Main performance
Listing date January 2015
Product type entry SLR
Operation mode Full manual operation
Sensor type CMOS
Sensor size APS frame (23.5*15.6mm)
Sensor description Dust removal system: clean the image sensor, image dust removal reference data
Maximum number of pixels 24.78 million
Effective pixels 24.16 million
The highest resolution 6000×4000
Image resolution 6000×4000(L), 4496×3000(M), 2992×2000(S)
HD camera Full HD (1080)
Lens characteristics
Lens mount Nikon F mount
Focus area Single-point AF, 9, 21 or 39-point dynamic area AF, 3D tracking, automatic area AF
Number of focus points 39 points (including 9 cross-type sensors)
Display function
Display type: touch screen, folding screen, high-definition screen
Screen size 3.2 inches
Display pixels 1.037 million pixel LCD screen
LCD screen features Foldable TFT LCD display with a viewing angle of about 170°, about 100% screen coverage, adjustable brightness and angle, and can be turned on/off by eye sensing
Menu languages Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian , Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu Solid, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese
Viewfinder type Optical (eye-level five-sided mirror single-lens reflex viewfinder)
Viewfinder description Frame coverage: approximately 95% horizontally and vertically respectively
Magnification: about 0.82 times (the 50mm f/1.4 lens is set to infinity; the diopter is -1.0m1)
View point: 17mm (-1.0m1; from the center of the viewfinder eyepiece surface)
Diopter adjustment: -1.7 to +0.5m1
Focusing screen: Type B bright matte focusing screen Mark VII
Reflector: instant return type
Depth of Field Preview: Yes
Lens aperture: instant return type, electronic control
Shutter performance
Shutter type Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal plane shutter
Shutter speed 30-1/4000 seconds, bulb, remote control bulb
flash
Flash type built-in
External flash (hot shoe) support (SB-910, SB-900, SB-800, SB-700 or SB-500 as the master flash, or SU-800 as the commander supports advanced wireless flash; all CLS compatible flash units are Support flash color information exchange)
Flash mode Auto, auto with red-eye reduction, auto slow sync, auto slow sync with red-eye reduction, fill flash, red-eye reduction, slow sync, slow sync with red-eye reduction, rear curtain slow sync, rear curtain sync, off
Guide number GN12
Other flash performance Flash speed: 1/200 second
Exposure control
Exposure mode automatic exposure, program automatic exposure (P), aperture priority (A), shutter priority (S), manual exposure (M)
Exposure compensation ±5EV (1/3 or 1/2EV step length)
White balance Auto, preset (incandescent light, fluorescent light (7 options), sunny, flash, cloudy, shade, manual preset; all options except manual preset can be fine-tuned)
Sensitivity ISO 100 to 25600, adjusted in 1/3EV steps; with automatic ISO sensitivity control
Scene Mode Portrait, Landscape, Children's Photo, Sports, Macro, Night Portrait, Night Scene, Banquet/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Pet Portrait, Candlelight, Flower, Autumn, Food
Other exposure performance Focus lock: the focus can be locked by pressing the shutter release button halfway (single-servo AF) or pressing the AE-L/AF-L button
Shooting performance
Movie shooting 1920×1080 (Full HD): 60p (progressive), 50p/30p/25p/24p
1280×720 (HD): 60p/50p
640×424: 30p/25p
Selfie function 2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds and 20 seconds; 1 to 9 exposures
Continuous shooting function support (up to about 5 / sec)
Special effects: night vision, super bright, popular, photo description, toy camera effect, model effect, optional color, silhouette, high tone, low tone
Storage parameters
Memory card type SD/SDHC/SDXC card
File format Picture: NEF (RAW), JPEG, NEF (RAW) + JPEG
Video: MOV
Battery performance
Battery type Lithium battery (EN-EL14a)
Power performance Power adapter EH-5b; camera power connector EP-5A is required (sold separately)
Endurance: about 820 sheets (according to CIPA standard)
Other parameters
Product interface HDMI
USB2.0
Wireless function WiFi
Product function Remote control function (wireless remote control: WR-1 and WR-R10, remote control cable: MC-DC2 (all sold separately))
Microphone/speaker stereo/mono
Print mode PictBridge
Other performance Picture control system: standard, natural, bright, monochrome, portrait, landscape, plane, can adjust the selected Picture Control, can store custom Picture Control
Playback mode: full-screen and thumbnail (4, 12, 80 images or calendar) playback with zoom playback, animation playback, photos and/or animation slide shows, histogram display, highlights, photo information and auto-rotating images , Photo rating and image annotation (up to 36 characters)
Exterior design
Form factor big screen
Body color black, red
Dimensions 124×97×70mm
Product weight: about 420g (body only), 470g (including battery and memory card)
Camera accessories
Packing list Nikon D5500 x1
Lithium ion rechargeable battery EN-EL14a (with terminal cover) x1
Charger MH-24 x1
Rubber eye cup DK-25 x1
USB cable UC-E23 x1
Audio/Video cable EG-CP16 x1
Camera strap AN-DC3 x1
Body cap BF-1B x1