It's a curious time in the world of cameras right now, with boundaries ever-blurring, but new technologies incremental rather than revolutionary. The arrival of the Nikon D5500, which is the company's first ever touchscreen DSLR, looks to fend off the competition and, but of course, the advance of...

It takes a fairly careful look at the specification list of the D5500 to find the differences between the D5500 and its predecessor, the Nikon D5300. Both cameras, for instance, have an APS-C or DX format sensor with 24.2 million effective pixels, an Expeed 4 processing engine, a 3.2-inch...

The Nikon D5500 offers fantastic DSLR image quality and speed in an ultralight and inexpensive package. Live View lets you shoot photos and videos while held away from your head with a swiveling screen.

The Nikon D5500 is a new 24.2 megapixel DX-format DSLR camera with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF). The D5500 can record Full HD movies at 1080 60p/50p/30p/25p/24p with stereo sound and comes equipped with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity.

Nikon has two DSLR series aimed at beginners. The cheaper D3000-series cameras like the D3300 are for outright novices, while the D5000-series cameras, including this D5500, are designed for people still learning but ready for some more advanced techniques.

The Nikon D5500 Digital SLR is an update to the Nikon D5300 , with a new 3.2 inch tilting LCD touch-screen, and a new, more compact body. The camera features a 24 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, with no OLPF (Optical Low Pass Filter) designed to give the sharpest image quality possible.

Built in Wi-Fi; Improved ISO performance; 2 year warranty; Large 3.2inch touch-screen; Touch-screen is easy to use and changing settings easy; Improved battery life of 820 shots; 24 megapixel sensor without AA; Good colour reproduction; Compact and well-built camera; Night vision mode; Built in help

No automatic panoramic mode; Remote control app very basic; Slow live view focus speeds; 4-way controller buttons can't be customised; GPS no longer built in - smartphone app doesn't feature GPS tagging either

Nikon D5500 Review - The Nikon D5500 builds on the success of its D5300 predecessor with the addition of a new touchscreen and tweaked design, amongst several other enhancements.

Absence of optical low pass filter results in higher detail; Good colour rendition; Fast AF performance

Removal of GPS; Lacking in manual control buttons

For Nikon, the D5000 series of cameras is a way to have multiple entry-level DSLRs to suit all budgets. Rather than upgrading a model and discontinuing the last one, Nikon keeps roughly three D5000-series models going at the same time.

High-resolution sensor with no optical low-pass filter gives good image quality; Quick autofocus system; Great colour rendition

Lacks control buttons; No built-in GPS module

The D5500 refines the existing Nikon entry-level DSLR design with several notable improvements while keeping a very consistent feature-set. While external changes are easy to spot, the worthy upgrade is its revised 24 MP APS-C CMOS sensor which manages to deliver a full stop improvement in...

Low image noise; Very good sharpness; Great dynamic-range; Accurate AF system; Short shutter-lag; Excellent time-to-first-shot; Full HD video with autofocus; Quite usable with gloves on; Good battery-life

Some over-exposure; Below average AWB; AF on the slow side; Odd Live-View preview; Odd Auto ISO behavior; Self-timer resets after each use; No mechanical AF coupling

Nikon D5500 review video: the newest version of Nikon's popular top-end entry-level camera offers a number of surprising features. In her Nikon D5500 review video, Amy Davies takes a look at what's new, tries out some of the updated features and includes sample images from the D5500.