Nikon F5 Review
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- In this video, we review the Nikon F5 - Jurassic Park style. We took Nikon's late 1990s flagship camera out on a photo walk in a dinosaur museum shooting Silbersalz 35 cinefilm and a roll of Fuji Provia. The Nikon F5 shoots up to 8 frames per second and has 3D matrix metering mode which was revolutionary at the time. Watch the video to see our findings.
Equipment used:
Nikon F5 with
Nikkor AI-S 35mm f/2.0
Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.4
Nikkor G Micro 105mm f/2.8
Films used:
Silbersalz 35 stack
Fuji Provia 100F
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Valuable lesson learned from the Jurrasic Park intro.....when shooting dangerous dinosuars, NEVER set your F5 to auto rewind film after taking the last exposure on the roll lol
Just bought an F5. Best camera I've ever owned, because I WANT to go out and shoot with it al the time. I pick it up and im genuinely excited by it, way more than my D4 and D810. I'm in love with film again!
I absolutely agree about the Nikon F5. I have the upgraded MF-28 Multicontrol Data Back installed on it, too. This is such a fun camera, definitely one of my favorite film cameras that I have owned over the years. Like you, I also own the Nikon D810 and love that camera, as well. I shoot far more often with the D810, professionally, as a fine art and portrait photographer, but when I am just wanting to enjoy a personal day shooting, I always bring along my Nikon F5. I also enjoy the fact that all of my lenses are interchangeable between both bodies and the controls on both cameras are very similar, so if you are already familiar with Nikon's camera controls layout, you should be able to easily and quickly adapt to another Nikon camera body. I also owned the Nikon F4s, but donated that to my niece when she showed an interest in learning photography in high school, along with some Pentax cameras and lenses, etc. that I owned since I was a teenager in high school back in the 1980's. The Nikon F4s is a sexy-looking camera, in my opinion, and I often thought the lines reminded me of a sports car.
Great to see a credible well narrated Nikon F5 review here on RUclips, at last. I've owned 2 since 2008 (though one was stolen in 2011), and adore them. Amazing camera system. Whenever we watch Jurrasic Park, I also point the F5 to family!
THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO REVIEW THAT I HAVE EVER WATCHED!!!!! I've been photographing for 50+ years and have been looking at camera reviews from the inception of photographers reviewing cameras on YT. I have finally ordered one from ebay this week! Again, kudos to Analogue Insights for posting such a spectacular review of the Nikon F5.
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Thank you very much for the review of the Nikon F5. Probably the best of the six Nikon Fs. In the same year (1996), Kyocera released the CONTAX AX, the first AF camera with the CONTAX name. It was an interesting take on an AF camera that Kyocera/CONTAX initially refused to have anything to do with. AF lenses would impair the CONTAX T* lenses, according to Kyocera/CONTAX. Instead of changing the T* lenses to AF lenses, CONTAX built the AF into the camera (the film moved back and forth!). A genius solution! A review of the CONTAX AX would be nice. Thank you!
