Please help me decide

[kennykoy]

Seems like you made up your mind, get the 700D and I wish you good luck, not a bad camera even though not as good as the D5300

Noo not yet decided....

 

[robbins.photo]

Ahaa u mean models shoot? Yehh here price of both 700d or d5300 are same. I am still deciding...

Well the D5300 has a much better autofocus system, does much better in lowlight situations due to it's ability to shoot at higher ISO's with less noise, better dynamic range, a higher MP sensor which will give you more options in post particularly when it comes to cropping.

Really the only "advantage" the T5I is the touchscreen, and frankly I consider that a drawback, not an advantage. I just know if my camera had a touch screen I'd probably end up activating it by accident every time I put the camera up to my face to use the viewfinder. That may not be an issue for most people, but believe me for me it would be an issue.

 

[kennykoy]

Well the D5300 has a much better autofocus system, does much better in lowlight situations due to it's ability to shoot at higher ISO's with less noise, better dynamic range, a higher MP sensor which will give you more options in post particularly when it comes to cropping.

Really the only "advantage" the T5I is the touchscreen, and frankly I consider that a drawback, not an advantage. I just know if my camera had a touch screen I'd probably end up activating it by accident every time I put the camera up to my face to use the viewfinder. That may not be an issue for most people, but believe me for me it would be an issue.

Yehh i see.. thx u for sharing experience

 

[Ido]

OM-D E-M10 is indeed an excellent camera but being micro 4/3 means the D5300 have some advantage in low light, the Panasonic has a very effective inbody VR which is an advantge in some case compared to the Nikon but it will not do much if you are shooting moving subject in low light and need to bump up ISO and also being a Nikon you have the advantage of a much bigger lens array in different quality and price range new and used.
Sony a6000 is an excellent camera! but Sony lenses cost a fortune as far as I know.
My recommendation will still be D5300 I think overall best bang for the buck with a huge lenses to find new and used.

The only Panasonic Lumix G camera with in-body image stabilization is the GX7. Its IBIS is reportedly not as effective as the E-M10's or higher-end Olympus bodies.

The difference in low light ultimately equates to roughly 2/3-1 EV. For my uses, that's not a big deal at all, and makes the E-M5 a great camera for me. The OP's needs, from my understanding, don't require that extra bit of performance in low light, so he should be completely fine with Micro Four Thirds, especially when used with fast or moderately-fast lenses.

 

[goodguy]

The only Panasonic Lumix G camera with in-body image stabilization is the GX7. Its IBIS is reportedly not as effective as the E-M10's or higher-end Olympus bodies.

The difference in low light ultimately equates to roughly 2/3-1 EV. For my uses, that's not a big deal at all, and makes the E-M5 a great camera for me. The OP's needs, from my understanding, don't require that extra bit of performance in low light, so he should be completely fine with Micro Four Thirds, especially when used with fast or moderately-fast lenses.

I agree with everything you said, I think the difference between us is with the approach, I want the best I can get for my money, best bang for the back and the Nikon is better in every way except in size if thats something that is important to you or the OP.
A friend of mine and I were debating only today about the Panasonic vs our D7100 so I pulled some dry data from DXO comparing the 2 cameras and again it shows what a good camera the Panasonic really is and again it shows how amazing the D7100 is, the Nikon is simply better in all counts, the D5300 isnt the D7100 but its very close in many ways.
I will stick to my guns, the Nikon is better and I will not recommend a camera that is simply good enough, I recommend the best camera for the money.

 

[goodguy]

BTW Ido I might be wrong but I have a feeling OP really is considering more the t5i vs the D5300 so the Panasonic isnt really on the table for him, again I might be wrong its just my impression.
So this debate is really just between us, its a good debate, one I had with few people only recently, sensor technology today is good enough to give smaller sensors power to deal with many situations but at the end of the day when you look at it bigger sensors have the advantage in low light.