{"id":3681,"date":"2016-05-03T17:36:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T21:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/?p=3681"},"modified":"2016-05-03T18:21:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T22:21:27","slug":"first-impressions-with-the-nikon-d5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/first-impressions-with-the-nikon-d5\/","title":{"rendered":"First impressions with the Nikon D5"},"content":{"rendered":"

After just a few short weeks of shooting the Nikon D5, I wanted to share my impressions. I want to be extremely clear that as a Nikon Ambassador, I have no intention of doing any type of review. I don\u2019t think it would be appropriate. However, I cannot resist sharing my first impressions after a few weddings and couple of other events as well. I\u2019ve only shot about 10,000 frames with the D5 so far, but I can honestly say that it\u2019s the most responsive camera body I\u2019ve ever had in my hands. I would also like to state that I LOVE my D4S bodies. I\u2019d have been happy shooting these bodies for the rest of my career. However, the D5 is a step up, and after shooting with it, it\u2019s hard to go back to the D4S knowing that I have a D5 with me. SO, I bought another from Adorama yesterday. I\u2019ll keep one of my D4S bodies as a back up, and one of the D4S bodies will find a new home when the other D5 is delivered.<\/p>\n

For those who want me to \u201ccut to the chase\u201d with regard to my impressions, it\u2019s pretty basic for me. This beast focuses better than anything I\u2019ve ever used in my life. \u00a0I mentioned this randomly on social media, but it\u2019s as if the focus sensor \u201cglides\u201d instead of \u201cclicks\u201d when I move the point from side to side and up and down. It\u2019s hard to explain, but I have found myself moving the focus point often, rather than focusing and recomposing as I often do when not shooting at shallow depths of field or when I\u2019m close to a subject. The focus point glides to where I need it, and my focus is dead solid perfect nearly every frame with ease. During\u00a0a brief conversation with my fellow ambassador Dave Black, he told me that out of focus pictures are inexcusable with this camera. I couldn’t agree more. It\u2019s that good. That said, it will allow me to capture moments I may have missed before. That, to me, was\u00a0worth the change.<\/p>\n

I’ll have more to say about the camera in the coming weeks as I learn more about it’s intricacies. For now, I’m just enjoying the ride.\u00a0Focusing anywhere, anytime, is simply amazing. It doesn’t miss.\u00a0\u00a0I don’t really care that it has 153 focus points. It’s not one of life’s dreams to have 99 cross type sensors. It is, however, a game changer to be able to focus in nearly any lighting condition I can possible face. I’ll let others talk about the other features of the D5 until I become more familiar with the body, the files, and various features. It’s be disingenuous for me to go into detail since I’ve only shot a few assignments with it so far. For now, I’m just going to get to know it and use it to please my clients with some images that I may not have made before.<\/p>\n

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This image was from the very first event I used the Nikon D5 with. It’s a Muslim ceremony at a private home. 1\/400th F2.8 @ISO 5000<\/p>\n

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During this couple’s portrait session at the Horticulture Center in Philadelphia while they were exchanging gifts. Nikon D5 1\/500th F4.5 @ ISO 400<\/p>\n

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Shooting at ISO 10,000 during a reception when the quality of light is there, sure is a great option to have. I don’t always need a speed light, and I can capture the ambience of the event. Nikon D5, 1\/320th F4.0 ISO 10,000<\/p>\n

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During the best man’s toast, there are times when a camera may have trouble focusing in the dark conditions. The Nikon D5 had no issues here. It’s also nice to use ISO 2000, 1\/100th @ F4 while maintaining the gorgeous warmth of the ambient, decorative lighting.<\/p>\n

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Once again, the focusing capabilities are sick. She is a belly dancer. They move fast. It was dark. No issues focusing…..
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Late night portrait in the dark. Using some OCF, I shot this with the Nikon D5 at 1\/30 F4.0 @ ISO 2000. Yes, it focused in the dark and locked on to where his collar met his jacket.<\/p>\n

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This past weekend’s wedding. Processional at ISO 12,8000.\u00a0The performance speaks for itself.<\/p>\n

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A portrait from last week. No flash. Just directional, ambient light from camera left. I was able to shoot this portrait at ISO 1600 without a single worry about using it large in an album spread.
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After just a few short weeks of shooting the Nikon D5, I wanted to share my impressions. I want to be extremely clear that as a Nikon Ambassador, I have no intention of doing any type of review. I don\u2019t think it would be appropriate. However, I cannot resist sharing my first impressions after a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-photographers","category-weddings","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3681"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3695,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3681\/revisions\/3695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}