The Nikon D5300 is an F-mount

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with a

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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

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to process its .NEF files. It features the

Expeed 4 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 ...

processor and is the company's first DSLR with built-in

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and

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. It shares the same 24-

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as its D5200 predecessor, but without an anti-aliasing (AA) filter, equal to the

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. MSRP for the body is $800, and $1,400 with an 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. The camera replaces the D5200 and is replaced by the Nikon D5500.

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with lower power consumption; extended battery life to 600 shots *Full

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with auto focus also in

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(clean HDMI at 60p,30p,24p only) format. Nikon's first DSLR with 60p/50p

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at full HD resolution (several previous Nikon bodies supported 60p/50p, but only at

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) *

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built-in ("A-GPS"

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files downloadable from Nikon) *

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(Wi-Fi) built-in * Automatic correction of lateral

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for JPEGs. Correction-data is additionally stored in raw files and used by Nikon

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, View NX and some other raw tools. *No Anti-aliasing (AA) filter *New pentamirror with 0.82x magnification and 95% frame coverage * Nine special effects * Active D-Lighting (four-level and auto). * Bracketing (exposure, Active D-Lighting and white-balance). * 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. *

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HD video output. * 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, colour balance, Image overlay, NEF (raw) processing, Quick retouch, Straighten, Distortion control, Fisheye, colour outline, colour sketch, Perspective control, Miniature effect, Selective colour, Edit movie, Side-by-side comparison. * Stereo microphone input (has stereo built-in mic) * articulated 1073k-dot vari-angle LCD. *EN-EL14 or EN-EL14A Lithium-ion Battery. *Slightly smaller and lighter body (480 g) than its predecessor Like Nikon's other consumer level DSLRs, the D5300 has no in-body auto focus motor, and fully automatic

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requires one of the currently 166 lenses with an integrated auto focus 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.Nikon D60 electronic rangefinder
Digital Photography Review. Retrieved on 7 September 2012. The D5300 can mount unmodified A-lenses (also called Non-AI, Pre-AI or F-type) with support of the electronic rangefinder and without metering.

References

External links

Nikon D5300 Product Page
at Nikon Global * Nikon D5300 Manual

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