Any reports on the P5100 image quality ?

[Pablo]

Hi all,

I have recieved the Nikon P5100 into stock but due to certain reasons I can't take it home to have a play.

Does anyone own one and care to give me their views on the picture quality.

Is it much of an improvement over the P5000

I hope so. I was not overly impressed with the P5000.

Any feedback will be welcome

Thank you

[gomobile]

I'm not sure about P5000 but i do own the P5100 for a week now and here's a short review.

Focusing speed, responce time and shutter lag: Good.
It seems pretty fast, i have not encounter when the camera keeps hunting without a lock on.
Responce time is brilliant, from power on and start up is almost less than a second.
Shutter lag, I would say very minimal. From taking a shot to the next, to me i dun detact any delay.

Photo quality and noise: Good
I have been playing with the camera and i am very satisfied with the colors and quality of the images. my primary camera is D200 with 17- 55 2.8 lens, yet i find that i am very happy with the out put, of course d200 is better but for a compact, i have no complains.
Noise is a problem above 400, but not unusable, i can accept photos i have taken at iso800.

What i like about P5100: ittl hotshoe, very good image at low iso, Sharpness, VR, price and size.
The hotshoe with my sb800 is a godsend, even when it looked totally unbalance and top heavy. I find myself holding on to the sb800 when taking a shot. This has enable me to take night photos at iso 64 which is noise free. I have to mention this camera is very very sharp too.
The VR really works, I find myself getting good and sharp shots at night even without flash. The size is a plus, and the way it fit's in to my hand is great, feels like a mini DSLR. will be posting some images soon.
It's very well priced too.

[achanth]

Does the P5100 allow any lens attachment, for zoom or for wide angle? Thanks.

[jefflyc]

Yes, can fit the wide angle & tele converter.
There is a video at cnet showing wide angle attached.

BTW : any comparison to Canon G9?
thks

[captnj]

I like my p5100. Sold my 18-200vr because of it now my slr is for pro lenses like the trinities. The shutter lag after prefocus is fine. It does well in low (but not stupidly low) light. It is fast enuf to take action shots (once prefocused) of my clients in my gym so they can check their exercise technique. great with an sb-400. Good buy for me and the purposes i use it for.

[gomobile]

yeah, now i'm shopping for a sb400. sb 800 and 600 just make it not a compact any more. :P Captain J how much you got yours?

[cichlid]

Originally Posted by captnj I like my p5100. Sold my 18-200vr because of it now my slr is for pro lenses like the trinities. The shutter lag after prefocus is fine. It does well in low (but not stupidly low) light. It is fast enuf to take action shots (once prefocused) of my clients in my gym so they can check their exercise technique. great with an sb-400. Good buy for me and the purposes i use it for.

How much izit? i'm selling my FZ 7, probably will get this to replace it.

[captnj]

580 with case and 2gb sd card.

[cichlid]

Originally Posted by captnj 580 with case and 2gb sd card.

thanks!

[gomobile]

i got mine at 599 with 2gb card. on the higher side i guess.

[Pablo]

Thank you gomobile and captnj for your replies

Hope to hear from others also that own the P5100.....

Thank you all.

[eow]

Originally Posted by Pablo Thank you gomobile and captnj for your replies Hope to hear from others also that own the P5100..... Thank you all.

try it out sometime ago at cathay....i must say i'm very impressed with this little camera, it look good, feel good and image quality also very good
some sample directly resized to 1/4 of it original size without any pp
i dun have the exif data with me now so dun knw what iso setting i take for
the below shot

[gomobile]

a rough snap using P5100

[Pablo]

Oooo, thank you eow and gomobile for your examples

This camera looks like it can satisfy quite well from the impressive examples you have shown.

As I mentioned in the begining, I have recently recieved this model into stock but have not had the time or oppertunity to give it a good try out.

I appreciate your assistance in backing up what my expectations of the camera would be.

Cheers

[grantyale]

gomobile: Please share more about the AF speed and replay lag. Thanks :-)

[gomobile]

Hi grantyale, i have the P5100 in my hand now, here goes, turning it on and ready to shoot almost less than a second, the camera start up pretty fast, LCD on, lens cover sildes open and lens extend out in less than a second. Focusing on my tv, almost immediately the focus locked on. No lag. My indoor is quite well lit with sunlight coming from window. Even indoors i feel focusing is fast. Replay lag is reviewing of photos? Well reviewing of photos is not bad, responcive, you'll see a pixlated vversion at first then the hi quality version will come shortly after, so it's not immediate but to me still fast.

[gomobile]

One new finding that surprises me this morning when i took a photo of a friend using portrait mode with face detection on, taking in portrait orientation, the P5100 automatically stores and orientate the photo in to portrait format. It doesn't have the rattling mechanism like in DSLR to differentiate portrait and landscape format, but it uses the face detection to achieve that. Pretty neat function. This mean we have no need to orientate portrait photos manually. Sorry if this is old new to some. It's new to me

[captnj]

just to check... it cannot use the IR remote right? I cant seem to find the function in the manual... thats sad!

[gomobile]

i dun think there is, there's a microphone, focuing assist bulb and viewfinder. Other than that i dun see IR any where. what a waste.

[deadpixel]

Originally Posted by captnj just to check... it cannot use the IR remote right? I cant seem to find the function in the manual... thats sad!

There's no IR remote but it can be used for IR photography

Unlike it's predecessor, the P5000, the P5100 does not seem to have a problem with hot spots.

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