accessible from Mode dial) are limited (just seven); and the...

Advances from one version of a DSLR to the next tend to be minor, but the Nikon D5200 takes a bigger step than most. Not only has the autofocus system improved significantly over its predecessor, the D5100, but the sensor has been boosted too, from 16.2 megapixels to a massive 24.1 megapixels.

A cracking camera with superb image quality and a brilliant autofocus. A number of small faults prevent it from topping our A-List, however

The Nikon D5200 is a solid performer that offers an impressive array of specifications for a camera of its class. Indeed, the number of features it shares with its higher-end Nikon stablemates is to be applauded.

Excellent low ISO performance in both JPEG and Raw files; Class-leading noise performance at high ISO sensitivities; Very good default JPEG settings; Articulated rear screen; Effective auto white balance in a variety of lighting conditions; Auto ISO selection can be linked to lens focal length,...

Slow AF in live view and video modes (compared to mirrorless APS-C cameras; No real-time aperture adjustment in live view; Relatively small image buffer limits burst capacity in Raw-enabled modes; Soft video output at default settings; No aperture control in video mode; Upsampled video at default...

The Nikon D5200 seems to be a unique combination of features of earlier Nikon models. Housed inside the body of a D5100 is a high-resolution 24.1MP image sensor from the D3200; the auto-focus 39-point system module from the D7000; and the Expeed 3 image processing engine from the professional grade...