The Nikon D5200 is an F-mount

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camera with a newly developed 24.1-

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DX-format The Nikon DX format is an alternative name used by Nikon corporation for APS-C image sensor format being approximately 24x16 mm. Its dimensions are about (29 mm vs 43 mm diagonal, approx.) those of the 35mm format. The format was ...

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image sensor An image sensor or imager is a sensor that detects and conveys information used to make an image. It does so by converting the variable attenuation of light waves (as they pass through or reflect off objects) into signals, small bursts of curr ...

first announced by

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on November 6, 2012 for most of the worldNikon D5200
Nikon and January 7, 2013 for the North American market. The Toshiba TOS-5105 (HEZ1) APS-C CMOS Image Sensor features 14-bit resolution NEF (RAW) and

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6400, expandable to 25,600. The D5200 integrates the same Multi-CAM 4800DX

autofocus An autofocus (or AF) optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system ...

system as the

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. The camera replaces the D5100 and is replaced by the

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. Initially, the camera was available worldwide except in North America. While Nikon officially announced the D5200 in Europe, Asia, and Australia in November 2012, Nikon's U.S. operating company did not initially announce the camera, and did not update its website to include this model. The official North American launch came during the CES show in

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, on January 13, 2013.

Feature list

* Nikon EXPEED 3 image/video processor. * Toshiba TOS-5105 24.1 MP Image Sensor * Automatic correction of lateral

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for

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s. Correction-data is additionally stored in RAW-files and used by Nikon

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, View NX and some other RAW tools. *

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mode with autofocus. Up to

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at 24, 25 and 50i, 30 and 60i, 720p at 50 or 60

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(fps). H.264/MPEG-4 AVC

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out with support of

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(clean HDMI) * Active D-Lighting (4 level and auto). * articulated 921,000-dot LCD. * Live View shooting mode with Contrast Detect and face priority auto focus (activated with a dedicated button). * Continuous Drive up to 5 frames per second. Interval timer supported. * Bracketing (exposure, Active D-Lighting and white-balance). * Auto scene recognition mode with 16 pre-programmed scenes. * In camera HDR mode. * Inbuilt

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intervalometer * Quiet shooting mode. * Built-in sensor cleaning system (vibrating low-pass filter) and airflow control system. *

HD video output. * Stereo microphone input (has stereo built-in mic) * Enhanced built-in RAW processing with extended Retouch menu for image processing without using a computer: D-Lighting, Red-eye reduction, Trimming, Monochrome & filter effects, Color balance, Image overlay, NEF (RAW) processing, Quick retouch, Straighten, Distortion control, Fisheye, Color outline, Color sketch, Perspective control, Miniature effect, Selective Color, Edit movie, Side-by-side comparison. * File formats:

, NEF (Nikon's

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, 14-bit compressed),

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video codec. * Compatible with

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Adaptor WU-1a to transmit images from the camera to

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or Android

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with remote shooting control. * EN-EL14 Lithium-ion Battery. * GPS interface for direct geotagging supported by

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Like Nikon's other consumer level DSLRs, the D5200 has no in-body autofocus motor, and fully automatic

requires one of the current 162 lenses with an integrated autofocus motor. With any other lenses the camera's electronic rangefinder (which indicates if the subject inside the selected focus point is in focus or not) can be used to manually adjust focus. The D5200 can mount unmodified A-lenses (also called Non-AI, Pre-AI or F-type) with support of the electronic rangefinder and without metering.

Firmware update

Nikon released a

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Ver. 1.01 for the D5200 on 14 November 2013. The update added support for EN-EL14a Rechargeable Li-ion Battery in the D5200. Another firmware update Ver. 1.02 was released on 21 January 2014 adding support for retractable lenses and providing bug fixes. Firmware Ver. 1.03 was released on 15 Sep 2015 fixing issues related to video framerate, and sensor cleaning bugs.

References

External links

Nikon D5200 Manual
Nikon

at Nikon Global
Nikon D5200 review
Cameralabs

Kenrockwell
Nikon D5200 video performance analyzed in detail
{{Nikon DSLR cameras D5200 D5200 Live-preview digital cameras Cameras introduced in 2012

Feature list

Firmware update

See also

References

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