Hi Max, nice to watch your review of the awesome Nikon F5. I ordered mine right after seeing it at the presentation at Photokina of October 1996. I took delivery in February ’97. Yes, that took four months waiting! I still own and use it today for hobby. Although I have used it intensively with a whole aray of lenses from 20mm up to AFS 500 f/4.0. By the way, the autofocus IS fast. With the 500mm plus 1.4x converter, tracking racing cars doing 300 kmh at Kemmel straight at Spa circuit was no problem. The camera’s autofocus even managed to perform this trick through summer heat haze or heavy rain! My first results ever, in terms of nailing the right exposure with the 3D metering, on slide film, were noticeable much better than what I was used to with my earlier Nikon F 801. The subtlety of correct exposure on slide film is so beautiful to see. Without much doubt, the quality of the Nikon glass is legendary for all the good reasons. Although my counter showed, at an interval service, a moderate 72k exposures, the F5 never failed on me, ever! -The camera has a clever party trick that NO-ONE on YT or anywhere else seems to know. When loading a film you can make sure the tooths of the sprocket engage with the perforation correctly by forwarding the lead of the film on the sprocket with the camera back still open. Simply push the release button, and the sprocket transports at reduced speed the first centimeter of the film lead! There is lots of other stuff that could have been shown, like the different view finders you mentioned but didn’t show, the multi control data back camera, the illuminated displays, the chosen focus points that is indicated in the viewfinder, the exchangeable ground glasses, the diopter adjustment, all the double secured function buttons. You could have shown how the mirror uses a second mirror which bounces the light to the AF sensors, and how that mirror too flips 8 times per second open and closed. All kind of features that are nowadays very common were rather new on this beast of a camera 22 years ago. Oh, and anyone who complains about the weight of camera doesn’t do much of field work of photography. When you have a couple of primes or zooms or telephoto lenses in your 10 kg gear bag, the difference of your F5 weighing 1100 or 1200 gram doesn’t matter very much. By the way, the sound the camera makes in the Jurassic Park movie is just ridiculous! Anyway, my F5 is still alive!
Had two. My workhorse bodies throughout the 90s and early 00s. So funny seeing this tuff get hip again.
Keep in mind that it works with a lot of modern F mount lenses except for the latest E designation lenses with the electronically controlled aperture, it can't control aperture on those but it's still an amazing system to use with all of the awesome G series lenses on offer.
RE: rewind. Was used to conserve battery or noise but in electronic rewind a cool feature was to prevent film from being pulled all the way back in so it can either be quickly loaded into developer tanks or rewound to continue for lab work of incomplete rolls. Yes, we did that. Or in school when swopping projects out. The F5 was awesome and in my opinion, the last of the best Nikon Pro body had to offer. The F6 lost finder chewability. my favorite finder is still the Sports Action DA-30, called the TV Finder cause it is so big, it's like looking into a little TV box w/ optional hood. Used in underwater box or flight helmets. Or just holding camera out away from you as in in flight recon photography. We had this since the F of 1959.
Really cool episode.
As you mentioned, the F100 is virtually as capable as the F5 but more practical in terms of weight and size.
When I bought mine, I bought 2 of them so I could carry one with b&w neg film and one with color transparency film. I bought all my lenses for the F5 and now, when I shoot digital I use the same lenses.
Great video!
2 of my big loves, Dinos and Camera's.
LOVE this video.
A great camera, my working tool for a number of years pre-Nikon D1. It continued to be my back-up body until 2013, when I thought it was unlikely I'll be shooting film for a newspaper anymore! The only thing which ever caught me out was the motorised film rewind, when I was new to it (I had always rewound by hand) I opened the back before the film had rewound, and the film fell out everywhere!
Love my F5. Takes fantastic pictures just throwing it in program mode and just take pictures with and without a flash. Got a SB-800 for it
Enjoyed the photos. What a great place to take pictures! Your camera review, as always wasy very informative. thanks for doing what you do.
Amazing and fun review guys. Love JP and Film Photography so extra awesome review for me. Also was blown away by exif data text file! Insanely advanced and useful feature
Great combination of camera, location and film stock, really well put together!
In these crazy days, I find your voice soothing, your images inspirational, and your knowledge amazing. Keep it up, I a follower for life!
Loved the beginning!
Excellent video. Thanks. Might just have to consider acquiring a Nikon F5 now! Keep up the good work.
Fun ! It's interesting that equipment becomes less important when shooting film, and quality is not compromised.
I really want one of these. There is one in pristine condition at a local camera store. Loved your insights.
Excellent review, an incredibly undervalued camera
Great review of the classic F5 and I did enjoy your choice of subject matter as well.
