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Nikon D5500

DSLR · Nikon F · released 2015-02-05
Lowest now
$269
Steep discount -70% vs MSRP
Pricing by source ↓
MSRP at launch
$900
Feb 2015
Inventory
27
across 1 source

Lowest price we've ever observed

How we compute this

Lowest price we've ever observed. This at $269 matches the lowest we've ever recorded for this body. That's 30% of the $900 MSRP. Prices have been steady this month.

Based on only 1 observed day in the last 90; the trend confidence is low until our history fills in.

Lowest now
$269
MSRP
$900
vs MSRP
-70%
90-day low
$269
All-time low
$269 (Aug 19, 2026)
30-day trend
+0.0%
Observed across 1 source · 1 day of history in last 90 · Methodology

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Specs

Brand
Nikon
Family
Nikon D5xxx
Category
body
Body type
DSLR
Mount
Nikon F
Sensor
APS-C
Megapixels
24.2 MP
Lens type
IBIS
Weather sealed
No
Max video
1080p60
Max native ISO
Weight
470 g
Dimensions
Body material
Released
2015-02-05
Status
discontinued

Notes

Nearly identical to the D5600 minus SnapBridge; often cheaper used.

Latest pricing by source

Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How this works.
Source Condition Price Listings Observed Link
mpb
good
→ good
$269 4 Observed 5h ago view listing
mpb
excellent
→ excellent
$309 20 Observed 5h ago view listing
mpb
like new
→ mint
$349 3 Observed 5h ago view listing

Price history

One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.

See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.

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Methods

How we compute each section

References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.

1. Price history

#1.1 · Grade buckets
Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set: mint, excellent, good, fair, poor, and unknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping.
#1.2 · Missing days
A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means we didn't see a listing at that grade that day.
#1.3 · Color encoding
Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.