@CoolColJ Jitter is my bad - it was quick and dirty. @squig I hope you can show us some tests where we see how well this camera does concerning noise and rolling shutter. I have also tested it very thoroughly but no time to upload every single test. My personal conclusion is it has a nice image under very specific circumstances, but will not be practical in a working situation. Maybe I had a bad copy? Anyway I've returned while I still can.

I like quick and dirty test to dismiss a camera. Like the jello test where the d5200 is attached above the gh2, as you all know the gh2 has some super solid construction to attach something on for a test you are going to shake the camera. At least he went back and did another test and the d5200 was at least on par to the gh2. Many other people reliable people have done test and confirmed that it was on par to the other dslr.

We also now have seen many test that have shown how the d5200 is close to the 5dmark3. So I prefer to take those quick and dirty test with a big big big pinch of salt.

Guys, don't expect super high quality performance from a camera that cost only a fraction of that of the professional cameras. For me this camera is a no-brainer, and instead of doing nothing but tests and comparisons, I just go out and shoot and enjoy. The noise doesn't have to be a issue because it can easily be filtered out.

Can't understand that about jello and sorry I didn't post any examples before I returned the camera, but to my eye it was same or worse than GH2... Then again, I guess others will be able to push it to nice things going forward working around these issues.

@eyenorth All dlsr based cameras used for video have some form of jello especially with longer focal lengths. If you dont want jello...shoot with wides or buy a 50p/60p camcorder with stablisation :-)

My friend has a t2i so will do some noise lowlight test next week but considering the d5200 performed better than my 5N and that the 5N out performed the t2i. I remain doubtful. I mean I dont even see much noise until 1600 and then I never ever shoot above that anyway.

Plus is always down to what subject you are shooting and how it is exposed.

I have had situations when my camcorder did better than the GH2 in a lowlight situation.

@QuickHitRecord

Are you saying the D5200 get's 6 stops of dynamic resolution? If so, how did you determine that?

@QuickHitRecord If youre happy with the GH2 thats great. Many of us will be happy to use the d5200. Theres no such thing as a perfect camera. Its good that there are more options.

I do find it odd when someone states the D5200 is totally unusable for any filmmaking. Thats just bollocks.

I have been using the d5200 as a B cam along side an Epic at 5k for the past 5 days. It matches up real well. Rolling shutter isn't an issue and the FPN is absent at daylight WB up to iso 640 (haven't had to go beyond 640). I use a custom flat S curve profile developed with picture control utility. Lens is a sigma 17-70 2.8 with Vari ND, recording at 24p. I also did some side by side tests and the d5200 stands well against the 5k epic. the latitude and DR of the d5200 are very useful for this project along with the s35 size sensor. Sorry I cant share any footage as its for a broadcast project I am producing. I will try to post something once it airs later this month.

@olegkalyan It holds up very well other wise I wouldn't be using it

D5200 vs D800 low light

I'm doing some extreme tests, I like to know how far I can push a camera before the image starts to fall apart. This is a good test, my living room has green walls and a green lounge, mixed daylight and tungsten, and light coming from a 24" display in the kids face. It doesn't get much worse! But hey it's the only way I can get 'em to keep still! I tested the D5200 (neutral, sharpening 3, everything else 0). The 5D MKIII (prolost). Both set to 24p @ 3200 ISO f/4 with a 35mm Leica Summicron-R on the D5200, and a 50mm Summicron on the 5D.

Everything was underexposed by over a stop, transcoded to ProRes 442HQ and graded in FCPX with filmconvert and magic bullet looks. Everything Post sharpened except the ungraded shots. I haven't posted a magic bullet looks grade of the 5D shots because quite frankly it looks like shit. I've picked a winner from this particular test but I'd like to hear what everyone else thinks. If everything looks like crap it must be your monitor. Notice how there's no noticeable fixed pattern noise @ 3200 ISO. No grain was added. I white balanced the D5200 with a grey card and did a 3500k kelvin temp by eye on the 5D.

D5200 ungraded

5D MKIII ungraded

Notice how the D5200 set to neutral with 0 contrast is flatter than the 5D set to neutral with contrast at -4. Saturation is 0 on the D5200 and -2 on the 5D. If you go any flatter on the D5200 things start to get really ugly, good luck trying to grade it. I've got more testing to do but so far this is my secret sauce.

D5200 magic bullet looks grade

D5200 filmconvert grade (Epic M LUT, FJ SuperX 400 stock)

5D MKIII filmconvert grade (Canon Standard LUT, FJ SuperX 400 stock)

I'll run the same test in daylight at when the bloody rain stops! It's going to be really interesting to see how these cameras compare in a really well lit scene.

About the custom curves - have you tried Lpowells stuff yet? Super flat!