Great video! Love my F5 and it's a beast. Also owned the F100 (whose back door unfortunately broke!), and the only thing I prefered in the F100 is that the selected focus points light up. This I miss in the F5. The metering systemt is awesome, especially for slide film, and miles better than my Leicas
This is the best photographic review channel on RUclips. Amazing work, thanks.
I'm using the smaller F100, and one feature that seems to get overlooked a lot, is that these last analogue cameras support image stabilisation. This really makes a big difference with new lenses that have it
cool, i have the F100 too. any suggestions for lenses on aviation photography or motor racing?
@@cs512tr70-200 is always a really great place to start. And for motor racing a 24-70 for closer panning shots works too. I have a 70-200 f/2.8g VR II and it works perfectly with my F6.
The MF-28 back is a great tool for recording EXIF between the frames of your negatives and more. I managed to find 3 in Japan when I bought my 3x F5 cameras. Sometimes they can be quite hard to find. I think they are well worth it.
Nice to see yet another great production! A classic camera also :)
I love the Jurassic Park tu shirt, you really worked hard to be on the theme
You got a few things wrong because I own the F5 and the F100. The F100 may have some missing features but the highlighted focus area is much faster and clearer with more digital camera info in the F100 than the F5. The batteries does not run out quickly. I could go through five rolls of film without running out of power. You must be using cheaply made batteries. I would not use the Pre-Ai lenses on this camera. The Ai lenses are okay to use. The F5 is called “The Beast.” The F100 is the son of the F5.
We seem to have a lot of the same cameras in common. I have two F5s, and an N90s (with extras) as a backup. Love the F5, even though I’ve no Zeiss glass for them.
Good effort. Have an F4 and it's still going strong. The FA had the first Matrix metering system as I understand it. Another camera which seems to have been overlooked by many,
I just got mine a couple of days ago, and it's been a blast to use! I've wanted one for a long, long time and l've already given up since l bought an F4 in July. However, a mere week ago a friend, knowing that l wanted one so bad, offered me his minty F5, and it was hard to say no!
Interesting presentation, thanks. I'm a Canon shooter and know very little about Nikon, the F5 seems to be a borderline project for analog :-) With the exception of shooting film it has all the bells and whistles of a modern DSLR. :-)
As you already mentioned, the F100 is a great alternative! Like your videos!
I prefer the f4 over the f5 because of the shutter speed dials. But still the f5 is a cool camera.
I am very sure that the features the F5 offered were very much desired by pro photographers back when it released. On the other hand the 8 frames per second would not be used by any film photographer today. The price of film is just to expensive to shoot of a roll of 36 exp in 4 seconds. I have the F100 and it has the more important features that I look for in the F5 plus it has the added bonus of being smaller and lighter. Very happy with my F100.
Very nice review Max!
You're wrong that no film photographer would use the 8 fps of the F5. I sell original action slides of trains and I need the fast fps so that I have more originals to sell. Train photography is a big hobby and I'm certainly not the only one who wants the high fps. Several of my friends shoot with the Canon EOS 1N-RS which shoots 10 fps. By the way, I have two F100s that I have been using for years and I just bought an F5 because the F100s were not giving me enough slides to sell.
Love the images. Takes me back. Loved this camera back in the day, but bought the Minolta Maxxum 7 instead. I could switch out an unfinished roll of film, put in a new roll and shoot that roll; then put back the unfinished roll and continue shooting. Incredible! I still have it and use it occasionally. You should consider reviewing it or the Maxxum 9. The Maxxum 9 had a 1/12000 shutter speed. Awesome and underrated cameras.
You can do that with an F5, but it's a hassle. You have to fish out the film header after rewinding the part used roll, and you lose a frame if you want to be absolutely certain of avoiding an exposure overlap at the restart frame. Actually with the cheaper F75/N75, which shoots in reverse, you could restart a part used roll EXACTLY at the restart frame with no exposure overlap (although you still have to fish out the film leader after rewind).
