Nikon D5100
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14 years ago
Nikon D5100
Pros : Side-mounted tilt / swivel LCD screen; same sensor and processing as the Nikon D7000; good speed and battery life; in-camera HDR and filter effects; Full HD video capture with aperture control; audio levels control and external microphone jack.
Pros:
- Excellent image quality and high ISO performance
- very similar to the D7000
- Excellent dynamic range
- especially from RAW
- Compact body
- Versatile left-hinged swivel LCD with high resolution
- Records 1080p movies at up to 30fps
- Dedicated movie record button
- Chromatic aberration automatically
Cons:
- No support for screw-drive autofocus
- Somewhat weak flash with narrow coverage
- Built-in flash does not support wireless operation
- No dedicated ISO button
- No control over shutter speed or ISO for movies
- though aperture can be set before recording begins
- Warm Auto and Incandescent WB in tungsten
14 years ago
Nikon D5100
The DSLR can shoot three photos -- one regular exposure, one slightly higher and one slightly lower -- just in case the regular exposure isn't quite right, then you can choose from several Effects options such as Color Sketch, Miniature, Selective Color or Night Vision.
Pros:
- Terrific image quality
- even in low light
- Compact and lightweight
- Swiveling LCD screen
- Shoots 1,080p full HD video with manual control
- Exposure bracketing
Cons:
- Less beginner-friendly than Nikon D3200
- Sluggish autofocus in Live View and Movie mode
14 years ago
This review of this camera is currently available only as a low-resolution pdf version of the original magazine pages. You can download it here: Nikon D5100 Review
14 years ago
Nikon D5100 Review
The Nikon D5100 is a digital SLR that offers plenty to satisfy the needs of buyers looking to get a big sensor interchangeable lens camera for a relatively affordable price (under a thousand bucks/Euros).
Pros:
- Excellent image quality with low noise and good image traits (sharpness could be improved using good lenses
- Small size for an SLR with good ergonomics
- Flexible rotating 3 inch high resolution LCD with very good legibility
- Great (Above average) battery life
- Excellent performance
- great burst mode...
Cons:
- Kit lenses produce photos on the soft side (Solution: get better lenses if you want better sharpness
- Limited movie mode functions: No manual exposure control
- no wind filter
- slow AF
- Poor autofocus performance in live view mode
- Camera is a tad too reliant on menus (needs more function-assigned...
14 years ago
Nikon D5100: A Lightweight, 16MP APS-C D-SLR
The new Nikon D5100 D-SLR is a compact and lightweight DX-format camera. The body is about two-thirds the size of a D300, recording on SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards. The similarly compact kit lens, an 18-55mm VR, provides good balance, and, along with my Nikon SB-900 Speedlight, all fits neatly into a...
14 years ago
Hands-on Review: Nikon D5100
Benefitting from some of the technology developed for Nikon's high-end D7000, this more affordable camera employs a similar 16.2MP sensor and EXPEED 2 processor, but gains a new articulated LCD screen.
13 years ago
Hands-on Review: Nikon D5100
Benefitting from some of the technology developed for Nikon's high-end D7000, this more affordable camera employs a similar 16.2MP sensor and EXPEED 2 processor, but gains a new articulated LCD screen.
13 years ago
Nikon D5100
Nikon's followup to the D5000 digital SLR brings a higher-resolution image sensor with improved noise performance and dynamic range, as well as the company's latest-generation image processing algorithms.
Pros:
- Excellent image quality and high ISO performance
- very similar to the D7000
- Excellent dynamic range
- especially from RAW
- Compact body
- Versatile left-hinged swivel LCD with high resolution
- Records 1080p movies at up to 30fps
- Dedicated movie record button
- Chromatic aberration automatically
Cons:
- No support for screw-drive autofocus
- Somewhat weak flash with narrow coverage
- Built-in flash does not support wireless operation
- No dedicated ISO button
- No control over shutter speed or ISO for movies
- though aperture can be set before recording begins
- Warm Auto and Incandescent WB in tungsten
13 years ago
Adding to the line of DSLR cameras, Nikon has come up with another model i.e. Nikon D5100 , which is a successor of the very famous D5000 DSLR snapper of the Nikon family. The new member of the family is built with CMOS image sensor and EXPEED 2 processor, giving you exquisite image quality at 16.2...
13 years ago
D5100, same great sensor as D7000. Light, compact DSLR
GREAT camera. light compact great sensor
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