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| Date Reviewed: Dec 12, 2002 |
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Strengths: Picture Quality, Picture Quality, Picture Quality, Sharp 8X optical lens. 5 MP. Compact flash type I & II. Well-designed and packed with features
Weaknesses: Would like a manual fucus ring.
Summary: Superb pictures. The cleanest and most true to life pictures in digital cameras costing less than $1000. Although others have mentioned the problems with focusing low light, this is not a problem once the cameras switch to the single focus mode. The single focus mode also increases the battery life.
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| Date Reviewed: Dec 29, 2002 |
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Strengths: A great 5 megapixel camera that has a fantastic zoom lens. The additional telephoto adapter is well worth the expense.
Weaknesses: A little slow but not bad at all for a compact camera. The wide angle lens is heavy and large.
Summary: A really great camera with it's fixed zoom lens. I carry it in my SUV to take pictures at most any time. Easy to leave in the truck when I don't want to carry alot of gear. Used as a backup for my D1H and D100.
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| Date Reviewed: Aug 7, 2002 |
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Strengths: Ease of use based on previous CP5000 ownership. Improved lens and elimininaton of chromatic aberation.
Weaknesses: Left side buttons being exposed.
Summary: 2002-08-07 02:18:07 Zoom is teriffic. Better lens thean CP5000. Much better capabilities than 5000. Vewfinder is like SLR and much easier to use than LCD. Viewfinder info and clear and ability to see menu there is handy. Good feel and balance. Photos are excellent. Good autofocusing. Excellent macro photos.
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| Date Reviewed: Jan 24, 2007 |
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 Many years later Strengths: Great quality of pictures
Weaknesses: some.....
Summary: I am still using it after 3.5 years later. I had this since 06/2003, it took great pictures.
The 2nd year it got lense jam once, had to send it back to fix. Turned out it should be a bad design of the power switch - it can easily turn on if you put it in the storage bag. A lot people had such discussions and had the same issues.
2 months ago (11/2006) the CCD died. Had to send it back to Nikon again. I had been forced to purchase an extra 5 year extended warranty (the saleman from Brooklyn NY - online store - cheated me) that somehow saved my money today - don't get me wrong, getting an extended warranty is always a plus - but just the way of that saleman sold it was not a pleasant experience. ( I now do pirchase extra warranty for all my digi cams.)
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| Date Reviewed: Feb 10, 2006 |
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Strengths: Very Durable, Good flexibility, Takes greate pictures
Weaknesses: Slow, bad in low light. The automatic settings are not good for all situations.
Summary: I've bought this camera over a year ago. I also got 5 batteries, a hood, and an extra charger from PriceGrabber.com. This combination is greate for traveling. I used the camera in Iran, Brazil, Peru, China and all over America. It takes great pictures and has been a great travel companion. I've used in wet, sandy, and rain/windy situations and it has survived with minimal maintenance. I would suggest this camera to any using a camera for the first time. All aspects of the camera are available to manual adjustments. This camera forces you to learn how to use cameras. It shoots slow and is hard to use in low light situations. Other then those to problems it is an excellent picture tool. I'm replacing mine with the D50.
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| Date Reviewed: Mar 3, 2005 |
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 Once you read this, you'll know that I don't work ... Strengths: None
Weaknesses: Extremely overcomplicated; settings that should require seconds require lengthy searching through myriad, uncomprehensible -- heiroglyphic -- codes. Resets itself, extremely difficult to focus.
Summary: Once you read this, you'll know that I don't work for anyone that makes money from Nikon. I've read several glowing reviews on this camera and I can't image how the reviewers could laud such a beast. I'll concede that mine may be a lemon, but, I've used cameras for more than 30 years and this is the very worstI've ever come across.
And, it is extremely difficult to use. The function controls are placed in four locations: buttons alongside the lens; buttons atop the camera; a top viewing screen and the main, backside viewing screen. The lens-mounted buttons are small and contain difficult to read symbols. Further, they only function under certain main-screen settings. The top-side buttons, placed alongside the shutter button, have multiple purposes that one must either memorize or research. The top viewing screen is thumbnail sized and often displays a dozen miniature -- generally unreadable -- symbols that are changed by one or more of the three other controls. The backside, main screen has more symbols than Microsoft Basic, with submenus under submenus. Its like paging through Genesis. Truth is, finding and changing settings is mind-boggling, time consuming and infuriating.