Because the F75 winds the film to the end of the roll when you load it and then shoots "backwards", the position of each frame on the film is precisely the same. So when you reload the part used roll, and advance by shooting with the lens blocked to the restart frame, it is exactly where you left off. Because the F5 shoots forwards (i.e. conventionally) you cannot be certain the frame positioning is exactly the same when you reload the part used roll, so you have to add an extra insurance blank exposure just before the restart frame.
Was that a function built into those cameras or a work around? The Maxxum 7 made it easy. The leader is left out after rewinding the roll. When it’s time to use the roll again, place it back into the camera and close the back. After the roll advances, press and hold the adjust button. A screen appears asking for a frame number. Enter the frame number from the last time, and the camera advances the roll to that frame. The roll is now ready to use from where you left off. The process was completed in no time, and made shooting in different lighting easier.
@@SilkBabyVideos Oh, no it is absolutely a work around. And only really possible seamlessly on the F75 due to it's pre-wind reverse shooting deisgn. Unless my F5 can do things I don't know about, I'm pretty sure it can't leave the film header showing after rewind (so you gotta fish it out) and I'll doubt it's as precise with the frame positioning on the film strip .. such that when you reload you can advance it precisely to the 're-start' frame. Even then, advancing to the restart frame 'X' is a case of blocking off the lens and shooting X times!
@@SilkBabyVideos I have maxxum 7 and never knew this. Thank you
Love the FM2N. Love the FE2. I quite Simply Adore The F6!! At least with The F6 ,you can detach the MB40 Grip, even without the Grip it's Stunning! With the Grip it's Stunning. Nikon put All their precise Expertise and Knowledge into The F6.Knowing that it Was the Last Ever Film Camera. Nikon went Out with Sheer Class. Please, do try and post One of your great videos on The Quote " Last Man Standing " Unquote. Many thanks and Kind regards Colyn.
Fun video intro....😁
Thanks so much for your comment, Om. Glad to hear you like it. :)
Hey! Great video! I got a grat deal from KEH on a F5 for $299. It looks like it sat on a shelf it's entire life. It's a beautiful camera in beautiful shape. I look forward to putting a lot of film through it.
Please a review of the F6 🤩
Great Review
Thank You!
as always - great review, great video, great pictures. Now that I have seen you with the 50mm mounted on the F5 I know why my wife laughs at me and says "why do you have that tiny little lens on that camera?". Although you mention it eats batteries I get a lot of range out of mine and have never worried about it - AA batteries can still be picked up anywhere. The weight is a factor but somehow I personally feel it is just right. I can carry the F5 all day and not tire - unlike some slightly less weighty other film and digital cameras I own - because I think Nikon got the ergonomics just right. One point though - if you are a film shooter who wants to be recognized as a film shooter then the F5 is not the way to go - most people think I am shooting a pro model Nikon DSLR and are amazed when I reply that it is a film camera. All in all though I love my F5 and wouldn't trade it for the world (especially as my ageing eyesight is beginning to render proper focusing on manual cameras obsolete) and your great review does it the justice it deserves.
Re-discovering analog photography...i find myself buying "old" cameras...from Pentax's K1000,Super-A,P-50,SFX ,Ricoh KR-X to both Nikon F5&F4S and F801. Funny is that older analog cameras are soo much easy to use for me! And with all my cameras i use a 50mm prime lens....love 50mm the most.
Max Max Max!!! What are you doing?!!? After teaching us how to pronounce German names in proper German, you are pronouncing Naaiikon the way the Americans do?! It is NIKON. Like the Knights of Ni (from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail). Please please update this video!!
As to the video itself, as always a very interesting and nuanced review. I actually appreciate the bulk of the camera, as well as the vertical shooting button (I noticed you and Jules were not using it!). It weighs as much as a Nikon D3 digital camera, but it's footprint is surprisingly compact, even with the removable viewfinder. Certainly there is no way that I would burn through film at the 8fps this camera shoots at.. Not just because of film prices, but simply because of my sedate style of photography.. But if you NEED the speed.. it is there. A true technological marvel and always an enjoyable experience when I put a roll through it.
