When Nikon launched the D5100, it won all the awards going and has proved, over the years to be a superb camera for enthusiast and professional alike. It boasted the sort of technology that graced some of Nikon's more expensive models. The 16 MegaPixel sensor came from the D7000, for example.
Whilst the D5100 doesn't have an inbuilt motor for AF-S lenses, autofocus is really very good and videographers have been very happy with the Tracking Mode.
Active D lighting - Nikon's method of measuring the brightest spot of the image and highlighting some of the tones- is very effective and enables the D5100 to give an image the correct brightness without losing the contrast.
Frames per Second is often a good guide the a camera's versatility and the D5100 can shoot 4 FPS. More importantly it can do so for up to 100 frames before the buffer gets jammed.
Nikon, like most still camera manufactureres have seen the potential of video. The tiltable screen makes shooting from novel angles so much easier and the stereo Mic socket ensures that the sound is crisp and clean.
It also has some great effect modes including night vision, (which can shoot a bw image right up to 102,400 iso) to color sketch which gives the image a naive cartoonish quality.
The built in flash on a camera of this type is never really taken seriously - most buyers will have their own flashguns, but this one is perfectly adequate for fill in and emergencies. It actually holds flesh tones really well.
The D5100 doesn't feel as sturdy as it's more expensive siblings. It has a plastic casing rather than an alloy. Nevertheless it feels comfortable in hand and the dials and buttons are well placed. The menus are logical and intuitive and any beginner should be able to find their way around fairly easily.
Nikon have a great reputation for image quality and the D5100 can produce superb pictures in nearly all conditions. The technology in the camera is excellent and in many areas is equal to the D7000 or even D3s. the built quality is the only clue that this isn't a top of the range model, being a plastic casing instead of an alloy. The D5100 is a really superb camera and will be hard to improve on. The technicians at Nikon have a huge challenge to meet expectations for the D5200, which is expected soon.
Whilst the D5100 doesn't have an inbuilt motor for AF-S lenses, autofocus is really very good and videographers have been very happy with the Tracking Mode.
Active D lighting - Nikon's method of measuring the brightest spot of the image and highlighting some of the tones- is very effective and enables the D5100 to give an image the correct brightness without losing the contrast.
Frames per Second is often a good guide the a camera's versatility and the D5100 can shoot 4 FPS. More importantly it can do so for up to 100 frames before the buffer gets jammed.
Nikon, like most still camera manufactureres have seen the potential of video. The tiltable screen makes shooting from novel angles so much easier and the stereo Mic socket ensures that the sound is crisp and clean.
It also has some great effect modes including night vision, (which can shoot a bw image right up to 102,400 iso) to color sketch which gives the image a naive cartoonish quality.
The built in flash on a camera of this type is never really taken seriously - most buyers will have their own flashguns, but this one is perfectly adequate for fill in and emergencies. It actually holds flesh tones really well.
The D5100 doesn't feel as sturdy as it's more expensive siblings. It has a plastic casing rather than an alloy. Nevertheless it feels comfortable in hand and the dials and buttons are well placed. The menus are logical and intuitive and any beginner should be able to find their way around fairly easily.
Nikon have a great reputation for image quality and the D5100 can produce superb pictures in nearly all conditions. The technology in the camera is excellent and in many areas is equal to the D7000 or even D3s. the built quality is the only clue that this isn't a top of the range model, being a plastic casing instead of an alloy. The D5100 is a really superb camera and will be hard to improve on. The technicians at Nikon have a huge challenge to meet expectations for the D5200, which is expected soon.
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