A back-screen sub-menu indicates that you can manually focus (using a top button control)but this is ineffective and only works for one shot (in my camera, anyway.) Also, in use, my 5700 sometimes refuses to focus. I mean, it locks up and refuses to move. You can't do anything. I've turned it on and off (rebooting) and it still won't move. Finally, through ten angry minutes of seaching the instruction book and menus, I've learned to reset the focus funtion and to have it begin focusing again. This has happened more than once.
Maddingly, my Coolpix 5700 has more than once changed its white balance in the middle of a sequence. I've seen three different primary color hues-- normal, red and blue -- in one continuous shoot of the same subject with the same light.
Its absolutely maddening to use in low light -- in fact, it won't focus, even on the single focus mode (once you find the Divinci code for that). And, low light, for this unit, is not what any decent photographer would call low. I'm talking of shooting with a bank of four, 300 watt 3200K incandescents ten feet away.
I've also carried the camera to shoot street scenes on cloudy New York City days where, again, it refused to accuratly focus. Also, in low light, you can't read the symbols in the top screen.
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| Date Reviewed: Mar 29, 2003 |
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Strengths: Good size and feel. Quality is superb. Zoom lens has made for some fabulous close ups and excellently framed shots.
Weaknesses: Low light photography. It takes toooooo long to focus. Even using ASA of 800 doesn't solve it. Once it does take them, they are good. I have taken to using a monopod.
Summary: I also have a Nikon 990 - the improvement is amazing. I am up over 4,000 photos on this camera in 5 months. My shots on the 5700 matched those on a pro's D1X at a friends wedding. The lens quality and ease of use is great. Sure the manual is complex, but so is photography. This camera allows adjustments for almost any situation. The low light capability needs improvement. For now I recognize that 98% of my shots have good light!
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| Date Reviewed: Sep 15, 2004 |
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Strengths: Picture quality, lots of options, tele mode, strap.
Weaknesses: Battery life only 650mAh, starting memory is too small, sometimes there are noises while recording movie because microphone is nearby focus.
Summary: Shipped one day eariler than I expected it. Well packed. Camera generally is the best that I ever had. Pictures are great and clear. Best shot selector works very well. If you know photography trick you got excellent way to try it with this camera. But it's not big deal if you are novice. Very good manual will help you. Camera was shipped with all neccesary equipment.
Only two things that you should buy are...larger battery and larger memory. I paid 36$ for 256MB compact flash but now I don't care about space:D
I recommend it for professional and amateur photography!!!
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| Date Reviewed: Nov 26, 2003 |
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Strengths: Great zoom lens. Lots of flexibility in using controls. It was hard to hold until I bought MB-E5700 battery pack that attaches to the base of the camera.
Weaknesses: The camera features take awhile to learn. Built in flash tends to produce pics on the lighter side. Flash pics are considerably better if you buy the SB-80DX speedlight.
Summary: I bought the Nikon 5700 because I wanted to use it for taking sports pictures and for other kinds of pictures around my home and for short road trips. It is very good for that. The camera features allow you to take pictures that reflect your tastes as far as saturation, focus, etc. I love the swiveling LCD screen, too. Because I use the battery pack, the camera is rather bulky for a digital when you are on an extensive trip. (By the way, some reviewers recommend the Powerex Maha NiMH batteries for the battery pack, but they would not work in the MB-E5700; I ended up getting some Sunpak 1800mAh batteries and they worked just great.) You might also consider the purchase of a smaller, inexpensive camera to be used solely for vacations; however, the Nikon 5700 is great for everything else. When you make prints from your digital shots, you will be amazed at the superb quality. Friends of mine who have seen my 8X10's are shocked when they find out that they were done with a digital because the prints are extremely sharp and have vibrant colors. You do need to buy a good software program for tweaking the pictures - cropping, etc., and you do need to get a high quality printer, but the results will astound you.
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| Date Reviewed: Oct 1, 2002 |
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Strengths: 5 m.p.'s, feature rich, 8x zoom...well designed.
Weaknesses: none
Summary: This is an excellent camera. Buy far the best that I have used..and trust me I have had plenty, G2, 707, D30/40, just to name a few. The Nikon 5700 has a responsive small, compact metal body with every feature one could image. The image quality is exceptional. The color is glorious.
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| Date Reviewed: Jan 4, 2003 |
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Strengths: picture quality.
Weaknesses: low light focusing, no lens thread, no manual focusing ring, No rear shutter flash, too small, too light (hard to hold it steady).