Thank you for a great review of my most favourite Camera. The F5 is a heavy Camera but that is a small price to pay for the results that I can get. I am also happy that I can use my AI and AIS lenses. The menu system on the F5 does take some getting used to, but nevertheless it is well worth the effort.
Great review, thanks.
Great review
I don't think the weight is a disadvantage. Being a Canon shooter, I have the gorgeous EOS1 complete with grip and it is such a well balanced camera because of its bulk.
The film makes the dino's look more lifelike.
If you guys could ever get your hands on a Leica R8/R9, I'd love to see you guys review it. I picked one up earlier this year and it's become one of my favorites!
That would be cool to see as well. I have an R8 that I love using and you dont see many reviews of them on here.
I agree whit you I would like to see analog insights test and review the Leica R8.
I have one and love using theen even after 20 years of use keep going strong and even after filmalmost dead.
Now and after some time whitout shooting film I came back to shooting film and my R8 still there for taking great pictures.
I have a couple, I like them as I do, the F100.
Fun to see this high end autofocus camera! I've never seen a Pentax MZ-S before. If you guys could review that one with some of the Limited lenses that would be amazing!
This is a great camera! It has an excelent light meter!
Nice photos! Awesome camera. The waist level finder is interesting and not that common on a 35mm SLR.
I took out a student loan to buy an F5 in 1998. No regrets.
Haha. Nice.
No ragrets at all 😂😂😂
I use the more expensive Lithium AA batteries over the rechargeable, for the weight savings in the Nikon F5, it makes a wold of difference when you have to load it up with 8 batteries.
Great video and info. Just a small addition, the newest AF-S E lenses have only limited compatibility. As far as I know, you have to shoot E lenses wide open. All the G lenses work great with even full VR utility.
Cool video!
Nice review. Have you ever considered reviewing a classic Nikon FTn?
I have a near mint F5 on the way from Kyoto right now. I'm PSYCHED as hell to get shooting!
Excellent video and especially pictures. I'm surprised that lenses were used without a hood. Geoff A
I shoot with F5, F4 and F100. So, regarding your comment on F100 being alternative, 'F100 is no way alternative to F5'. Both F5/F4 are the in different league altogether. I learner it a hard way, when I took it North Sikkim Himalayas, F100 failed to start in -15 degree whereas both F4/F5 happily worked.
Great video as always. , guys. Fun fact: received my F4 two days ago after a four
week decision making process between the F4 and the F5. So your video was released a little too late for me 😉
You Sir made a hard decision...i choose not to choose: i bought both...and my wife did not kill me 😅. Heavy and big,complex camera for a amateur like me,but quality build is excellent!! Direct import from Japan,sold by Kitamura Camera Shop,shipped from a japanese friend.
Nuno Ferreira give me two month refill my wallet and to get a nice gift for my better half and I’ll go for the F5 😉
@@Nwa6917 😅True that is a rather expensive hobby...Pro 35mm Slr's.📷 My next step is a F3...or at least i will try!!😅
Would you say that this is a good camera for shooting slides? I thought so because of the rgb matrix metering that it provides. What are your suggestions for a slide camera if starting with shooting slides. I'm currently using a FE2 and some point and and shoots and range finders.
I have an F5 and F4. The F5 is a better and more capable camera. It's my go-to film camera, and I keep it in my main camera bag with my D610.
The way to make the batteries last is just to use the hand crank when you rewind the film. That way the batteries last for days, and for about 20 rolls easily. I went a whole week and shot fifteen 36 exposure rolls, and the batteries were still only at 75%. It also absolutely works just fine with standard AA Ni-Mh rechargeable batteries (I use 1.2v 2400mah Amazon basics), you don't have to mess around with alkalines or waste time and money tracking down the Nikon Ni-Mh battery pack.
can you review the fujica st series? in my opinion they are very underrated.
