Kung Fu Chicken
The D5 has blown past my expectations! I’m so grateful B&H got one to me ASAP upon their release! The first 24×30 prints are on the drying rack and I love the results. Many keep asking me if I see in my photos all the bad things they’ve read about on the web about the D5. Wow, negatives about a new body on the web, glad I was sitting down when they asked me those questions! This photo of a Greater Prairie Chicken is a perfect example of my complete satisfaction with the D5.
Shot D5, 800mm w/TC-25e, Standard Picture Set, Auto2, ISO 800, no exposure comp in low light with Group-Area AF doing the focusing, all I had to do (and that was enough) was keep the sparing chickens in the viewfinder. The D5 did all the rest! The 24×30 print is stunning having qualities I don’t see out of the D4s. So, the D4s is going to be sold, D5 is firmly in my camera bag (here are my updated D5 settings). I have to rethink the way I do exposure compensation, White Balance and low light photography now which is a good thing, means personal growth. Do you need a D5? It’s very possible that the D500 which I’m told is basically a DX version of the D5, might be perfect for you. I can answer that question better in a month when I first see and shoot with a D500. But for me and my photography, the D5 is there perfect body for my photography!