Nikon delivering the MB-E5700

[Greg Gebhardt]

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Cappy wonders what color the sky is in your world today

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Bimo has a full set of images at his pbase, but I will upload a few this weekend. I am hoping to get the filter adapter and will include pictures of both.

Greg Gebhardt
Jacksonville, Florida

 

[Cappy]

--
Cappy wonders what color the sky is in your world today?

 

[Thomas Bauer]

Here it is in my hand

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..... (Fits like a glove) .....
Thomas http://www.ycsphoto.com/loading.htm

 

[lee lindquist]

The bottom of my e5700 has no contacts. Has 4 very small screws
and the tripod hole.

Greg -- open the battery door. Once the door is open,
there is a small plastic plate that can be slid out exposing
the contacts.

The plate is between the battery door and the tripod
socket.

 

[Greg Gebhardt]

The bottom of my e5700 has no contacts. Has 4 very small screws
and the tripod hole.

Greg -- open the battery door. Once the door is open,
there is a small plastic plate that can be slid out exposing
the contacts.

The plate is between the battery door and the tripod
socket.

--

I know all about where the contacts are on the bottom of the camera. This person is saying there are contacts on the bottom of the e5700 which is the battery grip. There are none. I have my grip installed and works fine. If you did not remove the little door, installation would be a bit messy.

Greg Gebhardt
Jacksonville, Florida

 

[christopher19826]

Yes Greg thanks, rom your post I was sure to look for those pins. Fed Ex just rolled up with my grip a few minutes ago .............

sweet little device!!!!! Nice balance too. Portrait shutter and zoom are neat features I almost forgot about when I ordered. Installed, it looks like a mini D1X with a mini 28-70 on the front.

How do your like the images vs, the D1X jpegs. Do you shoot yours 3:2 to have all the same aspect ratios on your images. I would like to shoot NEFS with it, but I use Bibble and Eric doesn't support it yet and I haven't learned enough of Photshop 7 on how to do batch with them. They are so slow to write in comparison to the D1X. One image is slow enough going in to PS7, batch would take forever.

Not a big deal this will be my snapshot camera (my neck is thankful) anyway with my serious stuff still on the D1X.

The bottom of my e5700 has no contacts. Has 4 very small screws
and the tripod hole.

Greg -- open the battery door. Once the door is open,
there is a small plastic plate that can be slid out exposing
the contacts.

The plate is between the battery door and the tripod
socket.

--
I know all about where the contacts are on the bottom of the
camera. This person is saying there are contacts on the bottom of
the e5700 which is the battery grip. There are none. I have my
grip installed and works fine. If you did not remove the little
door, installation would be a bit messy.

Greg Gebhardt
Jacksonville, Florida

 

[Greg Gebhardt]

Yes Greg thanks, rom your post I was sure to look for those pins.
Fed Ex just rolled up with my grip a few minutes ago .............
sweet little device!!!!! Nice balance too. Portrait shutter and
zoom are neat features I almost forgot about when I ordered.
Installed, it looks like a mini D1X with a mini 28-70 on the front.

How do your like the images vs, the D1X jpegs. Do you shoot yours
3:2 to have all the same aspect ratios on your images. I would
like to shoot NEFS with it, but I use Bibble and Eric doesn't
support it yet and I haven't learned enough of Photshop 7 on how to
do batch with them. They are so slow to write in comparison to the
D1X. One image is slow enough going in to PS7, batch would take
forever.

Not a big deal this will be my snapshot camera (my neck is
thankful) anyway with my serious stuff still on the D1X.

--

Have used my grip on the 5700 for a day now and like more and more. Have left the camera on between shots and going to see how long these batteries will last.

To tell you the honest truth, I can find little difference of printed output from the NEF on the D1x and the NEF from the CP5700. If the image was well exposed on the 5700 it rivals many of my images with the D1x. I am enjoying not having to carry but a small bag with the 5700, 5000, 80dx and a few accessory lenses. What a difference. The D1x has spent some time on the closet shelf while the Coolpix units are going with me. The more I use the 5700 the more I like it.

