Please bear in mind that the picture profile and workflow make a hell of a lot of difference with DSLRs.
The Nikon was delivering the same much-adored silky colour of a Canon DSLR, but with none of the drawbacks like moire. Like Panasonic’s JPEGs, the video suffers in some conditions from a muddy feel to colour. The GH3 footage needed a lot of work on it (though resolution was still a plus point) and I’m still not happy with it in this particular test. Admittedly this was all shot at night, between ISO 8 and the Nikon has the larger sensor which should give it an advantage at high ISOs – but even then the D5200 was delivering the more gradable and punchy results. I was shocked at how the results in the video turned out. The more expensive $1299 mirrorless camera has a lot of extra plus points which I’ll come to in the full review of that camera soon, but in terms of image quality both the video and stills on the D5200 are arguably better. More of a surprise is that the Nikon D5200 really does present a problem for the Panasonic GH3. Now it is pay back time because the best selling DSLRs for video – the 7D, 60D and 650D – are firmly out-performed by the Nikon D5200. The D5200 is particularly welcome for budget shooters, since Canon have stagnated, offering up the same image quality year on year – for 3 years – with their Rebel line. This sensor somehow manages to give very good low light performance at the same time as an extremely hefty 24 megapixel resolution. Toshiba’s sensor fabrication plant is however cutting edge, helping to produce the amazing 1 inch 41MP sensor in the Nokia PureView (EOSHD review here). This sensor is brand new and by Toshiba of all people, a new entrant to the DSLR CMOS market. The sensor size is approximately Super 35mm due to it being an APS-C camera with 1.5x crop, so there’s consistency with the way it renders a lens if intercutting with a Canon C300.
The street price is $700 yet it’s better for video than the flagship full frame Nikon D800, with none of the same moire & aliasing issues. Ever since the D90, Nikon have been curiously off the boil… Until now. That camera heralded great sales numbers for Canon and even helped launch Cinema EOS. The D90 was the first ever DSLR to feature video but it was soon comprehensively outgunned by the 5D Mark II. What is more of a surprise is the relish in which it takes on the much more expensive 5D Mark III, Panasonic GH3 and Nikon’s own flagship the D800 and D4.
The Nikon D5200 is the best mid-range Nikon yet for video. UPDATE: The HDMI output on this camera is uncompressed 4:2:2, for a leap in image quality over the internal 24Mbit codec! Check the forum for my ProRes noise grain sample shots
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