Nikon D5600 DSLR with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR and 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ED

The only drawback to this camera is the very short battery life of the rechargeable battery. I had to buy a back up. For the price, this camera has an amazing variety of features that help even a beginning photographer take great pics. I bought this to replace my old Nikon D40, which had finally conked out after 10 years of heavy use (more than 80,000 photos). The battery that came with the D40 held a charge much better, even after 10 years, so I would like to see Nikon come back with a better battery that can be used for longer periods of time. Just taking 200-300 pictures will wipe this battery out. Favorite features: large, adjustable touch screen; special effects; easier on-camera editing; video mode; ability to sync with smart phone.

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Maybe Nikon make decent cameras and camera bodies, but their software is worse than useless. There is an entire industry growing up for providing work arounds for Nikons short comings like converting .NEF files to something accessible like .JPG. Nikon provides software allegedly for this purpose but it just doesnt work. I never got snapbridge to work in any useful way. I managed to transfer a few photos to the cloud, eventually, but definately no video - snapbridge needs a lot of time to do not much. Transfer using memory cards is way more practical.

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I had a Sony a6000 and was never really happy with the small size of the body. I decided to give this Nikon D5600 a try, because its still small, yet just big enough to fit well in the hands, and balances well with larger lenses. What a wonderful purchase this turned out to be! My workflow has become so much easier because the out of camera jpegs are near perfect, to my taste anyway. I usually shoot RAW, but even the Raw files run through Nikons software, or Capture One, come out beautifully, with very little post processing needed. I love this camera!

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I wanted to buy D7500 and ended up purchasing this. I discovered that D7500 is too big and too heavy with all the lenses and I cant carry all day. For my family and vacation photography this camera is perfect. The extra I spent on purchasing teh lenses I needed and I am glad that I did. Very light and it fits perfectly in my small hands. I took some amazing photos with this camera. I am so glad that I didnt but D7500 and purchased Tamrom 18-200 and one Sigma 10-24 Lenses instead with this camera.

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Ordered this DSLR to be my secondary camera to my D800 for wedding photography. The kit lens 18-140mm is very sharp but in low light does lack a little bit, but thats to be expected since it is a f/3.5-5.6G but its the best kit lens option. The touch screen is very fun to use, I wish my D800 had that feature. I would absolutely recommend this kit for an amuater photographer or novice you get what you pay for and then some its an entry level DSLR but that term is overused and can very well be semi-pro. The 24.2 MP is awesome my first DSLR at the same price only had 12.3 MP but came with 3 lenses. The one con is that you cant use a wireless remote unless you buy a battery grip, many of them come with them and it does make the camera feel more secure to hold if you have big hands like I do. A grip means an extra battery and more time for you to shoot anyway! Nikon promotes the app snapbridge for to be the remote but eh dont want to be on the phone while shooting it drains your phone battery. Uses: Events: 8/10 Sports: 7/10 (With proper lens) Travel: 10/10 Street: 10/10

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Very happy with camera except the camera to smartphone connectivity is sketchy at best which is one of the reasons I wanted this camera. Loses a star for poor smartphone to camera connectivity. I find that the camera and iPhone don’t synch when I am just trying to do a quick connect to download a few pictures. If not having to start the pairing process multiple times, I am having to unpair the two and go through the entire pairing process again before they will connect. Hardly convenient. The firmware update failed to fix this issue.

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My first DSLR at this price point. So far I’m very happy! I went back-and-forth, between Nikon, and Canon. But after reading many DSLR reviews, I settled on the D5600, and I’m very glad that I did. It will take some time to learn all the features on this camera, and some more time to get to use all of them effectively. However, that’s why I bought this camera. I wanted a good quality DSLR to take my first step into more than “beginner” photography. All the pictures I have taken so far have been very Impressive. This camera is a breeze to use. I definitely believe “I chose wisely”!

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This is a relatively "inexpensive" Nikon model, but both the camera and the 18-400mm lens exceeded my expectations. The colors are deep and rich, and the pictures are sharp. Several of my amateur photographer friends thought I had gotten a Leica. Its relatively light in weight, and the battery life is very decent. Now the weaknesses - there is noticeable vignetting when zoomed in at a large aperture setting, and the LCD screen does not render color accurately when you use it either as a viewfinder or to view pictures taken. For connecting to smartphone wirelessly, it is nearly useless! Connections fail all the time. Snapbridge is a really poor piece of software. I use a 3rd party iphone to SD card pigtall adapter instead which does the job of transferring photos from the camera to the iphone beautifully. So the wireless part of the camera is nearly a waste. But if your focus is on photo quality, it is more than satisfactory.

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I order the D5600 DX-Format Digital SLR w/AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR for my upcoming Birthday. I also order the extra accessories I wanted (tripod, bag, extra battery, a 128gb SD card). All arrived within one to two days and is exactly what I ordered. A lot of research went into deciding on this camera, I looked at the Nikon D3500,D7500, Cannon EOS T6 and T7i just to name a few. For me (more then a beginner but not a Pro) the D5600 camera body and lens package is what I was looking for. The Nikon Snapbridge app was fast and easy to install on my Android phone and located my camera via WiFi and Bluetooth (yes the camera has both) without a hitch. There are also plenty of great tutorials out there for this camera. I highly recommend this package for either beginners or for those like me, jumping back into photography and wanting to hit the ground running.

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Great camera and a long awaited upgrade to my aging Nikon D90. So easy to use touch screen. Snapbridge works smoothly with my iPhone 6s. US-market item with full USA warranty. Fast, light, takes great pictures and is easy to use. Loving it so far! I bought the kit with the 18-55VR lens and the whole shebang is light, fast, easy to maneuver. Just an excellent camera for when the phone isnt enough.

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