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By: colonialpara,
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Jan 12, 2005
Pros: Speed, custom features, OUTSTANDING metering! Incredibly versatile!
Cons: Weight, initial cost to purchase.
Bottom Line: When you want the best from your film SLR, the Nikon F5 is the closest thing to perfection available!
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By: paulphoto,
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Jun 9, 2002
Pros: Built, 3D Color Matrix Meter, Operations, Handling, Performance, FAST!
Cons: Heavy, Expensive?
Bottom Line: The most comprehensive SLR with intelligent metering system, and an array of features that will bring your photographic skills to a whole new level, is the Nikon F5.
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By: Howard_Creech,
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Oct 6, 1999
Pros: Workhorse, good ergonomics, great photos
Cons: Heavy, expensive, complex
Bottom Line: The F5 is the patriarch of the Nikon Imaging family that includes the F100, the D1/D1X/D1H, and a collection of the world's highest quality lenses.
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By: frank_vanriper,
Jan 4, 2000
Pros: a superb machine, built like a tank
Cons: tanks are heavy
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By: Mark2045,
Jan 9, 2001
Pros: Tough, exposure is right on in any condition, comfortable, inexpensive for the features & quality
Cons: Heavy, but it's basically a laptop in a camera for just under 3 lbs!
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By: fastone,
Aug 3, 2002
Pros: Matrix metering, Matrix flash with D lenses, solid as a rock
Cons: Some of the custom settings are confusing to use, some are worthless
Bottom Line: The best professional camera out there. It's built like a tank. No one has a better metering or focus system, no one.
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By: hittheroaderic,
Jun 1, 2004
Pros: Build Quality, Weather Proofing, Excellent Metering
Cons: I wish the focus area brackets in the viewfinder illuminated in red
Bottom Line: The F5 was introduced in 1996 and was a top of the line 35mm camera and in 2004 it still is the top of the line.
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By: prashton,
Jun 4, 2003
Pros: Superb tool for the professional and serious amateur photographer, a solid performer under any conditions
Cons: It is a heavy lump of metal, particularly when matched to heavy glass
Bottom Line: If Nikon ever bring out an F6, the F5 will remain one of the best camera bodies ever made. An F6 would probably be computerized overkill!
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By: bitnaut,
May 2, 2000
Pros: Fast, accurate, and reliable
Cons: Black autofocus indicators are bad in low light. Heavy.
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By: bouffard,
Jan 2, 2000
Pros: Every function possible and more
Cons: Eats batteries
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