Nikon D5500 Digital SLR Camera - Black

I'm sure that if you're reading this you've already did your research and know specs of this DSLR front to back so I won't bore you with any more. Instead I'll tell you about the things I didn't read about before I bought it. so camera itself is outstanding. I love it and take it everywhere with me. Pictures quality is superb. camera comes with a complete manual but it is in black & white and there's nikon app that has it all in colour anyway so be sure to download that. camera has a built in wifi so no need to buy a remote for it. Just turn wifi on and download nikon app. Wifi also allows you to view your photos on the phone or a tablet. transfer speed is ok. but considering file sizes it's understandable. if you do that. Ale sure you have some spare batteries if you're out and about as this will increase battery consumption. Now the touch screen. Everyone I came across told me that you don't need a touch screen on dslr and it's only a gimmick. true but it's a cool gimmick and also it allows you to interact with yiur camera more freely. Touch screen will allow you to scroll through your gallery, change camera settings. it support pinch to zoom which is handy and also you can pick a point to focus your lens of which is great in some circumstances when auto focus doesn't want to detect exact spot you'd like it to choose. Overall it's a great camera to get into photography. I have only started not long ago but I love it and it's with paying few extra quid for

I haven't owned a DSLR camera for quite a while, but I decided to get back into it. What a camera to go with, especially at the price point. An absolute joy to use, with the touchscreen being more useful than I could have imagined, and sensible controls that mean you get a responsive and highly functional camera. The body is ludicrously light and feels comfortable in the hand, and I can see the fold-out screen being a gem. The pictures are in a word, amazing. Fantastic clarity and depth in a range of lighting conditions, with some nice effects & scenes thrown in to boot. I've only taken one short video so far, but the quality seems superb as well. The only minor issue is the camera-mounted microphones (stereo!) pick up a fair bit of AF noise, but unless you're moving around a lot this won't be a huge issue. I believe Nikon supply some ext microphones as well at a reasonable price. The kit lens it comes with is pretty good, I suppose what you'd expect, but at £10 extra it would be silly not to. Blows all similarly-priced Canon competition out the water (and plays tough with some of the pricier models), and even comes close to matching the D7200, a good £200 more expensive. Even more impressive considering its tiny size. Seriously, this thing is almost pocket sized. I can't recommend this enough to the beginner photographer, gifted amateur, or anybody, for that matter. Five stars.

I normally work with D610/D7100 and D800. But I also am a cyclist and try to get as little weight and volume on my bike. Although I had to jump over my shadow (in my head) to actually consider the 5000-Series Nikon as solution I now am very happy I did so. Size (tiny) and weight of this set are really the perfect solution for those days when you don't wish to lug a huge backpack or side bag around with you, go cycling or just wish to always have an camera with you but don't wish to work with a Compact- or Bridge camera. I did experiment with the picture quality before I bought it with my neighbours D5500 and can say, that if you - as I do - mainly work up to the max.print size of A3 you will even as extreme Pixel Counter be very, very hard pushed to see any difference to the D7100 or even the D610. Yes, the D800 gives you a little more resolution, but again - you will have to make mural size prints on an professional printer or be specialised in Macro-Photography/Wildlife/Landscape where you can see the detail. The D5500 is excellent for every day use. For''fast'' and ''lazy'' photography but also for demanding work if you wish to work with it semi manual or manual...even in low light... it's really fun!

This is a great piece of kit however you should know that you also need the external microphone for video. This is not mentioned in any of the professional reviews which is misleading and makes you wonder how much money Nikon pays these people. The simple fact is that the auto focus while very good is also very noisy and is picked up on the build in mic, so much so that it ruins any video. So before you buy decide if you also want to spend an extra 100€ for the external mic.

We love it! Bought this as our anniversary gift. It's perfect for beginners, easy to operate and understand the manual that comes with it. It comes with one battery and a few cables. Good photos quality, can be used for selfies. The rotating screen is very handy to take photos of varying angle. And the touchscreen feature is handy when you are in a rush to adjust the settings. The best feature of it was the WiFi feature. It enables us to use it with our tripod, no more unsatisfactory photos or embarrassment asking strangers to help us take photos, as the wifi enables us to take photos when we are ready. But we need to download an app to use that feature to control it via our phone (the app sometimes could be slow, but overall we love this wifi feature and it is satisfactory). It enables me to post our romantic holiday photos on the move! But the wifi feature means that it use the battery more. We had two spare batteries with us during this holiday and that was perfect (in total we have 3 batteries to last us one whole day :morning, afternoon, night). Took it everywhere since we bought it, very lightweight for travelling! Best gift ever!

No guarantee card supplied, was a grey import. Had a photocopied manual. Became faulty within a few months. Camera itself was very good. Quality of pics were great. Shame it became faulty and was not a UK model.