Nikon D5200 In-Depth Review: Digital Photography Review

Menus

	The D5200 uses a menu system that is similar to that of other recent Nikon DSLRs. There are a lot of functions and options to choose from but the menus are reasonably comprehensible and navigable, thanks to Nikon's sensible categorization and color-coding.

Playback Menu

You can use the playback menu to make adjustments to playback display options and slideshows.


Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Delete	• Selected • Select date • All	- Thumbnail selection - Select images by date
Playback folder	• D5200 • All • Current
Playback Display Options	• None (image only) • Highlights • RGB histogram • Shooting data • Overview	Allows you to toggle different items of information shown in either basic or detailed photo display modes.
Image review	• On • Off
Rotate tall	• On • Off	When enabled portrait shots appear vertically orientated.
Slide show	• Start • Frame interval 2 sec 3 sec 5 sec 10 sec
DPOF Print Order	• Select / set • Deselect all	- Thumbnail selection

Shooting Menu

The shooting menu contains settings for image size and quality, picture styles, noise reduction and movie specifications, among others. A green superscript one (¹) indicates the default setting.


Option	Values / Actions	Notes / Sub options
Reset shooting menu	• Yes • No
Storage folder	• Select folder • New • Rename • Delete
Image quality	• NEF (RAW) + JPEG Fine • NEF (RAW) + JPEG Normal • NEF (RAW) + JPEG Basic • NEF (RAW) • TIFF (RGB) • JPEG Fine • JPEG Normal ¹ • JPEG Basic	Select image quality.
Image size	• Large ¹ • Medium • Small	- 6000 x 4000 / 24.0 M - 4496 x 3000 / 13.5 M - 2992 x 2000 / 6.0 M
White balance	• Auto ¹ Normal Keep warm light colors • Incandescent • Fluorescent 1 Sodium-vapor lamps 2 Warm-white fluorescent 3 White fluorescent 4 Cool-white fluorescent 5 Day white fluorescent 6 Daylight fluorescent 7 High temp mercury-vapor • Direct Sunlight • Flash • Cloudy • Shade • Preset manual (d0-4)	- A-B, G-M grid to fine tune WB - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - Select / program preset WB
Set Picture Control	• Standard ¹ Quick adjust (-2 to +2) Sharpening (A, 0 to 9) Contrast (A, -3 to +3) Brightness (-1 to +1) Saturation (A, -3 to +3) Hue (-3 to +3) • Neutral Quick adjust (-2 to +2) Sharpening (A, 0 to 9) Contrast (A, -3 to +3) Brightness (-1 to +1) Saturation (A, -3 to +3) Hue (-3 to +3) • Vivid Quick adjust (-2 to +2) Sharpening (A, 0 to 9) Contrast (A, -3 to +3) Brightness (-1 to +1) Saturation (A, -3 to +3) Hue (-3 to +3) • Monochrome Sharpening (A, 0 to 9) Contrast (A, -3 to +3) Brightness (-1 to +1) Filter (Off, Y, O, R, G) Toning (10 options) • Landscape Quick adjust (-2 to +2) Sharpening (A, 0 to 9) Contrast (A, -3 to +3) Brightness (-1 to +1) Saturation (A, -3 to +3) Hue (-3 to +3)	- Default (3, 0, 0, 0, 0) - Default (2, 0, 0, 0, 0) - Default (4, 0, 0, 0, 0) - Default (3, 0, 0, 0, 0)
Manage Picture Control	• Save/edit • Rename • Delete • Load/save	- Create custom Picture Control sets - Load / save from card
Auto Distortion Control	• On • Off ¹

Color Space	• sRGB ¹ • Adobe RGB
Active D-Lighting	• Auto ¹ • Extra High • High • Normal • Low • Off
HDR (high dynamic range)	• Auto • Extra High • High • Normal • Low • Off ¹
Long exp. NR	• On • Off ¹	Enables dark frame subtraction NR for exposures of 1/2 sec or longer.
High ISO NR	• High • Normal ¹ • Low • Off
ISO sensitivity settings	• ISO 100 ¹ 200 250 320 400 500 640 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3200 6400 HI 0.3 HI 0.7 HI 1 HI 2 • ISO sensitivity auto control On / Off ¹ Maximum sensitivity 200 400 800 1600 3200 6400 HI 1 HI 2 Minimum shutter speed Auto (slower-faster) 1/2000 - 1 sec	Available sensitivities depend on ISO step custom setting (CSM b1).
Release Mode	• Single frame ¹ • Continuous L • Continuous H • 10 seconds self-timer • 2 seconds delayed remote • Quick-response remote • Quiet shutter release
Multiple exposure	• Off ¹ Multiple exposure mode On Off Number of Shots 2 3 • Auto gain On Off	Create a new image from two or three exposures

Interval timer shooting	• Start Now Start time • Interval [hh:mm:ss] • Select Intvl*Shots [000] x [0] = 0001 • Start Off ¹ On	Time lapse / interval shooting.
Movie settings	• Quality 1920x1080, 60i ¹ 1920x1080, 30p 1920x1080, 24p 1080x720, 60p 12080x720, 30p • Movie quality High ¹ Normal • Microphone Auto sensitivity (A) ¹ High sensitivity (3) Normal sensitivity (2) Low sensitivity (1) Microphone off • Manual movie settings On Off ¹

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