Nikon D5600

The Nikon D5600 is a crop-sensor dSLR camera.

Crop sensor means a sensor that is two thirds the size of a full frame sensor.

SLR is an abbreviation for single lens reflex. Light enters the camera through the lens. It is reflected by mirrors and a prism up and into the viewfinder. When the photographer takes the shot the mirror has to get out of the way of the light. So the mirror housing springs up and then down again. That’s the ‘reflex’ in single lens reflex.

I used a Nikon D5600 on the trip to Budapest in 2018. I took the photo in the previous post with that camera.

Higher end mirror-less cameras have a rear screen and a viewfinder.

Mirror-less cameras don’t have a prism and mirror arrangement. The viewfinder doesn’t see the scene optically. Instead it sees a digital representation of the scene.

The camera will have a rear screen as well as a viewfinder., So one view is in the rear screen and the other in the viewfinder.

I have been using mirror-less cameras for a while. Yet I have a hankering to get back to seeing the scene optically.

And the Nikon D5600 is a crop-sensor digital SLR camera. And I have a hankering to see a full-frame dSLR in action..

Why? Because the image quality will be better than a crop sensor image.

Full frame dSLRs were expensive when they were new. Now they are good value because everyone wants mirror=less. So if you are looking to swim against the tide – this is a possibility.