Summary: There are weaknesses, but this is the best digital camera you can get at this price. I bought this camera for its lens. Who cares what the other cameras can do? If I can have this Nikon ED lens, I am willing to put off with the weaknesses. The picture quality from this camera is equal to professional camera (unless you are using a thousand dollar lens). Of course, you will miss some fast-shooting opportunities because of its weaknesses. But, it will do the job most of the time. I have a Nikon speedlight SB-28DX, because I take a lot of indoor shots. It seems to work well. You can screw on UV filter if you'd like. Search the web, there is a store that makes the adopter for lens thread. I spent $100.00 at RadioShack. And I made myself an external battery pack. I have 9 D size batteries wired up to power my camera and speedlight. You may buy a similar product at Quantum Instrument for $550.00. I also spent $7.00 and came up with an AA size battery pack which I attach it on the strap. I am not willing to shell out $130.00 for Nikon's battery pack. Between the internal and AA batteries, I get about 3-4 hours of working time. I dug into my electro-trash bin and found a SONY 8.4v AC adopter. I turned that into a DC power source. What I'm trying to prove is that I am a very thrifty & creative person. I can tell you that cookpix 5700 has some weaknesses, but it will give you the best picture quality, which is what matters the most.
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| Date Reviewed: Nov 22, 2002 |
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Strengths: Metal body,Superb picture quality,SLR feel,ETC,ETC.ETC.
Weaknesses: Would like a manual fucus ring.
Summary: I own three Nikon SLR cameras, but I doubt if I'll ever use them again. The 5700 has everything I'll ever need in a camera. It's certainly a blessing not to have to wait for film to come back from the processing lab. If you can only afford one camera, this is the one to buy. It's not cheap, but it's all Nikon quality and should last a lifetime.
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| Date Reviewed: Aug 18, 2002 |
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Strengths: Everything
Weaknesses: No Filter ability
Summary: I've owned the Sony 707, Dimage 7, Olympus C2500 & C2100UZ and this Nikon 5700 blows them away. It is stunning and the picture quality is surpassed by none. I thought the Sony 707 would be my last camera, but the Nikon 5700 took things to a new level, Thanks Nikon!
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| Date Reviewed: Oct 30, 2003 |
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Strengths: Photo quality, ease of use in automatic mode, zoom lens, functionality almost limitless.
Weaknesses: Macro capability is difficult to perfect with this camera. esp. focus (lot of luck involved). Filters from Nikon slow in coming. Multifuntion buttons are easy to change. Slow write speed to CF.
Summary: I have mixed feelings about this camera. Overall, I really like the ease of using it. I have taken some outstanding photos with it, but I personally feel that something is lacking in the overall quality of the output. It travels well, is very light. I carry an extra battery, which takes care of my needs (400 - 600 photos). Color rendition is good. I'm looking into other cameras now which are more like 35 mm. The 5700 has a narrow range when it comes to f-stop. When using the zoom, you have to use a tripod. It's extremely sensitive to movement. Nikon has recently released a 67 mm filter adapter, but these are backordered everywhere. Don't know what the problem is, as it is a piece of molded plastic.
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| Date Reviewed: Apr 23, 2004 |
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Strengths: Picture and Nikon Quality. Good Ergonomics.
Weaknesses: Eats batteries like I eat Cheesesteaks (and I love cheesesteaks). Not a "snapshot" camera
Summary: I bought my camera 2 months ago for my work as a police officer. I've used this camera for macro work for fingerprints and crime scene photos. It has worked admirably and never has let me down, and I have taken over 2000 pictures. I'm not a professional photographer and feel that my appraisal is geared toward the average guy who is looking for semi-pro product.
I recently took the camera on a 10 day trip to Disney, Universal, and Seaworld which I believe tested how the average person would use this camera. I brought 2 512 meg cards, a 256 meg card, and the 8 meg that came with the camera. I also bought 5 batteries online to bring along.
1. The camera has a voracious appetite for batteries and I advise buying a few extra.
2. I bought a lens filter set and found it was not needed as the Nikon exposure and white balance settings seemed to work very well.
3. The camera is not the first choice for quick snapshots and I had to anticipate fast action shots like jumping dolphins ect. Use the infinity focus setting or you will miss the shot. The multiple shot setting worked well for this, but again you have to setup the camera before hand. The camera does have several macros and once you set these up it only takes a few seconds to change.
4. An external flash is a must.
5. I received my Nikon rebate check yesterday, it only took 4 weeks.
6. I printed several pictures with a hp k60 all in one and printed them at 8.5x11 inches. They look fantastic with perfect detail and no pixelization.
7. video mode is not the best as you can only shoot 1 minute at a time, then have to wait for the camera to finish writing to the card. Would be nice if the camera would continue to write as long as the card had room. I realize the camera is a still camera first and a video camera 2nd, but....
8. Overall an excellent product
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