Nikon D5100 (Body) Digital SLR Camera

I've used both products, and also own D5100, so I guess the review will be useful for many!nnWhy you should go for Canon 550D?n1. Well well, street price is lower, you can actually buy some low end camera with that difference..n2. Built-in focus motor.. This is most important reason why you should go for 550D than D5100. It will save your hell lot of money on your further lens purchases.. You will not need to go for lenses with built-in auto-focus motor, which are much more costly.n3. More megapixels.. About 2 megapixels more.. (Does not bother me much, but bothers few people for sure!)n4. Smaller, thinner and lighter, though not very much! 2.4 inches compared to 3.1 inches.. and 530gm against 560gm! lol...n5. Now on some sites I read that it has lesser start up delay and less shutter lag, but the lag is in few milliseconds, you won't even recognize unless you use both cams for couple of years, separately..n6. Allegedly, better video quality!n7. Better resolution of live-view-screen, c'mon, nothing related to camera quality though!nnNow, did you notice that except built-in motor and more megapixels, everything else are physical attributes, nothing really connected to photo quality,nnnow lets see why you should go for Nikon D5100?n1. Canon delivers better video quality, but does not auto-focus once the shooting starts.. Will annoy you if the subject moves towards you!n2. The screen has lesser resolution, but flips out and rotates, amazing feature, trust me!n3. Larger sensor, well, APS C of Nikon (DX) is same as standard APS C, but Canon APS C is a little smaller than that! (23.6mmX15.6mm vs 22.3mmX14.9mm, believe me, each nanometer counts!)n4. Better colour depth as each manual shouts, 23.5 bits vs 22.1 bits, well, that means better image quality.n5. More focus points, 11 vs 9, yup that counts!n6. shoots at 4 fps vs 3.7 fps of canonn7. longer battery life, well, something that I have experienced. The capacity says the other way round though, 1120 mAH vs 1030mAH. I guess Nikon engine is more efficient! Also, I find Canon batteries a little costlier than Nikon.n8. Larger ISOn9. Has in camera HDR, awesome, captures two photos at different exposure and combines them to give exact picture as seen by naked eye! That's really cool, something which you cannot do with Photoshop that effectively once the image has been captured!n10. In-camera effects, that's awesome, especially to show-off in front of photography-illiterate people, or photo-editing-illiterate I would say.. :')n11. Allegedly, better image quality at higher ISO owing to more dynamic EV range.nnSo, I guess the winner is Nikon D5100!

Nikon D5100 is a superior DSLR Camera, priced at entry level.nIts is mainly compared with Canon 550D.nnNikon D5100 scores for :nSuperior Image quality due to Nikon's Advanced Exceed processor.nSturdy Build.nHigher ISO Rating , by that Higher low light efficiency.n3.0' Vari-Angle swivel LCD.nnCanon 550D: nHigher Image Capacity : 18MPnInclude inbuilt AF Motor, and availability of variety of lenses.nSmaller Build.nSharper LCD screen.nVarious speed video recording efficiency.nnBottom Line:nBoth Cameras are equally good , leap frogging others marginally in different zones which makes someone who have to chose his first camera totally confused. You cant go wrong with each one of them.nnIf your area of interest is "Real Photography" , I would suggest Nikon D5100. But if you are a "Photography Video Enthusiast" , canon 550D might suit you better.nnFor me I picked Nikon D5100, because would like to horn my Photography skills.nnAs far as Value of Money and Delivery is concerned, Its very hard for another E-commerce site to beat FlipKart....nnHappy shopping guys !!