My wife and I were really into 35mm cameras about 13 years ago, but it got expensive and was a pain to deal with developing and scanning on to a pc. She had her eye on a digital SLR for a long time but the $$ was never there. So we settled on several different digi cams. Finally things were right for us and I decided to surprise her with this camera. I did a lot of research, I compared Nikon against Canon and even Nikon against Nikon. I actually almost bought the lesser D3200 until I read more and more. I compared till I was almost confused again. www.snapsort.com really helped out with my final decision to buy this camera.
The D5200 is soooooo much more than a digi cam. The picture quality is superb, it is fairly easy to use once you spend some time getting to know it. It does some pretty amazing things as well, such as selective color. The viewing screen flips out and rotates so you can hold the camera above your head and still see what your focusing on, that was a key factor for me. And it was a great value when you purchase it in a kit like this. On that note as well, the zoom lens is a Nikon lens where some of the kits offer other name lenses. Not a big deal as the other lenses will work and come from other mfg's that I have heard of and have used back in the day with 35mm, but if I'm getting it all in one package I figured I should go with all Nikon. I have not used the tripod yet, but compared to some I have used, it is a pretty nice one with dual bubble levels built into it and seems to be sturdy. Having two batteries is always nice, the bag is on the small side for all that comes in this kit but it works if your creative. 64 gig of storage should keep you happy for a long time!!
If I had to do it again, I would!
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