We just bought this camera, but it turns out there is a bug in the software. Specifically, certain SD cards cannot be used. After talking with their tech support, it appears to be the SanDisk Ultimate/Extreme cards. The other brands, and older cards work fine.You can find the firmware fix by googling "D5100 firmware upgrade". It'll be one of the top results from Nikon Support.
Unfortunately, you need a SD card that works to upload the firmware, so if you buy this camera from Amazon, buy a SD card from another manufacturer than SanDisk.
We finally were able to install the firmware patch, and the camera works great with all of the SD cards including SanDisk.
So, in review, there is a bug with the camera preventing it from using certain SD cards. It can be fixed relatively easy, but you just need an old SD card to make it work.
Review by Samtrix
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