I use nothing but NEF (raw) unless speed and rapid multiple images are required, I then go to the best .jpeg. I do not mind waiting for the NEF to be converted, it is time well spent if you need to do some cropping. I down load all of my images via FIreWire CF card reader, it very fast.

Nef is a win-win as the file size is smaller and it take less time to download it to the CF card from the camera. BUT, I will tell you that the best .jpeg is not lacking alot of quality.

Hope you are having a great time

Greg Gebhardt
Jacksonville, Florida

 

[christopher19826]

Thanks, I am so far. I shoot nothing but NEF with my D1x because of all the reasons you stated. I really like Bibble and am disappointed that 5700 nefs aren't supported ...yet. For th life of me I don't understand why Nikon can't make the NEF's compatible.

I have downloaded capture 3, but haven't used it yet. DOes it support 5700 NEFS?

I agree with you on the jpeg images. I really am amazed at all the bitching and complaints about the 5700. It's Nikon's best non-pro camera yet.

The autofocus is pure Coolpix. I can't see them changing that. I do wish they would make at least exploit the DX flashes. It can't be that hard to do. My SB80DX is bigger than the 5700 though.

My wife asked the same question "why is the D1x sitting on the bench now?"

One other question I have. Even though the jpeg's are nice, why are they seemingly so compressed? The D1X fine are 2.3-2.5MB while they 5700's are 1.4 - 1.8. There isn't that much difference in the MP resolution.
Has anyone gotten a good answer on that yet.

Yes Greg thanks, rom your post I was sure to look for those pins.
Fed Ex just rolled up with my grip a few minutes ago .............
sweet little device!!!!! Nice balance too. Portrait shutter and
zoom are neat features I almost forgot about when I ordered.
Installed, it looks like a mini D1X with a mini 28-70 on the front.

How do your like the images vs, the D1X jpegs. Do you shoot yours
3:2 to have all the same aspect ratios on your images. I would
like to shoot NEFS with it, but I use Bibble and Eric doesn't
support it yet and I haven't learned enough of Photshop 7 on how to
do batch with them. They are so slow to write in comparison to the
D1X. One image is slow enough going in to PS7, batch would take
forever.

Not a big deal this will be my snapshot camera (my neck is
thankful) anyway with my serious stuff still on the D1X.

--
Have used my grip on the 5700 for a day now and like more and more.
Have left the camera on between shots and going to see how long
these batteries will last.

To tell you the honest truth, I can find little difference of
printed output from the NEF on the D1x and the NEF from the CP5700.
If the image was well exposed on the 5700 it rivals many of my
images with the D1x. I am enjoying not having to carry but a small
bag with the 5700, 5000, 80dx and a few accessory lenses. What a
difference. The D1x has spent some time on the closet shelf while
the Coolpix units are going with me. The more I use the 5700 the
more I like it.

I use nothing but NEF (raw) unless speed and rapid multiple images
are required, I then go to the best .jpeg. I do not mind waiting
for the NEF to be converted, it is time well spent if you need to
do some cropping. I down load all of my images via FIreWire CF
card reader, it very fast.

Nef is a win-win as the file size is smaller and it take less time
to download it to the CF card from the camera. BUT, I will tell
you that the best .jpeg is not lacking alot of quality.

Hope you are having a great time

Greg Gebhardt
Jacksonville, Florida

 

[lee lindquist]

The bottom of my e5700 has no contacts. Has 4 very small screws
and the tripod hole.

Greg -- open the battery door. Once the door is open,
there is a small plastic plate that can be slid out exposing
the contacts.

The plate is between the battery door and the tripod
socket.

--
I know all about where the contacts are on the bottom of the
camera. This person is saying there are contacts on the bottom of
the e5700 which is the battery grip. There are none. I have my

e5700 -- camera

mb-e5700 -- battery grip

 

[ratcat]

B&H (www.bhphoto.com) has it for $149 and you can have it next day.

Thanks. Cancelled my order from E-tronics and ordered it from B&H

 

[thepieces]

how heavy is this pack??? and does it charge the batteries as well... or come with any??

