Nikon D5100 - Have i made the right choice?

HI all after a long research in nikon & canon websites and thanks a lot to dpreview & kenrockwell i have narrowed down to Nikon D5100 ( though D5200 has some advanced feature its out of my budget) along with Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105 mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Lens & AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G. I'm just a beginner and trying to learn the DSLR so am not that much into corner sharpness and all those technical stuffs all i need is a decent zoom with few special effects and image quality so guys do you think i have made the right choice or should i spend some more money to get D5200? Please help

Added (1). Thank you for the response, what about the lens shall i stick with Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105 mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Lens?

It is a good choice, however the D5200 is much better.

Unless you are going to spend over half your time shooting portraits, you don't need the 50 mm lens yet

That should give you enough money to buy the D5200 and a single zoom lens. It can take years to learn how to use a fully adjustable camera, so I suggest you spend your money on the higher technology you will find on the D5200 and start there.

Read this and you will see why the D5200 is worth saving your pennies to buy

http://www.dxomark.com/...new-leader

Excellent choice! The fact that you researched everything and come to one camera is that you will be happy with it. If you go with this plan you wouldn't need to buy lenses till your a amateur. What fotoace said is also write if your not planning to do much portraits get the d5200. Not much advantages but i think it will just fine going with your plan

As long as you looked at Pentax and Sony as well and actually handled them to see which one felt right to you, yes.

If you looked at two manufacturers and went by paper specifications, maybe.

The 5100 is fine, and the 18-105mm lens is a great walk around zoom. You can buy a prime for low light stuff or portrait work later on.

Ignore photographers giving you links to DxOmark.com. Yes the up front numbers make the D5200 and D3200 seem great. But once you dig in and see the true numbers "screen" not the up front 'print' numbers then the image quality falls below that of the D5100 in low light.fact, not my opinion.

The best dSLR for image sensor and all around features would still be the new Pentax K 30 if stills are your focus, it uses the newest version of the Sony image sensor found in the D5100 a 2010 image sensor first used in the Nikon d7000. If you plan on shooting lots of video, the Sony A57 is worth a look.