Is the Nikon D5600 a good option for excellent quality photos?

I'm a lover of photography… I want to take excellent pictures that are unique to see… And I also learned about composition… I'm currently using my Nokia 8.1 with Zeiss camera which isn't that bad but… What camera do you think I should get? I don't record videos… Thank you.

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The Nikon D5600 is an impressive Camera, but not one for an amateur photographer. I have taker quality photos with an old box camera years ago and unless you just want to spend about $500 for a new camera I would stick with the Nokia 8.1, but then I'm not into spending money just for the sake of spending it.

Like most modern DSLRs the D5600 has impressive technical specifications,. Excellent photos comes from the photographer's skills in technical mastery of operating the tools (your camera and other equipment), and the understanding of composition and lighting. There's also mastery of post processing. All of this takes years to get good at unless you have natural talents. Good photographers never quit learning.

Going from a phone camera to a DSLR or mirrorless camera is a big step if you haven't shot with theses sorts of cameras. Due to the sensor size things will be different for better and worse, mostly better. After the first week of excitement, you need to learn how to shoot in manual mode and learn how the various exposure settings (shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance) affect your image and how you can use these settings to enhance the artistic aspects of the image. After you understand manual mode, you can use the assist modes like aperture or shutter priority.

That camera, as well as ANY other DSLR sold, is capable of taking "excellent quality photos". It, however, is no better than the person using it. You are NOT going to just take the camera out of the box and all of a sudden be producing the kind of photos you seem to desire. As "qrk" has already explained, it takes more, … A HELL of a lot more…, than just turning on a switch and pushing a button to get photos beyond the typical snapshot. You can certainly do it if you WANT to, but it is not going to happen automatically, no matter what camera you have.

The D5600 is a really good camera for someone who's doing more than your typical snapshot and it'll probably meet your needs for many years. However, the lens is where the image quality is at and not so much the body. The body is more about allowing you to get the shot how you want it and when you want it. For example, you may find that the D3400 is just as good for your needs as a D5600. How? Well, if you don't need the performance of a D5600 such as its faster and more accurate focusing system or its larger internal buffer or the fact that it shoots 14-bit RAW files as oppose to only 12-bit files in the D3xxx series, then the D3400 will be just as good for you as would a D5600. In fact, going with a cheaper camera would allow you to put more money into a better lens than the el-cheapo 18-55mm kit lens. A superior lens on an inferior body will produce better image quality than an inferior lens on a superior body. There are plenty of YouTube videos that show this to be true.

With all of that said, if you don't know what you're doing, you won't get good photo quality either. And there are plenty of YouTube videos on that, too.

Because the D5600 is more advanced than anything in the D3xxx series, it's likely that you will not find yourself in a situation where the camera is failing to allow you to get the shot or get a shot that isn't meeting your needs and/or expectations. However, once you put a few years through the camera, and if your love for photography is true and not just hyperbole, then even the D5600 will become outdated over the span of 3-5 years of use. Maybe even soon depending upon what you shoot.

You don't mention anything about what you want to do with the camera, so it's not possible for anyone to say with absolute certainty that the camera is going to be good enough for you. However, since all you've been using is a smartphone, it's certainly a safe bet to do so.

I would strongly suggest that you also take a look at the Canon 80D and especially the Pentax K-70. The K-70 is probably the best APS-C format camera under $1,000 easily. No other DSLR from Canon or Nikon can touch it for landscapes, portraits, astrophotography, still lifes or pretty much anything that isn't moving super fast like a pro athlete or race car.