Nikon D5500 Digital Camera Kit with 18-55mm and 70-300mm - Black

Initial review. Only had it a week and will update over time. First, you can't beat the price. $595 with 2 adequate zoom lenses. The lenses are average but do the job. You can spend a lot more for faster lenses but these will work in most cases. I wish lenses would come with UV filters for protection. Bought a B+W XS-Pro 55mm and a Hoya PRO1 58mm right away. Tried one of each brand as I saw issues in reviews of both. My other pet peeve is lens covers that don't have a lanyard to keep it attached to the body. Nice feature is touch screen that folds out and turns to face front if needed for real expensive selfies ;). Rotates so screen faces into camera back for protection when not in use. There are a LOT of options. Even had to read the manual! Bought a copy of D5500 for Dummies to get a quick review of the functions and keep it on my Kindle app on my phone. Also bought 2 more batteries and charger with car option although battery life seems quite good. Don't scrimp on the SD card! Attached photos all shot with filters in place. Pics: Fire pit 22mm 1.5s F3.8; Plumeria 195mm 1/60 F5.3 with fill flash; Full Moon 300mm 1/250 F11(-3 exp comp); Rising Moon 300mm 1/60 F6.3; Sunrise 70mm 1/125 F4.5; Sunset 300mm 1/750 F6.3

All in all very good camera. My only regret is not buying a zoom lens like 18 - 140, which is more flexible in most circumstances for framing. with the 2 camera package I have to change lens more often, as neither lens are very flexible in framing my shots. Also the wi-fi connection sometimes take a bit of work.

I started with Nikon d70 when dslr first came out. I've used my friends Canon 7d and 70d and Nikon D7200... I settled with a Nikon D5200. Many years later I upgraded to D5500. Initially, I settled with D5200 because it did the job for me. I NEVER felt that I would need anything more. The reason why I sold it was to get into a smaller form factor with a Fuji X100f. During my internal struggle between the Xt-20 or X100f the Nikon D5500 with these 2 lens for this awesome price was just announced, I caved in and bought it. I know I will be getting a Fuji in the future but my surprised was how big of a difference the D5500 is in comparison with the D5200. I believe in starting with old technology and focusing on the art of photography first, but because of the price I would heavily lean all beginners to the D5500. I CANNOT, state enough how big the improvements are on the focus, picture quality and overall practical use. At this price point under 600, I don't know any other camera that competes.

This is a terrific little camera. Noticeably lighter than the D40 it replaced. I bought this when it seemed Nikon was clearing out these kits for the D5600. The price difference was significant. The D5500 also is lighter than the D5600, and has higher ISO performance. The D5600 has a new Bluetooth feature for on-the-fly file transfers, but that doesn't mean much to me. Know that the 70-300 lens is not the VR model, but people have been shooting with long lenses for a long time with VR. It's a good lens, and is the new 18-55 VR that collapses to save space. The touch screen allows for quick adjustments to settings as well as scrolling and zooming in review mode. This is a great camera for beginning photographer as well as more advanced amateur photographers. You can take great pictures right out of the box and learn your way through the various modes and settings. It is a sturdy piece of equipment yet small and light enough to carry with you all day. I loved my D40 for nearly 10 years and look forward to many years with the D5500.

Amazing camera! This is my first DSLR and I've found it to be very user-friendly. I started out playing with Auto but after watching a few YouTube videos, I was taking photos in Manual like a champ. The quality is very very impressive. I mainly bought this for video and I couldn't be happier with the video quality as well. I chose this over a less expensive D3400 or D3500 mainly because of the flip-out screen. I'm so glad I did that because I honestly have the screen flipped out and tilted at various angles 90% of the time that I'm shooting. I couldn't imagine using this with a fixed screen. It is a very expensive hobby because there are a lot more accessories that you're going to find yourself wanting. I highly recommend buying the Nikon NC filters to protect your lens, as well as the respective Nikon hood for each lens to both protect it, and help you with taking outdoor shots. This kit also doesn't include the relatively-cheap Nikon LF-4 lens cap so you'll want to get one of those as well.

I've used this model before and it's always a mixed bag of goodies. While it worked as I expected with the smaller lens, the bigger lens was a huge let down -- I couldn't get it to auto focus properly through the viewfinder, though that may be my fault because I haven't used a bigger lens with a D5500 before. The equipment was in good shape and clean. Camera equipment ain't cheap and I got what I paid for. Just a little buggered about the bigger lens. It's a not a camera for sports unless that sport is chess.

Autofocus broke after first use. I live outside usa 🇺🇸 so now im having difficulties with product. Good camera if u get a good one which is maybe 99 percent of the time. Buy as it is a good deal. My issue is an outlier