Glimpse on the new Nikon D5300

Nikon will finally unveil its latest mid-level DSLR, Nikon D5300! This new model will sit above Nikon D5200 and below the Nikon D7000.

Majority of the D5300's specification is the same as the D5200, but perhaps one of the most significant changes from the D5200 is the switch to the new EXPEED 4 processing engine which gives Nikon a greater power to improve image quality and greater control to noise and sensitive settings. While the D5200's native sensitivity range is ISO 100-6400, the D5300's has been pushed a stop further to ISO 100-12,800. This suggests that the EXPEED 4 engine enables a 1EV improvement in noise control. Interestingly, maximum expansion setting is the same at ISO 25,600.

In addition, Nikon has encouraged shooting from creative angles by boosting the size of the vari-angle LCD screen to 3.2-inches and increasing its dot-count to 1,037,000.

Another significant change is that D5300 now supports Wi-Fi and GPS technology. The Wi-Fi connectivity allows the camera to transfer images wirelessly to a smartphone or table via Nikon's free Wireless Mobile Utility app (iOS and Android). From there images can be shared on any of the usual social networking sites. The same app can also be used to trigger the shutter remotely.

Meanwhile the GPS system allows images to be tagged with the longitude, latitude and altitude of the shooting location. Nikon's ViewNX 2 software can be used to create travel maps which can be displayed on NIKON IMAGE SPACE, or any other social networking or photo-sharing website that support GPS, such as Flickr.

As usual, the D5300 is capable of shooting Full HD (1920x1080) movies, but the available frame rates has been expanded to include 60 and 50p as well as 30, 25 and 24p. The Nikon D5300 body measures 125 x 98 x 76mm and weighs 480g to come in lighter than the D5200. To achieve this lighter weight Nikon says it eliminated the conventional chassis and adopted a “monococque structure” made of “new materials” for the outer frame, allowing the body shape to be lighter and more compact. The camera also comes with a new battery and what Nikon says is a more efficient power circuit, allowing photographers to achieve approximately 600 single frames per charge, or 50 minutes worth of movies.

The Nikon D5300 bodies come in black, red, and gray and would be released this 2nd week of November 2013.

Sources:
http://nikonrumors.com/2013/10/16/this-is-the-nikon-d5300.aspx/
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/cameras-and-camcorders/cameras/digital-slrs-hybrids/nikon-d5300-1190188/review?src=rss&attr=all
http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2013/10/17/nikon-d5300-price-specs-release-date-confirmed/

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