The Nikon D5 features an all-new 20.8MP FX format CMOS sensor with Nikon’s Expeed 5 image processor. The new processor, for its part, will act as an enabler for the camera’s video functionality, as the D5 can shoot 4K UHD 30p movies. However, you can only shoot three minutes of 4K video at a time with a 1.5x crop factor. Pro videographers who use wide-angle lenses for their assignments might find this to be of some concern.
The other significant upgrade in the D5 is its new AF system, with a whopping 153 AF points, of which 99 are cross-sensor types. The D4s had just 51 AF points, of which 15 were cross-sensor types. The centre focus point has a detection range beginning at -4EV, while the other ones begin at -3EV, which makes sense, considering the extreme high ISOs that the camera can shoot at. The native ISOs now range from 100–1,02,400, expandable from ISO 50– 32,80,000 which sounds like a formidable low-light performer. The D5 is capable of shooting at 12fps bursts with AF and 14fps with mirror lock-up. Interestingly, the D5 is also the world’s first pro DSLR to have a touchscreen. After the criticism received by the D4S of including one CF and one XQD slot, the D5 changes things with two variants—one which uses dual CF cards and the other, which uses dual XQD cards. One can also switch between the two as the memory card module is a removable unit.
Just like we saw with the D3 and D300 launched together in 2008, the D500, too, is the APS-C version of the D5. This 20.9MP camera features the same AF system as the one in the D5, but since it’s on a crop sensor, the coverage range extends almost to the edge of the frame.
The camera has the same EXPEED 5 processor as in the D5 and is capable of shooting at 10fps with a 200 shot RAW buffer. Moreover, you can also make 4k UHD 30p movies for a duration of 29 minutes with it. The ISO ranges from 100–51200, expandable to 50–16,40,000.
The Nikon D500 comes with dual card slots, one for XQD and the other for SD cards. Strangely, unlike its previously held philosophy with cameras like the D700, D800 and D300, the D500 will have no inbuilt flash. A pathbreaking feature of the D500 is the proprietary SnapBridge technology, which allows you to transfer images wirelessly with the use of Bluetooth. This is an always-on technology that apparently makes transfers nearly instantaneous. The SRP of the D5 is USD 6499.95 while the D500 is USD 1999.95.
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