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March 2015
(82%)
132 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(95%)
988 Reviews
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The editors liked
Swiveling touchscreen
Great image quality
Longer battery life
Built-in Wi-Fi
Absence of optical low pass filter results in higher detail
Good colour rendition
Fast AF performance
Omits optical low-pass filter. Sharp vari-angle touch display. Solid detail at high ISOs. 5fps continuous shooting. 39-point AF system. Quick startup. 1080p60 video. Integrated Wi-Fi. External mic support.
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
Excellent image quality for its class
Easy-to-use Wi-Fi
Responsive autofocus
Touch-to-focus and shoot LCD
Light
Compact design
The Nikon D5500 delivers excellent photo quality as well as a performance that can keep up with your kids and pets
Great image quality for photos and videos
Lightweight
Collapsible lens reduces bulk
Great battery life
That grip
Pretty small size
Reliable and can deliver very solid image quality
Amazingly small for a DSLR
Great image quality for its class
Including superb low light and high ISO performance
Generous JPEG buffer depth
High resolution
High image quality
Compact and feather-light
Lots of options
Part of a large system
Many lenses and accessories available
Good price-to-quality ratio
Excellent image quality with wide dynamic range
Compact and light yet wellbuilt body with perfectly designed grip
3.2" fully articulating LCD ideal for video and tripod use
Touchscreen makes menu navigation and rack focusing easy
Impressive focus trac
The editors didn't like
Slow tap-to-shoot
GPS got axed
No water resistance or weather sealing
Average video recording
Removal of GPS
Lacking in manual control buttons
Smaller body means controls are somewhat cramped. Pentamirror viewfinder. No GPS. Will not autofocus with screw-drive lenses. Limited Wi-Fi remote control. Self-timer deactivates after use. Lacks depth of field preview
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
Slow live-view autofocus
Lacks built-in GPS of the predecessor D5300
Limited Wi-Fi app functions
Built-in mic picks up stray sounds
The redesigned grip may not be comfortable for people with large hands
And Nikon really needs to update its Wi-Fi app
Collapsible lens opens a bit slowly
A bit too skinny in places
Buffer depths are shallow when shooting RAW
Lacks GPS from the predecessor
No AA filter means it's susceptible to aliasing artifacts
No GPS
No extra protection against dust and water
AF in LiveView is slow
Fine detail in JPEGs can get smudged at higher ISOs
Lacks second control dial found on most of competition
Limited buffer memory affects continuous shooting and bracketing when using Raw
Abstract: The D5500 is a compact, lightweight, but very capable DSLR with an easy-to-handle body. Its 24-million-pixel sensor offers class-leading image quality, with excellent resolution due to the lack of an optical low-pass filter, and huge dynamic range especia...
It's got the same sensor and processor as the D53300 For the most part, a few little changes can add up to a great camera with the Nikon D5500. It's got the same sensor and processor as the D53300, but some improvements to the way it handles make it a mo...
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How bad do you want a touchscreen? With the same sensor, processor, video performance, and optical viewfinder as its predecessor, the D5500 isn't breaking down any new barriers. It's much more compact, sure, but it's otherwise an incremental upgrade t...
Buildquality, Adjustable touchscreen, Reduced size and weight, Picture quality, Excellent battery life, Improved Live View responsiveness, WiFi
Default JPG image too dense, Menus as convoluted as ever, AF slightly slower than on the D5300, AF noisy when filming, No headphone output
With the D5500, Nikon has once again produced an effective and responsive consumer-oriented SLR that takes a good photo. The addition of a touchscreen is a real plus, and it works brilliantly. The interface, though, is still too convoluted and much more d...
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...
