I read n saw some of the reviews online abt nikon d5200 being better than d7100?

Is it true. I'm just about to buy a d7100 in a few days… Am i goint to regret it?

Not much when it comes to sensor performance, especially when you compare those two to the Canon 60D As you can see the disparity between the D7100 and D5200 is not nearly as great as the 60D

http://www.dxomark.com/...nd3)/Canon

Where the D7100 excels is that it can use All the Nkkor AF lenses as well as any AI manual focus lenses. The D5200 can only use AF-S lenses if you want auto-focus. You will have to manually focus any Nikkor AF lenses and can't use any manual focus lenses with it.

And doesn't the D5200 have that really useful articulating LCD rather than a fixed one?

So get a Pentax K-30 instead, the D7100's advantages at the D5200's price.

The contention that the D5200 is better came from the DxOMark rating the D5200's low light capability slightly ahead of the D7100. But they are so close that it is a statistical tie. And since the sample rate of such comparisons tend to be one unit, I don't think you can put too much into the test.

And even if the test were accurate, the differences are nil. DxOMark says that a 25% difference in low light test results indicates a 1/3rd stop difference in low light. However, since the test results between the two cameras have less than a 1% apart, there's really no difference at all.

You do realize that the sensor for these two cameras are the same. So if anything, Nikon has fine tuned the D7100's sensor for higher performance which may have resulted in s very insignificant difference in low-light capability.

Unfortunately, too many un-knowledgeable people put too much emphasis on such tests vs which camera is better, because DxOMark only tests 4 characteristics of the sensor, and not anything else on the camera.

Besides, the tests do not indicate image sharpness, which due to the D7100's lack of an anti-aliasing filter means it will have much sharper of an image. Also, the D5200's shutter lag is about 0.25sec (which is no better than some high end compacts), while the D7100's' lag is about 0.05sec, which means the D7100 will be superior to the D5200 for sports.

Think about it for minute. The D7100 is the newest Nikon camera, newer than the D5200, and is currently the flagship of the DX line. The D5200 is an entry level DSLR. Do you really think Nikon would produce a camera costing $400 more than an older and cheaper model that was not as good? I think not.
Major features of the D7100 that the D5200 lacks:

- Ability to autofocus AF and AF-S lenses.
- Speedlight remote commander (wirelessly control speedlights from the camera).
- Auto FP High Speed Sync (1/8000) with using Nikon speedlights.
- AI exposure system - ability to use AI lenses in aperure priority mode.
- Lens focus fine tuning - especially important with 3rd party lenses.
- Anti-aliasing filter removed - results in sharper photos.
- Higher capacity battery.
- 1.3x crop feature - maybe good, maybe not.
- 2 SD cards.
- both wireless and wired remotes.
- Upgraded OLED viewfinder display.
- 51 point autofocus.
- headphone jack - monitor audio during video recording.
- UT1 remote control.
- multiple battery capacity with Grip.
- Exposure bracketing up to 5 frames
- Mirror-UP shutter release mode
- 100% viewfinder
- 3.2" display LCD
- top display LCD
- magnesium chassis
- low 0.05 shutter lag

True, while the D5200 has an articulated screen, it is more of a gimmick than anything else. No serious photographer would want such a thing, and the only reason the D5200 has one is to compete against certain Canon entry-level DSLRs.

You can't even call the D5200 a stripped down version of the D7100 as it lacks the magnesium chassis and superior build.

The D5200 is a fine entry level DSLR, but it is no match for the D7100.