why not more d5 talk

[jay coffsky]

question got posted by mistake before i could finish. Like many people I have camera lust and what is I won the lottery etc. For some reason there seems to be not much talk good or bad on this D5. Just wondered if it was so expensive to limit discussion or just a lack of interest. Maybe i should lust something else like Rachel Welch.

 

[WilliWieberg]

I recently bought a second D5 to replace my second D4 because I am so happy with the performance of this camera! high ISO and a precise auto focus is what I need for weddings and since I switched to D5 only I have much more keepers (especially with f/1.4 using the outer af-fields). so there is nothing to complain about and the low ISO DR is no issue for me.

cheers

johannes

 

[jay coffsky]

wow, just great pics. I wonder if the camera, or 400 mm 2.8 lens was the major factor in these great action pics. just wonderful and more lust. by the way I am 78 and rachael welch still is lustful for us old codgers.--
jay coffsky

 

[barrym1966]

question got posted by mistake before i could finish. Like many people I have camera lust and what is I won the lottery etc. For some reason there seems to be not much talk good or bad on this D5. Just wondered if it was so expensive to limit discussion or just a lack of interest. Maybe i should lust something else like Rachel Welch.

 

[Laci55]

Thank You for the kind comment! I think both the lens and the camera is of absolutely first class! By the way I agree with You...lol...

 

[Laci55]

Agree in 100 %

 

[rmw18k]

Glo,

What I would like to see more of from the D5 are RAW photos taken of scenes that have fairly wide dynamic range to them captured at ISO 100 that do not need to be pushed three to five stops in post in order to open up the image. I know that this is not the supposed designed purpose of the D5 but I find it a little hard to believe that this camera would perform as poorly as some seem to indicate at its base ISO especially in RAW. There are a large number of images taken as jpgs at high ISOs but it is very difficult to find any RAW D5 files taken at ISO 100 covering a wide dynamic range. Since you have a D5 perhaps you could capture a few RAW images at ISO 100 and make them available in Dropbox for evaluation?

Regards,

Frank

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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. ~ Ansel Adams

I took this a few weeks ago at 100 ISO.

 

[Frank104375]

rmw18k,

Thanks for posting the image of the race car. Is this image one that was converted from a RAW file or is it a jpg file from the camera that has been processed to some extent? I am really looking for photos from RAW as I do not take any images in the jpg format and would really like to get a good feel for what the D5 can do in RAW with wide contrast scenes at ISO 100. Nice looking image of the car, I like the colors and the sense of speed one gets from looking at it - great camera, I just have to decide if it is going to be the camera that I want to move to. By the way, did the sensor come with that many spots on it or have they come about with the shooting you have done? I would imagine with the mirror moving about at the speeds that it does some oil/grease is likely to fly off of the operating mechanism in that beast. Thanks again for posting the image ! ! ! ! !

Frank

 

[rmw18k]

rmw18k,

Thanks for posting the image of the race car. Is this image one that was converted from a RAW file or is it a jpg file from the camera that has been processed to some extent? I am really looking for photos from RAW as I do not take any images in the jpg format and would really like to get a good feel for what the D5 can do in RAW with wide contrast scenes at ISO 100. Nice looking image of the car, I like the colors and the sense of speed one gets from looking at it - great camera, I just have to decide if it is going to be the camera that I want to move to. By the way, did the sensor come with that many spots on it or have they come about with the shooting you have done? I would imagine with the mirror moving about at the speeds that it does some oil/grease is likely to fly off of the operating mechanism in that beast. Thanks again for posting the image ! ! ! ! !

Frank

 

[Frank104375]

rmw18k,

Thanks for the reply and for letting me know that your race car image was indeed from a RAW file.

Frank

 

[Pete Self]

--just watched Fantastic Voyage. can't think about my D5
pete self

 

[braysghost]

question got posted by mistake before i could finish. Like many people I have camera lust and what is I won the lottery etc. For some reason there seems to be not much talk good or bad on this D5. Just wondered if it was so expensive to limit discussion or just a lack of interest. Maybe i should lust something else like Rachel Welch.

 

[Rexgig0]

A D5 is high on my wish list, simply because it is the best low-light action-shooting camera available from Nikon. I also shoot Canon, but prefer the ergonomics of the D2/D3/D4/D5, compared to the 1D-series. (I prefer the current 5D-series ergonomics to that of the D800-series.) Other than that, what is there for me to say?

I may settle for a clean, pre-owned D4s. I am using a D3s, 5Ds R, and 7D Mark II cameras now.

 

[historianx]

question got posted by mistake before i could finish. Like many people I have camera lust and what is I won the lottery etc. For some reason there seems to be not much talk good or bad on this D5. Just wondered if it was so expensive to limit discussion or just a lack of interest. Maybe i should lust something else like Rachel Welch.

 

[calson]

A camera is a tool and a means to an end. I have not seen any pictures posted that were taken with the D5 that could not have been taken with the D3s or the D750. Pros now have the D810 and D500 and most have been using the D4 or D4s. So there has not been a compelling reason to spend $7,000 for a D5 and batteries and XQD cards for most photographers.

