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Yeah they could make beautiful cars in the 50íes, chevy bel air 1952 !?,// I see you have a Nikon 5300D,,,,raised to the sky in photo magazines,,,,,is it as good as they say,,,!,,,niels

Hi thanks again Niels for your comments and critiques. I think this D5300 is the best value in the Nikon line for the money. The flip-up/swivel LCD screen is worth the price alone. I also have a D7100 and can see some "minor" differences in the finished quality of the RAW files after processing but this is negligible. Best part of the 5300 is the fact that it is so light weight. Unfortunately I keep plugging big lenses onto it (18-300mm). But the end result is still fabulous. The only criticism I really have is that the exposure compensation adjustments which are made on all but the manual settings mode are modified in one of those modes and I sometimes forget I have made the compensation when returning to manual mode where the exposure compensation button is actually the aperture adjustment button. Perhaps the best recommendation I could give you is that I thought the D5300 so good I bought another body for $379.00 new! This kind of value is hard to beat in a 24.0 megapixel sensor. Even high ISO settings seem good for noise (not too much). The Nikon sensor seems to actually render the scene as it should be (low contrast) for the RAW file and you will likely have to amp-up the contrast to make it likable in the end. Your preference rules in this case.

Hi Philip,,,,I need something new nextto my old D40 and D60 which I haven´t used the last year. I prefer the small Nikon J3 and Olympus ZX with a F1,8 so smart to carry where ever I go especialy indoor,,,and people dont noticed when I make a series just in front of them. But to make serious portrait demands a D 5300 with a 50 mm,,,f1,2...I buy one to xmas..best niels

ALso strongly recommend the new 16-80mm f/2.8 lens as the best all around zoom without being too weighty. Just a lot more expensive than the camera body!