Nikon D5500 What You Need to Know for Best Performance
Original Price& Current Used Price
The D5500’s original MSRP was $899 (body only), $999 (with 18-55mm VR II lens), $1199 (with 18-140mm VR lens)
Used D5500 cameras fall into a price range of $400 to $500. The difference will be due to condition and accessories included.
Nikon D5500 Battery Type & Replacements
The Nikon D5500 uses a EN-EL14 / EN-EL14a lithium-ion battery & charger.
The battery can not be charged via USB. This means a battery charger will be necessary. There are third party battery chargers available.
Memory Card Compatibility & Recommendation
The Nikon D5500 is compatible with SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards.
That means compatible D5500 SD cards can have a maximum storage capacity of up to 2TB.
If you need a card, my recommendation is to get a 128GB SD card with UHS-I. This will provide the best price to performance, capacity, and compatibility with other devices.
Nikon F Mount Lens Compatibility
The D5500 is compatible with Nikon F mount lenses. This opens up a wide range of lens possibilities. A full range of lenses exists including circular fisheye, ultra wide angle, perspective control, macro, telephoto, mirror, bellows, and all kinds of zooms.
There is a list of the best Nikon D5500 lenses that covers lenses for all different types of photography.
The camera has an APS-C “crop” sensor that has been designed to use DX lenses. These lenses are smaller and less expensive than FX lenses, which are designed to be used on full frame cameras.
The D5500 can also use full frame, ‘FX’, lenses. However, the downside to these lenses is that they tend to be larger, heavier, and more expensive than DX lenses.
Notable Features
- Active D-Lighting
- 5.0 fps continuous shooting
- Auto Active D-Lighting System
- Custom Setting Options
- Red eye correction
Sensor & Image Processor
The D5500 has an APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) sized sensor. This is paired with the Expeed 4 image processor.
Video Capabilities
The Nikon D5500 can record video at 1920 x 1080 (60, 50, 30, 25, 24 fps), 1280 x 720 (60, 50, 30, 25 fps), 640 x 424 (30, 25 fps) in MPEG-4, H.264.
There is no port for a external microphone.
Does the Nikon D5500 Have Wireless? Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS?
Specs Table
| Manufacturer | Nikon |
| Model | D5500 |
| MSRP | $899 (body only), $999 (with 18-55mm VR II lens), $1199 (with 18-140mm VR lens) |
| Body type | Compact DSLR |
| Max resolution | 6000 x 4000 |
| Other resolutions | 4496 x 3000, 2992 x 2000 |
| Image ratio w:h | 3:2 |
| Effective pixels | 24.2 megapixels |
| Sensor photo detectors | 25 megapixels |
| Sensor size | APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) |
| Sensor type | CMOS |
| Processor | Expeed 4 |
| ISO | Auto, 100 - 25600 |
| Boosted ISO (minimum) | None |
| Boosted ISO (maximum) | None |
| White balance presets | 12.0 |
| Custom white balance | Yes (1) |
| Image stabilization | No |
| Image stabilization notes | None |
| Uncompressed format | RAW |
| JPEG quality levels | Fine, Normal, Basic |
| Autofocus | ['Contrast Detect (sensor)', 'Phase Detect', 'Multi-area', 'Center', 'Selective single-point', 'Tracking', 'Single', 'Continuous', 'Touch', 'Face Detection', 'Live View'] |
| Manual focus | Yes |
| Number of focus points | 39.0 |
| Lens mount | Nikon F |
| Focal length multiplier | 1.5× |
| Articulated LCD | Fully articulated |
| Screen size | 3.2″ |
| Screen dots | 1037000 |
| Touch screen | Yes |
| Screen type | TFT LCD monitor |
| Live view | Yes |
| Viewfinder type | Optical (pentamirror) |
| Viewfinder coverage | 95% |
| Viewfinder magnification | 0.82× (0.55× 35mm equiv.) |
| Minimum shutter speed | 30 sec |
| Maximum shutter speed | 1/4000 sec |
| Aperture priority | Yes |
| Shutter priority | Yes |
| Manual exposure mode | Yes |
| Subject / scene modes | Yes |
| Built-in flash | Yes (Pop-up) |
| Flash range | 12.00 m (at ISO 100) |
| External flash | Yes (Hot-shoe) |
| Flash modes | Auto, On, Off, Red-eye, Slow sync, Rear curtain |
| Continuous drive | 5.0 fps |
| Self-timer | Yes (2, 5, 10 or 20 sec) |
| Metering modes | ['Multi', 'Center-weighted', 'Spot'] |
| Exposure compensation | ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps) |
| AE Bracketing | ±2 (3 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps) |
| WB Bracketing | Yes (3 frames in either blue/amber or magenta/green axis) |
| Format | MPEG-4, H.264 |
| Videography notes | None |
| Modes | None |
| Microphone | Stereo |
| Speaker | Mono |
| Storage types | SD/SDHC/SDXC |
| USB | USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec) |
| HDMI | Yes (mini-HDMI) |
| Microphone port | Yes |
| Headphone port | No |
| Wireless | Built-In |
| Wireless notes | Remote control / photo retrieval via smartphone |
| Remote control | Yes (MC-DC2 (wired), WR-1/WR-R10 (wireless)) |
| Environmentally sealed | No |
| Battery | Battery Pack |
| Battery description | EN-EL14 / EN-EL14a lithium-ion battery & charger |
| Battery Life (CIPA) | 820.0 |
| Weight (inc. batteries) | 420 g (0.93 lb / 14.82 oz) |
| Dimensions | 124 x 97 x 70 mm (4.88 x 3.82 x 2.76″) |
| Orientation sensor | Yes |
| Timelapse recording | Yes |
| GPS | None |
| GPS notes | None |