A noted pro wildlife photographer is planning to take a D500 and D7200 on his next photo tour to Africa. For my part a D810 and D500 are all I need for my wedding photography and my body appreciates the weight reduction from having to carry around two D4 cameras for 8-10 hours.

Nikon lost a great deal of its pro market share prior to 2008 and in particular with outfits like Sport Illustrated, which is why it produced an autofocus system designed primarily for sports shooters. Unfortunately most magazines and all newspaper publications have greatly reduced or eliminated their staff photographers so this market is greatly diminished.

I was ready to order a D5 to get the new autofocus system but then the D500 was announced and I ordered this camera instead as it is used only with super telephoto lenses where there is an advantage to shooting with a DX camera.

 

[larrywilson]

A camera is a tool and a means to an end. I have not seen any pictures posted that were taken with the D5 that could not have been taken with the D3s or the D750. Pros now have the D810 and D500 and most have been using the D4 or D4s. So there has not been a compelling reason to spend $7,000 for a D5 and batteries and XQD cards for most photographers.

A noted pro wildlife photographer is planning to take a D500 and D7200 on his next photo tour to Africa. For my part a D810 and D500 are all I need for my wedding photography and my body appreciates the weight reduction from having to carry around two D4 cameras for 8-10 hours.

Nikon lost a great deal of its pro market share prior to 2008 and in particular with outfits like Sport Illustrated, which is why it produced an autofocus system designed primarily for sports shooters. Unfortunately most magazines and all newspaper publications have greatly reduced or eliminated their staff photographers so this market is greatly diminished.

I was ready to order a D5 to get the new autofocus system but then the D500 was announced and I ordered this camera instead as it is used only with super telephoto lenses where there is an advantage to shooting with a DX camera.

 

[jay coffsky]

There are many amateurs who use camera and lens systems well over 10k, any of those with top line leicas and their lens for instance. I bet the majority of them are amateurs. I have been working for almost 60 years and thought maybe I could treat myself to a leica. No leica dealers in my state and I know no one shooting leica so I tried to find out onthe leica forum what was so special. This was a year or so ago. Most of the responders were kind and nice, a number were insulted by my question and some were outright nasty for my even asking. So of the insults for asking were so cruel that I stayed away from this site for quite a while, sorry i posed the question.

Anyway, maybe it would be interesting to see on this forum the pros vs. amateurs who use D5 or D4s. I still use my D300 and D 800e and get everything I could possible need with my level of photography which is just slightly above novice.

 

[sssesq]

There are many amateurs who use camera and lens systems well over 10k, any of those with top line leicas and their lens for instance. I bet the majority of them are amateurs. I have been working for almost 60 years and thought maybe I could treat myself to a leica. No leica dealers in my state and I know no one shooting leica so I tried to find out onthe leica forum what was so special. This was a year or so ago. Most of the responders were kind and nice, a number were insulted by my question and some were outright nasty for my even asking. So of the insults for asking were so cruel that I stayed away from this site for quite a while, sorry i posed the question.

Anyway, maybe it would be interesting to see on this forum the pros vs. amateurs who use D5 or D4s. I still use my D300 and D 800e and get everything I could possible need with my level of photography which is just slightly above novice.

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jay coffsky

This has been an interesting thread...What is the big deal about pros vs amateurs and the gear they use? I don't depend on photography for my livelihood as I net only about 15k/year. For photography to be even the majority of my income I would have to be doing Really Well. I would have to be in the top few percent of Pros, as my job as software engineer pays quite well. Not that I am part of the 1 percenters, but it still pays very well. I have D5 and 2 D750s because (1) I can afford it and (2) I want to have no excuses why I didn't get the shot. When conditions favor the D750, I use it, otherwise the D5 is the go to body. Sometimes the D5 is good enough. Here is a Dog shot (no cat available).

 

[Laci55]

Very nice comment and a wonderful picture! I have the D 5 because I can afford it and I wanted to have the best for my sport and wildlife photography... The more I am using the D 5 the more I am reaching after it for many other photo tasks even if I had my D 810 too...

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[Taggart Gorman]

[...]I am really looking for photos from RAW as I do not take any images in the jpg format and would really like to get a good feel for what the D5 can do in RAW with wide contrast scenes at ISO 100. [...]

Frank,

Here's a photo I took in RAW at ISO 100. I think it's kinda contrasty.

 

[Frank104375]

Taggart,

Thanks for posting the image from your D5 that started life as a RAW ISO 100 file. I do not mind the contrast of the image at all, it is always something that can be corrected later in post if a different look it desired. I am more interested in the noise levels at the RAW ISO 100 settings of the D5 in images very similar to the one you posted. Not knowing to what level you processed this image and from the size of the file you posted here it does not seem to be a very noisy image at all. Plenty of dark areas for noise to rear its head and what I could tell from the image on my computer the dark blues in the sky did not appear to be too bad either. Thanks again for sharing the photo Taggart ! ! ! ! !

Frank