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the D 5500 has a slightly redesigned body that's a hair smaller and the camera also has a few new features including it now has touch on its flip and twist LCD overall though it remains a great choice for typical family photography I'm Lori Bruneian for CNET and this is the nikon d50 500 although it's not as compact as canons old SL 1 the d50 500 is still quite small and lightweight part of the design tweaks however is a grip with the same drawback as the SL ones it has a pronounced overhang that now forces your hand down the grip more it's not a problem for someone with medium sized hands like mine but big handed folks will find their hands uncomfortably overshooting the grip on the bottom otherwise the rest of the body is quite straightforward to use and very similar to its cheaper sibling the D 3300 it does have a couple extra buttons and switches though the camera still delivers excellent performance for both still and continuous shooting it also has some of the best battery life in its price class the feature set isn't quite as novel as it was when the d50 300 shipped but it still covers all the bases for its target user new over the d50 300 are super vivid pop and photo illustration filters it also has nice perks like interval shooting though it doesn't have any in-camera time-lapse movie creation and it has in-camera HDR 2 shots but also is Wi-Fi but nikons app remains lame finally if you plan to shoot video using autofocus don't buy the collapsible kit lens it's one of the noisiest lenses I've ever tried to shoot video with if you can find the d50 300 for less money there aren't enough differences to justify paying more for the G 5500 and you're better off spending the difference on a better lens however the DC 5500 is still an excellent camera I do recommend that you grip it first before you buy