Nikon F5 Body EXCELLENT

The Nikon F5 is a well-built professional grade 35mm camera. It was their top of the line camera introduced in 1996.

Important advances in the F5 included:

• Nikon 3-D color matrix meter (the F4 had introduced multi-segment matrix metering to the F series, but color sensing was new).
• A self-diagnostic and self-adjusting shutter.
• A mirror-balance system that reduced camera shake.
• Electronically controlled exposure times from 1/8000 second to 30 seconds.
• Built-in 8 frame per second motor drive (up from 5.7 frame/s on the F4).
• 1/300 second flash sync (up from 1/250 on the F4). However, at 1/300 second, flash units could not use their full capacity.
• Full support for Nikkor AF-S and G designated lenses (the F4 could not use G lenses in aperture-priority or full manual modes).
• Support for the Vibration Reduction (VR) image stabilization feature of newer Nikkor lenses.
• Five focus points for the autofocus sensor (up from one on the F4) with intelligent dynamic autofocus mode.
• A new industrial design by Giorgetto Giugiaro (also designer of the F3 and F4).
• An integral vertical/battery grip with additional shutter release and adjustment wheel controls (previous Nikon F models had used a range of removable battery grips).

It is a fast camera! Fast loading and rewinding, fast autofocus. It is considered by many to be the pinnacle of Nikon's 35mm cameras.