Nikon D5500 evolves with the touchscreen

” The new Nikon D5500 adds touchscreen to the technical background of the previous model D5300 which retains nearly all the features, from the CMOS sensor DX format 24.2 megapixel APS-C. ”

Among the brands that have chosen the CES 2015 in Las Vegas to launch new products are also Nikon: the Japanese company has presented a new camera and two lenses.

The camera is Nikon D5500, D5300 evolution of the previous model (except for particular products in Nikon 4 is banned) to which, practically, only adds support touchscreen display rear swivel.

The heart of the camera does not change, since APS-C CMOS 23.5 x 15.6 mm (1.5x crop factor) with 24.2 million effective pixels. As in the previous model, the DX format sensor is devoid of anti-aliasing filter, pointing in the direction of sharpness and leaving the sensor work to contain the moire. Even the processor remains the same, but new management algorithms have allowed to raise the nominal sensitivity of up to ISO 25,600, the first step reached only in expansion mode.

Do not change the viewfinder, characterized by 95% coverage and a magnification of 0.82x, the shutter speeds up to 1 / 4000s, the gust up to 5fps, the sensor Nikon Multi-CAM 4800DX autofocus with 39 AF points ( including 9 cross), support for SD, SDHC, SDXC, movies Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 60p, support Wi-Fi, audio input.

Despite the rear display 3.2 “ swivel gains touchscreen technology the machine has undergone a marked weight loss (perhaps due to the loss of the integrated GPS), marking on the scale 470 grams, compared with 530g of the previous model: Nikon has also filed some mm on the size of the body. In the US the price is set at $899.