The D5600 is the company'south mid-range DSLR and it's the smallest and best-connected, yet.

Nikon has been on something of a curlicue, making solid DSLRs with good ergonomics, dependable metering, some of the all-time image sensors, often very expert (frequently industry-leading) autofocus and a JPEG engine that gives results that lots of people like.

However, falling camera sales and rivalry both from smaller mirrorless models and the user-friendly, perpetually available smartphone means that producing a actually proficient piffling DSLR isn't quite enough. The D5600 aims to address this by making it every bit painless as possible to get the images from the camera to your phone, meaning that you lot get the huge benefit of a large sensor camera only with equally minor an energy barrier as possible.

As such, the addition of SnapBridge is virtually the but change betwixt this and the older D5500. Information technology may sound like a pocket-sized change but, to united states of america, we feel it's likely to be the making or the downfall of this model and perhaps it makes more sense than adding an array of clever but bewildering additional features and modes, every bit many rival makers seem to exercise.

Key Features:

  • 24MP APS-C CMOS sensor
  • 39 betoken AF sensor with 9 central cross-type points
  • 2,016-pixel RGB sensor assists AF tracking and metering
  • Upward to 5 fps continuous shooting
  • 'SnapBridge' Bluetooth/Wi-Fi communication
  • 1080/60p video capability
  • Fourth dimension-lapse movie feature

SnapBridge

At its heart, SnapBridge is primarily a Bluetooth-based organization which uses a low-energy connexion to stay connected to your smart device (and sidestep the hurdles that mobile OSs might otherwise place in your mode) and to transfer images. Although the camera is Wi-Fi capable, that capability is used solely for remote live view operation and video transfer.

We weren't very impressed the first time nosotros encountered SnapBridge: it seemed unfinished and not very well suited to the D500 where it first appeared. The loftier likelihood of the photographer wanting full resolution files and the camera'southward propensity for generating lots of images made information technology a poor fit for that camera. Notwithstanding, on the mass-market place D3400 information technology seemed much more than likeable: yous have the photos and 2MP versions announced on your phone shortly afterwards.

The needs of the D5600'due south users are likely to lie somewhere betwixt these two extremes, so nosotros'll see how well information technology does.

Review based on a camera running firmware v1.0. All SnapBridge commentary amended to reflect the behavior of firmware v1.1 and both iOS and Android app version V1.20