An excellent choice for a beginner, those who need decent quality for little money, or those who are experienced in photography, but do not have the funds for D3x :). I took it from my hands for 15 thank God, I didn’t notice any jambs during use, despite the tough attitude towards it (I shot it in light rain, in the wild snowfall on 11202222, I don’t pay attention to dust, heat and frost) , although it is not waterproof and not made of magnesium alloy. The quality of photos from the Nikon p500, which was bought a couple of months before the d5100, does not even come close to the quality of the latter (but a 36x zoom on the d5100 will cost like a small car :)). Those who doubt whether the shots will be better than in an expensive soap dish - do not hesitate. The quality has grown staggeringly even in auto mode with a whale. When using fast lenses and fine-tuning the parameters, the pictures will be comparable to professional ones. For the first time, Keith is more than enough. You may be itching to buy a prime (I have one), like 35 or 50mm for portraits and landscapes, or you may want to take a telephoto lens for sports, strikes and squirrels (I looked at Nikkor 55-300mm) or a wide-angle zoom for architecture and landscapes (I'm thinking about sigma or tamron - nikkors are wildly expensive), but with a whale you can take 95% of the necessary photographic material (for amateurs). The fix price is 5 thousand, the TV set is 9, and the width is 15-18. So far, it’s not even the price that stops you from buying, but the need to change all this stuff and carry everything with you. Therefore, I remain with the whale for now. For whale haters (amateur haters, professionals cannot shoot at 18-55, of course), I can advise you to look at photos of professionals on smartphones and soap dishes. For example, Lee Morris on an iPhone 3Gies (a terrible camera there), took such pictures that I still can't handle with my SLR. So, this camera will be enough for any amateur for a long time. The main thing is not to stop at auto mode and try to improve. All good pictures, thank you for your attention!)