Smokey37 Loc: Oak Ridge TN

Just up graded to a Nikon D5200 from my old Canon D300 EOS Rebel. Anyone using the D5200 and any tips on the camera and any trouble with it..smo

catfish252

Should be a great camera it has incredibly high marks(sensor comes in #12) on DxOMark.com It has a better overall score than a Nikon D3s and is right there with the Leica M and the Phase One medium format. Haven't heard anything bad about it.

georgevedwards Loc: Essex, Maryland.

Hey, welcome to the club! I did the same, upgraded to the 5200 from my Canon Rebel and old Canon D60, and I haven't missed anything about them, haven't looked back once. Love it, especially the image quality which to me is the most important thing. Really sharp. You can pick a face from a group and crop it and enlarge it is just like you took a close up! Issues: seems to be a shutter lag when I press the button sometimes, may be related to focusing, may try back button focusing. Also focusing in low light or on objects with no contrast like clouds can cause confusion. Whats different: for me the "I" button, calls up menu items for quick adjustments without having to browse the main menu, like auto bracketing, ISO, etc. I became addicted quick to the live view screen that flips out, you can adjust the angle of the viewing screen for easy viewing instead of contorting to get your eye up to that tiny little viewfinder or having to find the right angle to look at a fixed viewscreen. It makes composing the picture easier too. If you want to take a picture from a lower angle or near the ground you just flip up the live view screen and tilt it, it has full 360 turnability. Supposedly good for self portraits, but I haven't tried that yet. Watch out for the special effects mode right next to the manual mode. Once I got it accidentally turned a notch and thought the camera was malfunctioning, it took me half an hour to figure it out.

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

Iv'e been shooting a pair of D5100's the last 2 years..I think you'll really enjoy the D5200...very nice machine. The past 6 or 7 months Iv'e flipped the monitor over and back onto the camera back...for me it just seems easier to make exposure adjustments without looking through the view finder.

Smokey37 Loc: Oak Ridge TN

Thanks for the reply. I found out the same thing also. So far I love the camera but still exploring it. Bought it 3 weeks ago with a 300mm tel Nikon lens also. I had trouble with the double shudder at an airshow and it seems louder than the Canon. My wife has it now...

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

Welp....in that case....maybe time to get one for yourself...LOL

Smokey37 Loc: Oak Ridge TN

I gave my wife the Canon D300 EOS with 3 lens and all equiptment. I'm keeping the D5200 for me....I'm not stupid..

MtnMan Loc: ID

One of the things I finally settled on with the D5100 was to set the function button to ISO. If you use P mode you can then set everything easily while looking through the viewfinder.

I really miss the D5100. My wife took it over when I got my D7000 (which I didn't like). I've now moved on to a D800 and really miss the infared inputs and articulated screen the most. One of these days I may have to get a D5200 as a second body...or get my wife one in which case I get back the D5100. She is very protective of it, though.

Smokey37 Loc: Oak Ridge TN

How can i shoot a black and white with a R2 filter on the D5200?? Anyone ever done it ??..

MtnMan Loc: ID

Why do it?

You can have much more flexibility by making B&W in post processing.

The D5200 has a bunch of retouch options. I think one of them might be B&W. It makes a B&W copy of the image.

There might also be a picture control for it. If not you can make a custom one that might do it. But it makes little sense without a filter because the sensor always records what it sees: color.

factual Loc: Nigeria

I think it's the among it's category
I bought mine for video shoot and it's doing a nice job.
Haven't really seen any errors for now

Smokey37 Loc: Oak Ridge TN

I have all the filters for B&W from my 4X5 Speedgraphic press, and my 2 1/4 X 3 1/4 cameras from the old film days. Plus the filters from my old minolta 35mm. Wanted to do some B&W with filters but can't get in to the Nikon B&W settings. My old 35mm are same size 58mm as my Nikon. Thanks for the reply..Smokey

MtnMan Loc: ID

Well if the filters fit, or are larger so they can be made to fit with an adapter, they might be interesting to try. Of course they won't turn a color image B&W...they'll add their color cast to it. But I suspect it would carry over to a B&W image you then make from that distorted color image. I'd probably shoot in RAW to try it.

Irontruck Loc: Phoenix, AZ

I have a 5200 it is even different than my 5100 in a lot of ways. If you are not at all familiar with Nikon cameras I would suggest studying the manual. I don't have any negative comments about the camera. When I get a new camera I usually buy a book on the particular model. There is a lot of free information on line including the manual.

MtnMan Loc: ID

Could you list some of the ways other than the sensor? I am not aware of them but am interested.

I don't see much here:

http://snapsort.com/compare/Nikon-D5100-vs-Nikon-D5200

Well, I see it has more focus points but I always use single point focus anyway so looking for something else.