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Nikon D5 and D500 Digital SLR Cameras Win the Prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016

The following video presents Nikon D5: Product Tour:

Meet the new frontier of image capturing, the flagship Nikon D5.

Whether you are photographing stills or shooting videos in 4K UHD, keep up with your vision with the D5. Equipped with a 20.8-megapixel CMOS image sensor and an EXPEED 5 image-processing engine, capture your subjects in richer and more natural tonal gradation.

Beat the odds and shoot up to 12 frames per second with autofocus and auto exposure tracking between shots for up to 200 shots in RAW when using XQD memory cards.

Redefine the boundaries of your shooting possibilities…

Nikon recently announced that the following Nikon digital SLR cameras have been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016:

Nikon D5
Nikon D5
Nikon D500
Nikon D500

The following video presents Introducing the new Nikon D500 DX-format HD-SLR camera:

In this video, Nikon Canada’s Mark Cruz provides an overview of the new D500 DX-format HD-SLR camera that’s packed with pro-level features and extreme processing power in a body that’s compact, durable and lightweight.

Like its sibling the D5, the D500 benefits from Nikon’s latest technological innovations. With a blazing fast Multi-CAM 20K 153-point AF system, 3.2-inch high resolution touchscreen LCD, the ability to record UHD 4K video files, an ISO range of 100-51,200 (expandable to 50-1,640,000 equivalent) and new Nikon SnapBridge, the D500 is suitable for photographers of all kinds.

Watch the D5 video series: http://bit.ly/1OLdyFD

NEWS RELEASE

Two Nikon products—the D5 and D500 digital SLR cameras receive the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016

April 18, 2016

TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that two Nikon digital SLR cameras, the D5 and D500, have been awarded the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016, sponsored by Germany’s Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen.

The Red Dot Award: Product Design is a world-class award presented to products released over the past two years that exhibit superiority in terms of a total of nine aspects, including innovation, functionality, ergonomics, ecology, and durability.

2016 is the 61st time the Red Dot Award: Product Design has been held. Winners selected from roughly 5,200 entries from 57 countries around the world will be on display at a special exhibition to be held from July 5 to July 31, 2016 at the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen Germany.

See the Red Dot Online website for further information on the Red Dot Design Awards.

D5 overview

The D5 is Nikon’s latest flagship digital SLR. It offers superior performance that begins with a markedly improved ability to track moving subjects and notably better image quality at high sensitivities, as well as the ability to respond to a wide variety of scenes and subjects. Equipped with a next-generation, 153-point AF system and offering high-speed, approximately 12-fps* continuous shooting performance (with AF and AE tracking), the camera is capable of more certain capture of the intended subject under a variety of circumstances. In addition, the new Nikon FX-format CMOS sensor and new EXPEED 5 image-processing engine have enabled support for the highest standard sensitivity in Nikon’s history, ISO 102400, as well superior high-sensitivity performance not only with capture of still images, but also with recording of newly supported 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) movies.

*At shutter speeds of 1/250 s or faster in CH release mode.

D500 overview

The D500 is Nikon’s new flagship DX-format digital SLR camera. It is equipped with the same next-generation, 153-point AF system built into the D5, and supports certain capture of the intended subject with high-speed, approximately 10-fps*1 continuous shooting. Adoption of the new EXPEED 5 image-processing engine and a new Nikon DX-format CMOS sensor ensure superior image quality over a broad range of standard sensitivities, from ISO 100 to 51200, with recording of both still images and movies. What’s more, the camera responds to the needs of professionals with support for 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) movie recording, as well as SnapBridge, an app that enables seamless connection of the camera to a smart device*2.

*1 At shutter speeds of 1/250 s or faster in AF-C autofocus mode and all other settings at default values.
*2 Smartphones and tablets running iOS or Android™.

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The following video presents Nikon D5: My Nebraska:

Equipped with the new Nikon D5, Nikon Ambassador Bill Frakes heads home to Nebraska to capture the Cornhusker State’s beauty in stunning 4K UHD video.


You can pre-order / buy these Nikon cameras  and accessories at B&H (prices are in USD):

 

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