DCRP Review: Nikon Coolpix 5. DCRP. Review: Nikon Coolpix 5. Jeff. Keller, DCRP Founder/Editor. Originally posted: Thursday, July 2. Last Updated. Tuesday, October 1. Printer. Friendly Version. ![]() Last. year, one of the most anticipated digital cameras was the Nikon. Coolpix 5. 00. 0 (see our. The expectations for the 5. Nikon's reputation for making top- notch cameras, that's. Detailed review of Nikon CoolPix 5700. Links to sample pictures and data sheet. Viewfinder A new feature on the Coolpix 5700 is the electronic viewfinder (EVF), essentially a miniaturized version of the LCD monitor, complete with information and menu. View and Download Nikon COOLPIX 5700 manual online. COOLPIX 5700 Digital Camera pdf manual download. Page 1 Guide to Digital Photography with the DIGITAL CAMERA. Page 2 …and delete unwanted pictures… …immediately …while shooting …during. What is this? This is the Coolpix 5700 - Guide to Digital Photography in Adobe PDF format. Download the Coolpix 5700 - Guide to Digital Photography File Size ~10MB Click Here for general instructions on downloading and reading a PDF file. . 2002 as part of a trio of new Coolpix digital cameras from Nikon. The 5700 marks the next logical progression from the Coolpix 5000 and adds a big eight times optical zoom lens.. ![]() When the 5. 00. 0 arrived, it hit with a thud, rather. The 5. 00. 0 wasn't the dream camera everyone was expecting. Nikon. Six. months later, the Coolpix. Featuring a big 8. X zoom lens, full. Is. the Coolpix 5. Find. out now in our review! What's. in the Box? The. Coolpix 5. 70. Inside. the box, you'll find: The. Mpixel Nikon Coolpix 5. MB. Compact. Flash card. EN- EL1. rechargeable Li- ion battery. Battery. charger Neck. . Nikon Coolpix 5700 by Jeff Keller, DCRP Founder/Editor Originally posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 Last Updated. October 15, 2002 Printer Friendly Version Last year, one of the most anticipated digital cameras was the Nikon). The expectations for the.
USB. cable A/V. cable. Lens. cap w/strap. CD- ROM. featuring Nikon. View 5 and other software. Since. I enjoy complaining, let me get the negatives out of the way first. Actually, there's only one: the memory card. The Coolpix 5. 00. MB Compact. Flash card, but for the 5. MB. card. The card is one of those unmarked Lexar "starter cards". A 1. 6MB is way too small for a camera with this kind of resolution. Apparently. models bought outside the U. S. include a 3. 2MB San. Disk card.)The. now familiar EN- EL1 rechargeable battery (5. Wh), also found on. CP5. 00. 0, is used here. Nikon estimates that the battery will. If you use. an IBM Microdrive, expect higher power consumption. I'm. a bit critic of most proprietary batteries for two reasons: 1) they're. Walgreens. The Coolpix 5. CR5 battery if you are desperate. I. know I'm not the only one who would like to see AA batteries return. Coolpix line. Some. AC adapter, as. well as the MB- E5. AA batteries. Charger. Nikon. includes an external charger for the EN- EL1. They also give you. The CP5. 70. 0 is a fairly large camera. Just. like on other Coolpix models, there are tons of optional accessories. That includes lenses, flashes, and hoods. You can get. wide- angle and telephoto lenses (all require a step- down ring). A wired remote control is available too. The. CP5. 70. 0 includes version 5. Nikon. View, which is one way to transfer. The software is Mac OS X native but is still sluggish and. The CP5. 70. 0 is compatible with Mac OS X and Windows XP. The. Coolpix's manual is somewhat confusing, but everything you need. It's also nice to see that Nikon. PDF version. Look. Feel. The. Coolpix 5. With. the exception of a few plastic parts, the 5. The 5. 70. 0's design resembles. Fuji Fine. Pix S6. The camera is easy to. The. official dimensions of the CP5. Wx. Hx. D). and it weighs 4. The camera is pretty. Let's. tour the CP5. The. Coolpix 5. 70. F2. 8- F4. 2, 8. X optical zoom lens. The other. 5 Megapixel cameras that are comparable to the 5. Minolta Di. MAGE 7i, 7. X; Sony DSC- F7. 07. X; Olympus E- 2. 0, 4. X). The. lens has a special "ED" (must.. Viagra joke). extra- low dispersion coating which helps to eliminate the chromatic. The. lens has a focal range of 8. The lens mount is threaded, but you'll need a step- down. One thing missing here compared. MP cameras is a manual focus ring. The E- 2. 0 and D7i. Directly. above the lens is the pop- up flash, which opens automatically. The. flash has a working range of 0. If you need more flash power, you can add an. More on that later. Just. to the left of that (below "Coolpix 5. Further. over to the left, you can see the self- timer/red- eye reduction lamp. When I first saw that, I thought, uh oh, here we go again. Those. who remember the CP5. I'm talking about: Nikon. Thankfully. the flash sensor is now right up by the flash. However, the red- eye. The. Coolpix 5. 