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D5100 Black SLR Digital Camera Kit w/ 18-55mm Lens

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Nikon's D5100 Digital SLR Camera With 18-55mm Lens delivers a galaxy of professional features in a consumer digital camera. A high-resolution 16.2MP DX format CMOS sensor and an EXPEED 2 image processing engine guarantee superb quality and high performance. The 3" vari-angle tilting LCD monitor allows you full freedom in composition with sparkling 921,000-dot resolution. Full 1920 x 1080p video with full-time autofocus (for tracking subjects in motion) and stereo sound (using optional microphone) is always available with in-camera editing and creative controls to bring out your inner director. The Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX lens is an ultra compact, lightweight standard zoom lens that has a 3x focal zoom range and is ideally suited to compact Nikon digital SLR cameras with the DX size sensor. This lens offers the most basic zoom range in the DX lens series, an equivalent focal length in 35mm terms of 27-82.5mm. It will conveniently cover everything from landscapes to tight indoor portraits to standard snapshots.

Product#:869375722
Category#:Digital Cameras
Retailer#:Nikon(NIK)
Ratings #: 5 stars based on 1 Reviews

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  • 5 of 5 stars Positive
    Rose (April 2, 2012)

    GREAT PICTURES AND VIDEO - compare Nikon D5100 to Canon T2i

    COMPARISON TO CANON:
    The Canon T2i was finicky and would stop recording if I didn't use the right brand and speed of SD card. I sold it and replaced it with a Nikon D5100. The first thing I noticed is the Nikon works well with nearly any SD card.

    My Canon had the upgraded 18-135mm kit lens. The Nikon arrived with the 18-55mm kit lens, which, apart from less telephoto range, is actually a much sharper lens with less chromatic aberration in the corners of the frame than the Canon 18-135.

    PHOTOS:
    The Nikon takes sharper photos than the T2i (comparing the two lenses I had), despite having 16 megapixels vs 18 for the Canon. The Nikon also has a one F-Stop advantage in low light, getting great pictures even at ASA 6400. The T2i was good in low light. The Nikon is great. It just looks cleaner in low light.

    In the default standard setting mode, the color saturation and the contrast is a little bit less in the Nikon, but the image is more realistic. The automatic white balance seems to be more accurate in the Nikon, getting truer whites in more types of lighting conditions without having to resort to manually setting white balance all the time. Of course, both cameras have tons of control over the color and contrast. The Nikon has infinitely more manual control over white balance, allowing you to dial in the perfect setting by hand with an X-Y color grid. The Canon has the usual half dozen presets.

    VIDEO:
    As with still photos, all the color and contrast characteristics are similar from the photo mode to the video mode. It's here where the Canon wins out with it's more filmic saturation and contrast. The Nikon wins out in sharpness, which may not make it look as pretty for films, but it is a more natural looking image for general video use.

    Both cameras max out at 1920x1080 resolution at 30 frames per second, and both have 24 frame film modes. What's missing on the D5100 is the 720-60 frame mode found on the T2i. In the 720-60 frame mode, video motion is silky smooth. In 30 frame mode, it has a filmic loo

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