[7] It features the Expeed 4 processor and is the company's first DSLR with built-in Wi-Fi and GPS.

It shares the same 24-megapixel image sensor as its D5200 predecessor, but without an anti-aliasing (AA) filter,[8] equal to the Nikon D7100.

This model of camera was involved in the RAF Voyager, ZZ333 incident on the 9th February 2014.

[11][12] The D5300 can mount unmodified A-lenses (also called Non-AI, Pre-AI or F-type) with support of the electronic rangefinder and without metering.

Without full AF-P lens support−P   ⋅ Without AF-P and without E-type lens support−E   ⋅ Without an AF motor (needs lenses with integrated motor, except D50) *