70. Nikon's tradition of omitting an AF- assist. Here. now is the back of the camera. Like the Coolpix 5. LCD that can rotate in both directions. You can point. it toward the subject, and the image will be oriented correctly. You can also put it back in the traditional spot, like on most cameras. One. thing that really bothers me about the LCD is that it's too small! This is a camera that costs a bundle, and it has an LCD normally. The image on the LCD is bright. I found it hard to see unless you're looking straight. Just. above the LCD "bay" is the electronic viewfinder. With. the exception of the Olympus E- 1. EVFs. instead of traditional optical viewfinders. An EVF shows you the. LCD, including all menus, and there is no parallax. However, it does take up more. Nikon has kindly put a rubber. EVF, so your nose doesn't smudge the LCD. There. is also a diopter correction knob to bring things into focus for. The. EVF itself is of high quality - - it's got a lot of pixels (1. As you point the camera in different. Both the LCD and EVF. The. button just to the right of the EVF switches between the LCD and. EVF. The. four buttons to the right of the LCD bay include: Menu. Quick. Review. Delete. Disp(lay)The. display button toggles information on the LCD and EVF. Pressing. Quick Review once will show you the last image taken in a little. Pressing it again will fully. You can move between images using the four- way. Quick. Review feature. Speaking. of the four- way switch, it's just to the right of those four buttons. Above that is the mode switch (record/playback) and the zoom controls. The. zoom controls are very well placed and move the 8. X zoom smoothly. It takes two seconds to go from wide- angle to telephoto. Also, the. CP5. 70. I've tested that you choose between two. If you need to be. Now. here's the top of the CP5. The big thing here is the hot shoe. This will work with most Nikon Speedlights, including the new SB- 5. DX. model and the SB- 2. DX that I had on the D1. X (see. our review). For those interested in using an external flash. The CP5. 70. 0 does. AF- assist illumination, or redeye reduction. Speedlight.". The manual also insists that you only use a Nikon- brand flash. To. the right of the hot shoe is an LCD info display, which is always. It will show things such as flash setting, aperture. If you press the little light button next to it, the LCD. To. the right of the LCD backlight button is the Func(tion) button. By default, this holding this down while rotating the command dial. You can redefine the button. Below. that button is the command dial, used for changing manual settings. Up. at the top, you'll find buttons for mode and exposure compensation. The. mode button switches between: Program. Mode - camera picks best exposure settings. Shutter. Priority Mode - you choose shutter speed, camera picks appropriate. Shutter speed range is 8 sec - 1/4. Do note that. at 1/4. F7. 4 at. telephoto and F5. Aperture. Priority Mode - you choose aperture, camera picks shutter speed. Aperture range of F2. F8. 0 in 1/3 step increments. Manual. Mode - you choose aperture and shutter speed. This enables bulb. This pretty. much requires a remote shutter release cable and a tripod. Exposure. compensation is the usual - 2. EV to +2. EV in 1/3. EV increments. Just. One thing that bothered me about the power. I turned the camera on. On. this side is another design flaw, in my opinion. Nikon has placed. I'm just a klutz?). I'm not sure where else. The. buttons have two functions: one if you just press it, and another. Moving clockwise. Press. Hold. and Turn. Flash. (Auto, off, auto w/red- eye reduction, fill- flash, slow sync)ISO. Auto, 1. 00, 2. 00, 4. Quality. (see chart later)Size. Landscape/Macro/Self- timer. Manual. Focus. AE/AF. Lock- A. few notes about some of those items. When the ISO is set to Auto. That can add quite a bit of noise to your images, so I suggest keeping. ISO 1. 00. Manual focus mode. Manual. focus mode will let you use the command dial to focus. Nikon doesn't. give you an exact focus distance; rather, they give you a little. Not as. helpful as actual distances, in my opinion. Finally. the AE/AF lock button. By default, this button locks both the exposure. Some. other items of note on this side of the camera include the I/O ports. The I/O ports, found under a rubber cover, are. USB, power, and A/V. On. the other side of the camera you'll find the Compact. Flash slot. This is a Type II slot, and the IBM Microdrive is compatible. The. door seems a bit flimsy, but it closes tight. Lastly. here is the bottom of the camera, where you'll find the metal tripod. The battery door is much more. CF slot door, in my opinion. Using. the Nikon Coolpix 5. Record. Mode. Despite. Coolpix 5. 70. 0 starts up and is ready to go in. The lens starts in the wide- angle position. When. you depress the shutter release button halfway, the camera locks. Pressing the button fully will take the. Interestingly. enough, the 5. There is a quick response mode which speeds things up a bit, at. LCD. Strangely, this. Monitor Options panel in the setup menu. Only thing missing is a histogram. Shot- to- shot. speed is pretty good on the 5. You'll wait for just under 3 seconds. The camera has a sizable amount. You can also delete a photo while it's being written to. The. exception to this is when you're taking TIFF or RAW photos. A TIFF. photo will lock up the camera for over 2. A RAW mode photo. Speaking. of image quality settings, here's a chart of the various image size. Coolpix: #. of images on included 1. MB card. Image. Size. RAWHI. quality Fine. Normal. quality Basic. Full. 25. 60 x 1. N/A1. 71. 42. 7UXGA1. N/AN/A1. 63. 15. 9SXGA1. N/AN/A2. 44. 78. 6XGA1. N/AN/A3. 76. 91. 21. VGA6. 40 x 4. 80. N/AN/A8. 61. 44. 22. What. are those N/A's doing there? RAW files can only be "full size". TIFFs can be full or 3: 2 sized. The RAW (NEF) format is new to the. CP5. 70. 0 - - it has been used on Nikon's digital SLRs up until now. A RAW image is as it sounds - - RAW, unprocessed image data from. CCD. You must process it on your computer with Nikon. View or. the optional Nikon. Capture software in order to save it out into. The 5. 70. 0 will also let you convert from RAW to HI. TIFF) in the camera itself. RAW files take up about half as much. TIFF files. If. you want to find out how many photos a larger memory card will hold. For example, a 1gb Microdrive will. Sounds easy enough, but lots of people do ask me this.
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