CES 2017: Hands-on with Nikon D5600
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The D5600 was originally announced in Europe and Asia late last year, but now – surprise surprise – it’s coming to the USA. The D5600 sports a slimmed-down body compared to the D5500. We got our hands on it at CES.
CES 2017: Hands-on with Nikon D5600
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In terms of specs, the D5600 offers only minor improvements over the D5500, but that’s not a bad thing. The D5500 was a very fully-featured, enjoyable camera to use. Key features include a 24MP APS-C format sensor, and 39-point phase-detection autofocus system. ISO sensitivity spans 100-25600 and the D5600 can shoot at a maximum frame-rate of 5 fps.
CES 2017: Hands-on with Nikon D5600
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The D5600 lacks a front control dial (you’ll have to save up for a 7000-series body for that) but the rear control dial is large and well-placed for operation with your thumb. Control layout is typical Nikon, with a large exposure mode dial to the right of the pentaprism hump, and a toggle-style live view selection lever.
CES 2017: Hands-on with Nikon D5600
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The built-in flash is operated with a button just above the lens release, and when the flash is popped-up, this button doubles as a flash exposure compensation control, in concert with the rear control dial. This view also shows labeling for the D5600’s built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth features. The addition of Nikon’s ‘Snapbridge’ suite is one of the few additional features compared to the D5500.
CES 2017: Hands-on with Nikon D5600
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One of the major selling points of the D5000-series has always been the relatively small, lightweight camera bodies. The D5600 takes things even further in this direction, with a significantly downsized, monocoque body shell.
CES 2017: Hands-on with Nikon D5600
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It’s hard to really appreciate from looking at a picture, but the D5600 feels almost incredibly slim when compared to previous D5000-series DSLRs. The deeper grip and thinner body make a real difference to handling. I was reminded of the experience of picking up a D750 for the first time and comparing it to a D700.
CES 2017: Hands-on with Nikon D5600
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This image shows off the D5600’s deep grip to good effect. The depth of the lens throat is fixed, but the body around it has been slimmed-down considerably.
CES 2017: Hands-on with Nikon D5600
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The D5600 offers a conventional rear control layout, with most buttons arranged to the right of the large 3.2″ LCD screen. The screen itself is touch-sensitive, and offers a resolution of 1.04 million dots. The ability to quickly scrub through images by touch is a nice addition, inherited from the pro-grade D500.
CES 2017: Hands-on with Nikon D5600
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The D5000-series is the only place in Nikon’s DSLR lineup where you’ll find fully-articulated rear LCD screens, as befitting their role as hybrid stills and video cameras. Although the D5600 isn’t 4K-capable, its HD video feature set is solid, and well-suited to beginners and occasional videographers. HD footage can be captured at up to 60p.
The D5600 will be sold in several kits. It will be available body-only for $ 699, with the AF-P 18-55mm F3.5-5.6G lens for $ 799, with the 18-140mm F3.5-5.6G lens for $ 1199, and with the AF-P 18-55 and non-VR AF-P 70-300mm F4.5-6.3G lenses for $ 1149. All of these kits will be available this month.
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