The Nikon D5200 is an
F-mount DSLR
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The reflex design scheme is the primary difference between ...
camera with a newly developed 24.1-
megapixel
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In most digital display devices, pixels are the smal ...
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 ...
CMOS
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image sensor
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first announced by
Nikon
(, ; ), also known just as Nikon, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging products. The companies held by Nikon form the Nikon Group.
Nikon's products include cameras, camera ...
on November 6, 2012 for most of the world
[Nikon 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
ISO
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* Iso ...
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
D7000
The Nikon D7000 is a 16.2-megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) model announced by Nikon on September 15, 2010. It replaced the D90 as the top end consumer camera, by using much of the technology and controls from the earlier D5000, ...
. The camera replaces the
D5100 and is replaced by the
Nikon D5300
The Nikon D5300 is an F-mount DSLR with a carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer body and other new technologies, announced by Nikon on October 17, 2013. It is a mid-range camera with a crop sensor and requires a minimum camera 8.3 raw plugin for Phot ...
.
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
Las Vegas
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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
chromatic aberration
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for
JPEG
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s. Correction-data is additionally stored in RAW-files and used by Nikon
Capture NX
Capture NX is a photo editing computer program developed by Nik Software in partnership with Nikon for macOS and Microsoft Windows.
In September 2012, Google acquired Nik Software, but Capture NX has remained a Nikon software and is adverti ...
, View NX and some other RAW tools.
*
HD video
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mode with autofocus. Up to
1080p
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at
24,
25 and 50i,
30 and 60i, 720p at 50 or 60
frames per second
A frame is often a structural system that supports other components of a physical construction and/or steel frame that limits the construction's extent.
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*Framing (con ...
(fps).
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Expeed video processor
The Nikon Expeed image/video processors (often styled ''EXPEED'') are media processors for Nikon's digital cameras. They perform a large number of tasks: Bayer filtering, demosaicing, image sensor corrections/dark-frame subtraction, image noise ...
.
HDMI
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out with support of
uncompressed video
Uncompressed video is digital video that either has never been compressed or was generated by decompressing previously compressed digital video. It is commonly used by video cameras, video monitors, video recording devices (including general-pur ...
(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
time-lapse photography
Time-lapse photography is a technique in which the frequency at which film frames are captured (the frame rate) is much lower than the frequency used to view the sequence. When played at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus ...
intervalometer
* Quiet shooting mode.
* Built-in sensor cleaning system (vibrating low-pass filter) and airflow control system.
*
HDMI
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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:
JPEG
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, NEF (Nikon's
RAW
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* Raw materials, basic materials from which products are manufactured or made
* Raw food, uncooked food
Raw or RAW may also refer to:
Computing and electronics
* .RAW, a proprietary mass spectrometry dat ...
, 14-bit compressed),
H.264
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video codec.
* Compatible with
WLAN
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Adaptor WU-1a to transmit images from the camera to
Apple
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IOS
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or
Android smart phone
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or
tablet computer
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with remote shooting control.
* EN-EL14 Lithium-ion Battery.
* GPS interface for direct geotagging supported by
Nikon GP-1
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Like Nikon's other consumer level DSLRs, the D5200 has no in-body autofocus motor, and fully automatic
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 ...
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
firmware update
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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.
See also
*
List of Nikon F-mount lenses with integrated autofocus motors
The following list of Nikon F-mount lenses with integrated autofocus motor includes only Nikon F-mount lenses which fully autofocus in all modes of all Nikon F-mount digital single-lens reflex cameras with and also ''without'' an autofocus motor. ...
References
External links
Nikon D5200 ManualNikon
at Nikon Global
Nikon D5200 reviewCameralabs
Kenrockwell
Nikon D5200 video performance analyzed in detail
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