Specifications

NIKON
F5
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The F5 is the fifth in the F series lineup which began with the Nikon F in 1959, followed
by the Nikon F2 in 1971, the Nikon F3 in 1980, and the Nikon F4 in 1988. Each of these
cameras incorporates the finest elements of its predecessors, including the Nikon F
mount, while offering the latest innovations to meet the increasingly diversified needs
of professional photographers. A great number of Nikon F series cameras and Nikkor
lenses are actively working in various locations around the world - years, even decades,
after their initial launch. The Nikon F5 still upholds Nikon's tradition of innovation
and non-obsolescence as the new millennium approaches.
Unequalled Versatility
◆ The F5 offers a wide selection of exposure
control and compensation choices. There’s
EV compensation, AF and AE Lock controls
and four exposure control systems, including
Program AE, Shutter and Aperture Priority
as well as full manual control plus flexible
program control.
– Programmed Auto mode automatically sets
the shutter speed and aperture, while Flexible
Program mode allows you to shift the shutter
speed and aperture combination while main-
taining the correct exposure.
– Shutter Priority mode gives you a choice of
speeds from 1/8000 second to 30 seconds.
– Aperture Priority mode offers a range of
apertures in 1/3-stop increments.
– Manual mode turns total control of the expo-
sure over to you.
◆ You can manually control exposure compen-
sation from ±5 EV in 1/3 EV steps. Auto
Bracketing is built-in and allows you to take
two or three consecutive pictures of the same
scene while changing EV values in incre-
ments of 1/3, 2/3 and 1 EV. You can also
select the order of the compensation, such as
making the first image of the sequence with
no compensation, the second with 1/3 and
third at 2/3 compensation.
Intelligent Exposure Control
◆ The F5’s 3D Color Matrix Meter incorpo-
rates a 1,005-pixel RGB sensor that actually
evaluates a scene’s colors, while AF Nikkor
lenses with Distance Signal technology
provide information to the meter about
the quality and and quantity of the light
falling on the subject. When the F5 is used
with the SB-800 Speedlight, a monitor pre-
flash measures subject reflectance, a key
element in determining exposure.
◆ The matrix meter evaluates all these fac-
tors, weighing them against a database of
30,000 images. Powerful Nikon software
controls the entire system, integrating all
the data to ensure the utmost in exposure
accuracy. The results are automatic expo-
sure control that will astonish you.
◆ The F5’s center-weighted
meter concentrates 75% of
its sensitivity within the
viewfinder’s 12mm circle,
25% in the peripheral
area—but the meter allows
you to change the size of that circle to 8mm,
15mm, or 20mm to provide maximum
metering versatility.
◆ For the highest level of exposure control,
choose among the F5’s five spot meters.
Corresponding in position to the five
sensor areas for dynamic autofocus, the
F5’s spot meter system provides precise
metering concentration (4mm-diameter
area) based on your personal exposure
choices for the scene and the subject.
◆ Five-segment TTL Multi-Sensor precisely
monitors flash output. Imperceptible mon-
itor pre-flashes from Nikon Speedlights
and distance information from D-type AF
Nikkor lenses help overcome exposure fail-
ure with highly reflective surfaces, distant
backgrounds, outdoor fill-flash and sur-
faces that don’t have 18% reflectance. You
can use the F5’s fill-flash power together
with highly automatic exposure control, or
control exposure manually. Either way, you
still get the the proven performance of
Nikon’s exclusive 3D Multi-Sensor bal-
anced fill-flash.
◆ Using Custom Setting #20 with Shutter
Priority or Manual mode, the F5’s top flash
sync speed is boosted to 1/300 of a second,
expanding the camera’s exposure range for
fill-flash shooting.
Full Flash Control Modes
◆ The F5 uses five TTL sensors to precisely monitor flash output to offer versatile, capable fill-
flash performance and total control of how light will affect your photograph. Choose flash
compensation in 1/3 EV steps from ±3 (with SB-800 Speedlight) to ensure natural-looking
images.
◆ The 3D Multi-Sensor Fill-Flash allows a choice of Normal TTL Sync; Slow Sync for blurred
effects; Rear-Curtain Sync (in which the flash fires at the end of the exposure); or sync at
1/300 second for fast moving subjects. In manual mode, you can use FP High-Speed Sync,
which allows flash synchronization at speeds up to 1/4000 of a second.
◆ Automatic Balanced Fill-Flash provides auto fill-flash for every exposure mode. It will also
operate during automatic exposure bracketing. The F5’s advanced electro-mechanical design,
which features a fast, powerful AF drive motor, provides quick, precise autofocusing.
◆ Make as many
images on the
same frame as
you wish. You
can even
combine Multiple Exposure Control with
Exposure Bracketing and/or Exposure
Compensation to achieve a variety of in-
camera special effects.
◆ You can change the way the F5 operates by
choosing from the camera’s 24 built-in
custom settings, which are selected using
the convenient Main Command Dial.
Optional backs for the F5 allow imprint-
ing data on slides; interval timing; long
exposure programming (up to 999 hours);
and Freeze Focus, in which the shutter is
automatically released the moment the
subject enters the zone of focus.
◆ The F5’s exposure management system
combines the benefits of automatic opera-
tion and manual control. Choose from
four film advance modes: Single (S), Low-
Speed Continuous (CL), for up to approx-
imately 3 fps; High-Speed Continuous
(CH), for up up to 8 fps; and Silent mode
(CS), for near-silent operation at approxi-
mately 2 fps. Custom settings provide
additional choices of motor speed rates.