Nikon D5200 Digital SLR with 18-55mm & 55-200mm Non-VR Lenses (Black) (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

When I purchased this camera it was a great STARTER camera. It comes with the kit lens which is great to start with. The kit lens is an "okay" lens but the first thing you want to do is purchase a PRIME Lens, cant go wrong with the nifty fifty (50mm) auto focus lense. As for he camera itself, I thought it was cool it had the flip screen but have since learned there is no reason for me to use it really, but cool feature. The one thing I dont like about it is once you grow with photography it does NOT have command mode, which means it cant command your speedlights, you have to purchase a trigger/receiver system. You have to be careful about shooting at a higher iso as it seems to me you get alot of "grain". But if your lighting is good then this camera can give you the results you need. But this is a great starter camera and you can absolutely learn and grow with it... I would recommend this camera but it will leave you wanting more out of it once you learn more. BUT OVERALL is a great camera! And gives quality photos, I have provided photos I have taken with the nikon d5200, and my nikon 50mm 1.8 lens.

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I havent had time to use it much, but I like it so far. The Live View is handy for the way I use it, but it drains the battery very quickly. Other than that - its a Nikon, whats not to like! It has a lot more features than I will ever use. Camera manufacturers seem to think that their customers want more and more unusual features. I just want a camera that is easy to use, solidly built, and makes extremely sharp images. The multi-point focus points are about useless - the camera has no idea what I want to be in focus, and it usually focuses on the wrong thing. The closest object or the one with the most contrast is NOT usually what I want in focus. When using auto-focus, I try to lock it to the single focus point in the middle of the screen, so I can focus it where I want. Ive been using Nikon cameras since 1962 (yeah, thats 52 years), and now have four of them, as well as five other brands, so I know how to use one, and how I want it to behave, but of course, NIkon, and all the other high-tech companies never ask their customers what they actually want. They just cram in more functions that make them look more high-tech than their competitors. They want to advertise that their gizmo has more whatzits than the other guys, so their gadget HAS to be better. More is not always better. More functions just make it more complicated and harder to use. Anything that has to have an 88 page book of instructions to explain all the gee-whiz functions no one really needs is just too darned complicated! The attached photo of the night sky is full-frame - just reduced in size to attach. This was taken at 18mm, manually focused using Live View, and spans from Orion, to the star, Sirius, on the left.

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