Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
D5300
Nikon
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 24 megapixels
- Sensor size
- APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 6000 x 4000
- ISO
- Auto, 100 - 12800 (25600 with boost)
- Boosted ISO (maximum)
- 25600
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Nikon F
- Number of focus points
- 39
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- No
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 30 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 5.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- Yes (Pop-up)
- External flash
- Yes (Hot-shoe)
- Timelapse recording
- Yes
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (60, 50, 30, 25, 24 fps), 1280 x 720 (60, 50 fps), 640 x 424 (30, 25 fps)
- Format
- MPEG-4, H.264
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Microphone port
- Yes
- Headphone port
- No
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (pentamirror)
- Viewfinder coverage
- 95%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.82× (0.55× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3.2″
- Screen dots
- 1,037,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fully articulated
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion EN-EL14a or EN-EL14 rechargeable battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 600
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 480 g (1.06 lb / 16.93 oz)
- Dimensions
- 125 x 98 x 76 mm (4.92 x 3.86 x 2.99″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (Mini Type C)
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (Optional ML-L3 or WR-R10)
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Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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