Giorgetto Giugiaro even designed pasta!
Beautiful camera like to add one to my collection along with the F100 I already have F90x and F3&F4
Great looking camera. After digitalizing and editing the images from the F5, how to they compare to the Mirrorless camera images ?
The F5 was the pinnacle of Nikon film bodies and while the F6 followed - because professional photog's were by that time transitioning to digital, the F6 design and features were really aimed at well-heeled (deep pocketed) amateurs.
Great camera and beautiful review. Did you use filmstock other than Silbersalz ? If yes, which Fuji (6'30'') did you use ? Grts
Iggie1970 Thanks for your comment. We also shot some Fuji Provia 100 as indicated in the description and at the very end of the video. :)
Hope this helps.
F6 here ❤️
I want one, but I can't justify the cost over a lens or another F5 lol
Why is the f6 so expensive?
@@tasterisk6339 Because it can still be bought new from Nikon and is arguably just a collector camera. It's also probably the most technically capable 35mm camera available.
When it comes the review of the nikon f2? Thanks for make all this content!
Not sure yet. It'll certainly be a while. :)
Great episode! Keep'em coming!
I love my F100. There are only two main features for which I would choose a F5 over F100 these days 1) 100% view finder coverage 2) something you guys did not take advantage of is the built in vertical grip with vertical shutter button (great ergonomics and helps to stabilize your shots too). For sports action and runway photographers the fast motor and FPS would have been a big deal back then but today I can't imagine most photographers wasting their film to try and get a shot like that. Great camera but it also a brick.
you seem to forget that the F5, F100 and F6 actually save EXIF-data for all images shot.
Hi Max! Maybe if you have possibility you can make review Nikon F100. I were using both (F5 and F100) but from my perspective F100 more flex and light.
Did you shoot vertical using the main shutter release?
Every time I watch one of your excellent analog videos it makes me think of the contrast between the old film days vs the modern Digital era. I would love to see how all these new photographers in the digital age (especially the big RUclipsrs) how they would do in an analog only environment? Then I chuckle. After that, I think about giving them a few rolls of transparency film. Then I laugh! Watching them cry on the floor in a fetal position begging for the Adobe Gods to come save them, for me, would be a good time. The difference is when you pressed the shutter button back then, you're done. Today when you press the shutter button, it's only the beginning.
Mr. Zimmerman. I can only agree. I think of all the "influencers" and their autofocus this, auto ISO that and how you have to have this camera to be a better photographer and think - isn´t that just a great big point and shoot they are using? Why not just get the Sony RX100 whatever number and admit that without all the gadgets they couldn`t get a decent photo. Kudos to the old school that still keep photography as a craft alive.
@@Festgriff analog is easier to shoot with the obvious film choices like porta Pro for example
You hardly will over expose it
With the "older" Canon Sensors your able to tame down some highs but with the fucked up new modern sony sensors... yep... these can be somehow exposed and need all the edit finish for the fucks sake
The same can be said about 135 film photographers back then that were not well versed with vintage LF, print retouching and airbrushing. Modern photographers can romanticize film because they can pick up top gears for a song and don't have to do the wet darkroom color printing. But instead turning to modern pp that they are familiar with. One can image how many in this group could start out learning photography and afforded to buy a new Nikon F?, Hasselblad or Leica camera in the past when many cannot afford the similarly priced new D5, X1D or M10 today. Also, they don't have to deal with hot continuous studio lights, Guide Numbers (GN), large handle flashes, Kodachrome 25/64, external meters, color analyzer, poor turnarounds that can hold back practice & review process, years or decades of consumable expenditures, finding a place to setup a wet darkroom, storing same batch of films and color papers in the refrigerator, etc. Personally, I was glad that I didn't have to carry around an 8x10 LF, surveyor tripod, flash power lamp kit or flash bulbs, etc. when I started out four decades ago and abandoned my darkroom when switching to digital back in 2000.
