Nikon D5300 Digital SLR Camera Dual Lens Kit

I searched back a model year and found this Nikon D5300 at a great price. It is missing some WIFI or other features the newer model has, but I don't plan on using those features. I just want to point and shoot. It takes a while to upgrade from a bridge camera to a SLR, but it is worth the learning curve. Adding a speedlight flash is one major consideration. The settings are basically easy to figure out. The ability to change lenses is a major consideration. Battery life is better than advertised. Over 300 pictures and the battery still has 75%. Somewhat light weight. The auto focus has a variety of settings and is easy to figure out and use to quickly adjust to light conditions. Picture quality is great. A good choice to get into SLR. Good after market lens choices. I'm still trying to figure out all the custom settings, but I've found online videos that explain just about everything.

I was alittle worried when I saw the box because it was smashed on one side and was very fragile looking. But when I opened it, I was more than amazed by everything that came with it. Extra pieces, sterdy tripod (that was one of the things I was worried about too), and everything came that was supposed to. I wasn't positive that a card reader was going to come with this as it didn't say anything about it. And was througly surprised to see two. Lots of wonderful cleaning supplies and everything looks like good quality. Plus it came a day earlier than Amazon said it would. I'm really looking forward to putting everything to use. Very happy!

I'm a reporter so I use this camera a lot. It was an excellent purchase. My co-workers have been trying to steal it since they saw the first shots in print from it. This takes amazing pictures and for basic use the two lenses that come with it are all you need. It does work well with my older Nikon lenses that require manual focus.

The zoom telephoto lens advertised as being included is not included. Price reflects camera plus two lens. Only short lens included. This lens was unwrapped with no lens cover and was scratched and dirty as received. Box shows heavy wear. Very disappointing purchase from Nikon Store!

Good entry level camera. The kit lens is ok to walk around with. I would recommend the telephoto be used while the camera is on a tripod though. I have used this camera body with Nikon 24-120mm f4, sigma 150-600mm, and others. If your not getting the results you are looking for, try upgrading your lens from the ones included in this kit. This camera body is capable of getting surprisingly good photos.

OK, we are new to the land of DSLR's and I seriously spent 4 hours researching them and the difference between full frame and non full frame. For our use and the price I was confident the Nikon D5300 (non full frame) would be perfect for what we wanted. Almost went with Cannon but the features on the D5300 swayed me.HOWEVER, I made one mistake, I paid extra to receive the AF-P DX NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ED Lens which is MUCH different from a AF-P DX NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G VR Lens. VR stand for Vibration Reduction. The ED 70-300 lens that comes in this bundle is not a VR and you will quickly realize you would never willingly buy a NON VR lens for this camera.Now the other lens that comes with the camera is a VR: AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR Lens, which is excellent and what you want.So, even though I love my camera and we are having a blast and getting lots of exercise looking for the perfect gator and bird shots, I feel a bit deceived and like the seller took advantage of my lack of knowledge. If I were to do it over again, I would buy the camera with the 18-55mm lens and buy the 70-300 VR lens separate, which is the lens I need to buy now that I know better.

My Nikon D5300 came in fine, but did not have a user's manual. Can one be sent to me?

I had the last version and upgraded to this camera so I went from 20.1 megapixel to 24.2 megapixel, the differences is wonderful. I love it. I still don't care for the transfer from the camera to the smart phone, why not just make it so I can touch it to my galaxy and it transfer the photo on top to the cell phone like the camera to camera transfer. That may make it much easier. Otherwise, I love the camera. If you are in Squim WA before Valentines Day, watch the Billboards at the Casino's. I'm not sure which or how many casino's there are, Joel Gamble will be playing opening and closing and his picture that will be posted on their Billboard may be the one I took of him with this camera. Not 100% sure at this time. I had a photo shoot with him on Christmas Eve for a few photos to be used.