 

[Greg Gebhardt]

how heavy is this pack??? and does it charge the batteries as
well... or come with any??

I t does add some weight to the camera with six AA cells it is not light. But I think it make the camera feel quite nice.

No battereis and no charger included.

Greg Gebhardt
Jacksonville, Florida

 

[thepieces]

140 bucks with no batteries or charging capability??? what are u paying for you can buy like 5 batteries for that price what is the battery life

 

[Thomas Bauer]

140 bucks with no batteries or charging capability??? what are u
paying for you can buy like 5 batteries for that price what is
the battery life

--You may not understand the answer
if you have to ask that question

Thomas http://www.ycsphoto.com/loading.htm

 

[David in Silverdale]

140 bucks with no batteries or charging capability??? what are u
paying for you can buy like 5 batteries for that price what is
the battery life

1. You can get it for less than $140. Shop around.

2. You are paying for the convenience of being able to shoot all day without having to change batteries.

3. The nikon battery pack actually improves the balance, overall feel and stability of the camera, and IMHO also by virtue of that makes it easier to get better hand-held long telephoto shots. It also adds a second shutter release to aid with vertical shots.

If you shoot a lot, and don't want to have to swap batteries every 1-1.5 hours, it is a tremendous benefit and well worth the cost.

Of course then if you don't need or want those capabilities, then the alternatives are an external third party battery pack connected via a cord or extra batteries that you swap as needed. The choice is yours.

--
Photography by David 'Eaglechild' Robinson.
http://www.fototime.com/inv/EB62438B748E579

 

[christopher19826]

you forgot the portrait shutter and zoom button.
I got mine for $114

140 bucks with no batteries or charging capability??? what are u
paying for you can buy like 5 batteries for that price what is
the battery life

1. You can get it for less than $140. Shop around.
2. You are paying for the convenience of being able to shoot all
day without having to change batteries.
3. The nikon battery pack actually improves the balance, overall
feel and stability of the camera, and IMHO also by virtue of that
makes it easier to get better hand-held long telephoto shots. It
also adds a second shutter release to aid with vertical shots.

If you shoot a lot, and don't want to have to swap batteries every
1-1.5 hours, it is a tremendous benefit and well worth the cost.

Of course then if you don't need or want those capabilities, then
the alternatives are an external third party battery pack connected
via a cord or extra batteries that you swap as needed. The choice
is yours.

--
Photography by David 'Eaglechild' Robinson.
http://www.fototime.com/inv/EB62438B748E579

 

[thepieces]

my intent wasnt to bash , anyway how long are we talking here with this addon in time

 

[Greg Gebhardt]

my intent wasnt to bash , anyway how long are we talking here with
this addon in time

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I have taken 276 NEF and .tiffs and the battery still shows full. These have been taken over the last 2 days with maybe 20% with internal flash for light fill. The rechagable batteries still show full (all bars). Will keep shooting tommorow.

The next battery run will be even better as I have found that NiMh battereis do better after a few cycles.

It NO rip off for me!

Greg Gebhardt
Jacksonville, Florida

 

[will roberts]

My grip was $110 at CDW from Mike Dobkin.
Also I got my Nikon EN-EL1's for $20 each.

I haven't gotten it yet- backordered until 8/14 but it was worth 5 batteries- for all mentioned benefits (I hope)

Will
http://www.laser66.com/

140 bucks with no batteries or charging capability??? what are u
paying for you can buy like 5 batteries for that price what is
the battery life

 

[thepieces]

would it work even better with 4 PowerEx 1800mAh AA NiMH batteries??
i can get it for 44 dollars shipped with a charger

my intent wasnt to bash , anyway how long are we talking here with
this addon in time

--
I have taken 276 NEF and .tiffs and the battery still shows full.
These have been taken over the last 2 days with maybe 20% with
internal flash for light fill. The rechagable batteries still show
full (all bars). Will keep shooting tommorow.

The next battery run will be even better as I have found that NiMh
battereis do better after a few cycles.

It NO rip off for me!

Greg Gebhardt
Jacksonville, Florida