@@bfs5113 Kodachrome 25. You have given away your age. But then so I have I. Nicely thought out comment that is far too true about too many "new film" photographers. I have (partially) returned to film because I noticed that digital was making me lazy and I was forgetting too much. But as with everything it is a personal choice that no one can remark upon.
I think that if i were photographing dinosaurs, I would use the FM2. It’s lighter so I could runaway faster.
If the dinosaur swallowed the camera the f5 might emerge at the other end intact
Damn I already wanted to buy this camera... :D I hope the prices won't go up xD.
Camera 1%, Film 99%..choose your film wisely.
hey i just bought f5. i love street shoowt using waist finder. all of my other film cam (fm2n, fg and f90) dont have one
I wish I had a Dino park!
I baught an F100 brand new back in the day, the F5 was still too expensive new but the F100 was more than enough for me.
But no mirror lock up was its big flaw. Such an easy feature Nikon included on older simpler bodies.
Have a look at the f6 one day ...
You've said F5 works with almost every Nikkor lens since 1959, however that is true only partially. Latest E-lenses (with electromagnetic diaphragm) will work only at open aperture with F5. F5 has no means to electronically control the aperture, therefore you can't stop it down. Without such a restriction, F5 + AF-S Nikkor 105 mm f/1.4E could be a match made in heaven. But...
No, the F5 for sure can control the apeture from the body, using a dial.
So any AF-G or AF-S lens will work just fine, and you can use all exposure modes (P, A, S or M).
@@Ryan-lu9km, you are wrong. First, there are no "AF-G" lenses in the lineup. There are AF, AF-S and AF-P. "AF-G" is something you just made up.
Second, you aren't aware about the difference between G-type lens and E-type lens. G-type lens doesn't have the aperture ring, but the aperture control is still provided by mechanical coupling. The camera itself drives the aperture by using the lever at the back of the lens. E-type lens doesn't have such a lever. Instead, the lens uses built-in motor to drive the aperture and motor does so by the command, sent by the body. Nikon F5 doesn't send such a command. It doesn't know what to do with E-type lens, nobody has written the instructions for changing the aperture in E-type lenses, because these did not exist at the time of F5's release. F6 can't do so as well.
I was looking for semi automatic camera, which can be still fully operable without batteries, but with aperture priority when it powered up
That being said, I'm not an expert in film cameras and I assumed that there's should be a bunch semi auto cameras like this
But so far I only found Canon new f1 with ae finder fn, it's exactly what I wanted to be, can be fully operable mechanical camera, as well as with aperture priority with batteries (and with good weather sealing)
So my question is, maybe there's other models like this? Because, second hand market in my area is very poor, and I really doubt that I'll be able to find Canon new f1. Maybe some Nikon? or any other manufacturer...
cool intro hahaha
endlich mal was gscheits/ finally a real deal ;)
You know you can also pan from right to left?
It’s not compatible with any of the latest Nikon E lenses even though they are F mount. None of the Nikon film cameras support electronic aperture.. I found this out the hard way.
Nikon FX lenses from the 90s do not autofocus on Nikon cameras with a crop sensor, for example on a Nikon D3200 and similar cameras ,but that's not the case with Canon EF lenses from those years, they autofocus on Canon crop sensor bodies like Canon 500D or similar ,so you can mount any EF lens from the early 90's onwards and they will autofocus
They will autofocus if the body has a motor built in. I used to use AF-D lenses on my D90 and the autofocus worked just fine.
Worked fine on my D300 - not sure what your talking about
3:49 isn´t the F5 has a vertical grip shutter button?...I wonder he is not using it. Well... I think he just doesn't like to use it anyway 6:52 :)
Will you review the F6?
Yes, definitely at some point.
The real alternative back in the day was the F90X
The F6 is an even better, more modern and not that heavy camera. Unfortunately it's still quite expensive.