The Nikon F5 review

Bulletproof.

This is probably the first word that one says when one picks up the F5 for the first time. The second word will be "tank”. And the third probably something like “wow.”

Yes, this is one of the last great camera ever made. This camera was made without any cost sparing. It was made to be the best camera ever made. It was so good that it was still used daily in the ISS until 2006. It was made out of a solid block of steel and even the viewfinder was made out of something indestructible (titanium).

I bought on used on BHphotovideo in 2014 and never looked back. This camera went through hell since then. as It literally spent a full summer at the back of my Jeep (which had no roof, so it rained and snowed in quite a few times…) before I found it again, among a bunch of tools and tow straps. I thought I had forgotten it to a friend’s home. So what a surprise when I found in, six months later, randomly squashed between a jerry can and some work tool that I never used. I threw a set of new batteries…and it just fired away. I finished the roll and got it developed. All the pictures were perfectly exposed. That was back in 2015, and I’ve used it quite a bit since then. It’s just like an ol’ friend: It’s always there for you when you need it.