Nikon D5300 vs D5500 - Beginner advice

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I'm looking at buying my first dslr

I did have a dabble with film slr's years ago with a Canon eos 300

I've been looking at the specs of the D5500 and D5300

I noticed that the D5500 does not have the multiple exposure mode, while the earlier D5300 does. I'm not sure why they omitted it but it seems like it could be a fun mode to make some creative photos

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So now I'm not sure which camera to go for. I know the D5500 has touchscreen and is the more up to date model

Does anyone have any advice?
 
jools182 said:
Hi

I'm looking at buying my first dslr

I did have a dabble with film slr's years ago with a Canon eos 300

I've been looking at the specs of the D5500 and D5300

I noticed that the D5500 does not have the multiple exposure mode, while the earlier D5300 does. I'm not sure why they omitted it but it seems like it could be a fun mode to make some creative photos

Something like this



So now I'm not sure which camera to go for. I know the D5500 has touchscreen and is the more up to date model

Does anyone have any advice?
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I've owned both, the d5300 only briefly though. id personally go for the d5500 due to the touch screen, deeper more comfortable grip and slightly lighter weight.
 
It would be easier to do double exposures in post processing.
 
I suspect many would be happy to DS in post processing. My brother bought a D5500 just before Christmas: the touch screen makes it much easier & faster to use than if the navigation relied on buttons alone. The finger grip is also acceptable (not always so with smaller Nikons) and the whole thing very light. The deal breaker for me would be the dim viewfinder with a typical kit lens - barely usable indoors IMO - though this may not bother many.
 
ancient_mariner said:
I suspect many would be happy to DS in post processing. My brother bought a D5500 just before Christmas: the touch screen makes it much easier & faster to use than if the navigation relied on buttons alone. The finger grip is also acceptable (not always so with smaller Nikons) and the whole thing very light. The deal breaker for me would be the dim viewfinder with a typical kit lens - barely usable indoors IMO - though this may not bother many.
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The viewfinder issue would be a 'problem' with most entry level cameras with kit lens though.
 
snerkler said:
The viewfinder issue would be a 'problem' with most entry level cameras with kit lens though.
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The Pentax K500 I tried a couple of years back *seemed* a lot better compared to a D3200 (which the D5500 VF appears to resemble) and I believe Pentax to generally have better viewfiders than typical crop Nikon (pentaprism vs pentamirror). Sony Alpha 58 has EVF and that IS a lot better in lower light - I'd take that viewfinder over the Nikon's, though I would prefer the Nikon's sensor performance.
 
ancient_mariner said:
The Pentax K500 I tried a couple of years back *seemed* a lot better compared to a D3200 (which the D5500 VF appears to resemble) and I believe Pentax to generally have better viewfiders than typical crop Nikon (pentaprism vs pentamirror). Sony Alpha 58 has EVF and that IS a lot better in lower light - I'd take that viewfinder over the Nikon's, though I would prefer the Nikon's sensor performance.
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Not tried the Pentax to be fair but yes pentaprism is better. EVF is a matter of opinion, it's pretty noisy in low light so in most scenarios I still prefer the optical.
 
snerkler said:
Not tried the Pentax to be fair but yes pentaprism is better. EVF is a matter of opinion, it's pretty noisy in low light so in most scenarios I still prefer the optical.
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I know EVF works better for some than others. For me, it was only unacceptably noisy in low light where hand-holding was pretty much impossible. The biggest disadvantage was in very bright sunlight, where it couldn't gain up enough and an eyecup was needed to shut out stray light. If I had a choice between EVF and FF pentaprism I'd still probably pick EVF if it was done well.
 
ancient_mariner said:
I know EVF works better for some than others. For me, it was only unacceptably noisy in low light where hand-holding was pretty much impossible. The biggest disadvantage was in very bright sunlight, where it couldn't gain up enough and an eyecup was needed to shut out stray light. If I had a choice between EVF and FF pentaprism I'd still probably pick EVF if it was done well.
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Yep purely preference. I've had some of the best EVFs on the market, and actually started out with these but now having made the switch to Nikon FF I much prefer looking through OVF than EVF. I still have EVF on my second camera and always find it a bit 'disapponting' when I first go back to it. But as I said this is preference, there are certainly a lot of advantages of EVF as we know.
 
Do either of them do bracketing? That was a much larger omission than double exposure when I was looking at the earlier entry level Nikon's.
 
frod said:
Do either of them do bracketing? That was a much larger omission than double exposure when I was looking at the earlier entry level Nikon's.
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They both do AE and WB bracketing.
 
cool beans, it did seem like an odd omission.
 
Thanks for your replies everyone, I ended up with the D5300 as it worked out a fair bit cheaper as well

Hopefully I'll upgrade in a year or so anyway as I hope I will get into this as a serious hobby
 
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