Here’s a collection of sample photos taken with a Nikon D5500. They’re taken with a variety of ISOs, apertures, and with a couple of different lenses, including the standard 18-55mm kit lens and a 35mm f/1.8G.
If you’re trying to decide whether to get a D5500, hopefully, these shots give some sense of how it performs under a variety of real-world shooting conditions.
The D5500 has a 24-megapixel DX-format sensor that produces images that are 6000×4000 pixels. It has an ISO range from 100 to 25,600.
These images were shot in Nikon’s RAW file format as NEF files. They’ve had minimal processing in Lightroom. To open a full-size version, click on an image.
Photos Taken with a Nikon D5500 DSLR
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 38 mm. ISO 100 at f/32 at ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 100 at f/16 at ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 800 at f/3.5 at ¹⁄₃₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 35 mm. ISO 500 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₆₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 35 mm f/1.8 lens at 35 mm. ISO 800 at f/8.0 at ¹⁄₆₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 55 mm. ISO 100 at f/8.0 at ¹⁄₄₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 52 mm. ISO 360 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₈₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 48 mm. ISO 100 at f/16 at ¹⁄₁₆₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 55 mm. ISO 25600 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 1250 at f/3.5 at ¹⁄₃₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 29 mm. ISO 4500 at f/4.2 at ¹⁄₅₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 400 at f/3.5 at ¹⁄₃₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 35 mm f/1.8 lens at 35 mm. ISO 100 at f/1.8 at ¹⁄₃₂₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 35 mm f/1.8 lens at 35 mm. ISO 800 at f/2.0 at ¹⁄₆₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 55 mm. ISO 8000 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 31 mm. ISO 100 at f/4.2 at ¹⁄₁₂₅₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 35 mm f/1.8 lens at 35 mm. ISO 3200 at f/8.0 at ¹⁄₆₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 35 mm f/1.8 lens at 35 mm. ISO 400 at f/2.0 at ¹⁄₆₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 35 mm f/1.8 lens at 35 mm. ISO 1600 at f/2.0 at ¹⁄₆₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 35 mm f/1.8 lens at 35 mm. ISO 450 at f/2.0 at ¹⁄₆₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 35 mm f/1.8 lens at 35 mm. ISO 720 at f/2.0 at ¹⁄₆₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 560 at f/3.5 at ¹⁄₃₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 1400 at f/3.5 at ¹⁄₃₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 100 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₂₀₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 23 mm. ISO 100 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₁₂₅₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 100 at f/8.0 at ¹⁄₁₂₅₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 20 mm. ISO 100 at f/8.0 at ¹⁄₁₂₅₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 100 at f/8.0 at ¹⁄₈₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 55 mm. ISO 100 at f/8.0 at ¹⁄₈₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 100 at f/8.0 at ¹⁄₈₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 35 mm f/1.8 lens at 35 mm. ISO 100 at f/8.0 at ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 35 mm f/1.8 lens at 35 mm. ISO 100 at f/2.0 at ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 38 mm. ISO 100 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₁₂₅₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 31 mm. ISO 100 at f/11 at ¹⁄₆₄₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 31 mm. ISO 100 at f/25 at ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 24 mm. ISO 100 at f/25 at ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 22 mm. ISO 100 at f/8.0 at ¹⁄₂₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 23 mm. ISO 2000 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₄₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 55 mm. ISO 100 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 1400 at f/8.0 at ¹⁄₃₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 24 mm. ISO 140 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₄₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 31 mm. ISO 4500 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₅₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 55 mm. ISO 14400 at f/5.6 at ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 900 at f/4.0 at ¹⁄₃₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 23 mm. ISO 100 at f/3.8 at ¹⁄₁₆₀₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 35 mm f/1.8 lens at 35 mm. ISO 1000 at f/2.0 at ¹⁄₆₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Nikon D5500 and a 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18 mm. ISO 450 at f/4.0 at ¹⁄₃₀ sec. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Price & Availability of the Nikon D5500
The Nikon D5500 is an older model now, having been replaced by the D5600. So it’s getting harder to find it in stores, but you can occasionally come across them.
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2 thoughts on “Nikon D5500 Sample Images”
indeed the 18-55mm lens does not support such an impressive bokeh, what kind of lens should i swap it with??
There are a number of good options. If you want to stick to Nikon’s range, the 35mm ƒ/1.8G
prime is both very good and affordable, although being a prime obviously means you don’t have some of the versatility of a zoom. But it’s an excellent starting point for branching out beyond the kit lens. For something more versatile, the 18-140mm is one I like. For something with even more reach, the Sigma 18-300mm is worth a look. These last two aren’t especially fast lenses, but when you combined their largest apertures with their longer focal lengths you can get some nice falloff behind the subject. Beyond that, the sky’s the limit, often with prices to match, as you start heading into higher-end glass.
indeed the 18-55mm lens does not support such an impressive bokeh, what kind of lens should i swap it with??
There are a number of good options. If you want to stick to Nikon’s range, the 35mm ƒ/1.8G
prime is both very good and affordable, although being a prime obviously means you don’t have some of the versatility of a zoom. But it’s an excellent starting point for branching out beyond the kit lens. For something more versatile, the 18-140mm is one I like. For something with even more reach, the Sigma 18-300mm is worth a look. These last two aren’t especially fast lenses, but when you combined their largest apertures with their longer focal lengths you can get some nice falloff behind the subject. Beyond that, the sky’s the limit, often with prices to match, as you start heading into higher-end glass.