Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a lot of camera for the money! Lightweight, loaded with features and with the 2 included lenses, you are all set! It is very solid and well built. I am looking to get many years of enjoyment from this beauty. Buy it if you can find it!

Beginner with a DSLR, love the pictures I am able to take with this camera. Easy to use, the lenses are great.

Easy to use and very unique photographs, plus the classes offered online to use camera are really user friendly

I picked up this camera on sale for 599, it came with two "kit lenses". at this price point in my opinion this is the best for the price. you can get buy using the lens it comes with but if your looking to create the blurred background affect your gonna have to shell out for a new lens. if your comparing this D5500 to the D3300 don't. this is a way better buy. D5500 has a touch screen, wifi, and a better drive. there might be more but that was enough for me.

Purchased this for Mother’s Day for me wife. She had a micro 4/3rds before but really wanted a viewfinder and something larger. She is an absolute beginner and shoots mostly in auto. The picture quality is amazing. She uses it mostly for sports (Baseball and Basketball) for our Son. She gets frequent comments from friends on the quality of her photos. It was a great investment for a unit for an amateur but still give her room to grow if she wants

As I move up in models this was an excellent choice. I love Nikon cameras and they are very easy to learn.

Couldn't beat the price when purchased, great camera for a beginner, easy to learn functions

Got this on sale for a great price. Writing a short review after using it on an overseas trip. Purchased an 18-200 mm lens as I wanted to have a single lens that cover wide angle to telephone range for the trip instead of carrying the two kit lenses. The camera has pretty good low-light capability and has enough modes to meet most shooting situations. Touch screen control works great. Only downside is the Wi-Fi setup on this camera is rather limited. Nonetheless, it is possible to transfer photos to your iPhone using Wi-Fi. The newer 5600 has the newer Nikon bridge link using BT that allows a more seamless transfer. Not sure the extra cost for the newer camera is worth it as the rest of the camera is virtually identical.

It takes great pictures and is easy to handle. Makes a great camera for our organization.

it took great pictures and not too heavy to carry around.

I love this camera, stepped up from the D3300, wanted something light weight, did not want to spend a fortune on a camera, this does everything I need.

Very easy to use. Love that it is touch screen and that it is adjustable.

Enjoy the touch screen and the ease of use in taking sports pics.

Easy to use, great looking pictures. I'm not a professional.

I've always been a fan of Nikon and this camera & lens combo continues my love of the brand. I like the controls of the body for selecting shooting modes, depth of field preview and the overall feel of the body. I'm very satisfied with the image quality and I'm looking forward to more outings to experiment with the various features it offers.

Pretty fantastic camera. Good image quality and easy to use.

Detail is amazing, love it, user friendly, highly recommend.

Easy to use, not too heavy. Great camera for beginners.

As a longtime satisfied owner of the D5100, I recently had an interest in upgrading to the D5500 —especially with the killer kit promotion Best Buy had going on. The touch screen was a nice addition, one I didn't think I would appreciate as much pre-purchase. The extra AF points was a clear improvement over my tried and true D5100.

I love the features of this camera. It is easy to work