Overview
The multi-award winning Nikon F5 is the benchmark against which all other SLR cameras are judged. The F5 is the only film camera in the world that uses a 1005 pixel RGB metering sensor to measure the colour of a scene for supreme exposure accuracy. It features high speed Autofocus at up to 8 frames per second (with MN-30 Ni-MH battery) and is housed in an aluminium-alloy body with a titanium viewfinder. The F5: Intelligent, fast and tough enough for the most challenging of assignments.
Key features
Professional 35mm film SLR
Up to 8 Autofocus frames per second (with MN-30 battery)
Exclusive 5 area cross ranged AF sensor
Nikon exclusive 3D Colour Matrix Metering system
3D Multi-Sensor Balanced Fill-Flash
Aluminium alloy die cast body with titanium viewfinder
Self diagnostic shutter tested to over 150 000 cycles
Choice of 4 interchangeable viewfinders
24 Custom setting functions
Integral Nikon system compatibility
Technical Specifications
| Film advance [fps] | 8 |
| Autofocus Areas | 5 |
| Autofocus system | Multi-CAM1300 |
| Number of Custom Settings | 24 |
| Autofocus detection range (at ISO 100) | EV-1 to EV+19 |
| Exposure modes | P,S,A,M |
| Shutter speed range [sec] | 30 to 1/8000 plus Bulb |
| Metering Sensor sensitivity (EV at 100 ISO at f/1.4) | EV 0 to +20 (EV 2 to 20 in Spot) |
| Power source (AA size batteries) | Eight or one Ni-MH Battery Unit MN-30 |
| Approx. dimensions (W x H x D) [mm] | 158 x 149 x 79 |
| Flash sync speed, max [sec] | 1/250th; 1/300 TTL High speed (S or M exposure mode, CSM 20 On) |
| Approx. viewfinder frame coverage [%] | 100% |
| Approx. weight w/o batteries [g] | 1210 |
