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Reviews of Nikon D5100

Testseek.com have collected 137 expert reviews of the Nikon D5100 and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Nikon D5100.
Award: Most Awarded April 2011
April 2011
 
(83%)
137 Reviews
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The editors liked

  • Very good photo quality
  • With impressive high ISO performance
  • Compact
  • Solid
  • And generally well designed body
  • 3inch LCD with 921k pixels can flip to the side and rotate
  • Plenty of manual controls
  • With RAW image format support (of course)
  • Snappy performance in most areas
  • With good continuous shooting mode
  • Full HD movie mode with continuous autofocus
  • Active DLighting reduces highlight clipp
  • External microphone port
  • Supports optional geotagging
  • User selectable focus points
  • Great color reproduction
  • Strong low light performance
  • Well-rounded feature set
  • Top notch image quality (still and video)
  • Excellent low light/high ISO performance
  • Beautiful 3-inch
  • High resolution articulated LCD
  • New special effects
  • Full time AF in Live View and Video
  • Excellent image quality
  • Very good video quality
  • Beginner friendly onscreen help
  • Very low image noise
  • Excellent whitebalance
  • Reliable metering
  • Good dynamic range
  • Accurate autofocus system
  • Quick shutterlag
  • Great shottoshoot speed
  • Instant poweron and off times
  • Quick to record and stop video
  • Full HD video with autofocus
  • Good bu
  • Superb still image and video quality. Excellent low-light shooting capability. Sharp
  • Articulating LCD. Continuous autofocus during Live View shooting. Lots of useful in-camera effects.
  • For an APS-C camera very good noise qualities
  • High dynamic range
  • Tilt and shivle LCD screen
  • Excellent photo quality with a good noise profile
  • A streamlined shooting design for both photo and video
  • And a broad
  • Practical feature set contribute to the Nikon D5100's strengths
  • Quality 16-megapixel images
  • 3-inch vari-angle LCD (921K pixels)
  • ISO range of 100 to 25
  • 600
  • Unintimidating interface
  • But with plenty of manual control
  • Articulated
  • High-res LCD screen
  • Sophisticated AF system for the price
  • Easy manual selection of off-center AF points
  • Unusually fast Live View AF for a low-end DSLR (but still relatively slow compared to mirrorless competitors)
  • Effects modes are fun and beginner-friendly
  • Much improved continuous shooting p
  • Quality images with good balance of detail and noise
  • Articulated screen with 3in / 920k panel
  • HD video at multiple fps with mic input and continuous AF
  • Fun EFFECTS mode
  • Some of which can be applied to video.
  • Good image quality
  • Improved live view mode
  • Responsive AF
  • Impressive movie options

The editors didn't like

  • Photos tend to be soft
  • Slow focusing in live view mode
  • Poor low light focusing (with LV)
  • Movie mode woes
  • Sluggish and noisy continuous AF
  • No manual controls
  • Some controls poorly located
  • Namely the live view switch and movie recording button
  • Camera could use more direct buttons
  • Autofocus only available with AFS and AFI lenses
  • Wireless flash control would've been nice
  • Full manual on CDRO
  • Onboard microphone picks up everything
  • Dedicated ISO button would be a plus
  • No dedicated ISO button
  • Requires AF-S lens with built-in AF motor
  • Live View and video AF aren’t lightning fast
  • Special Effects parameters must be set in Live View
  • Poor control layout
  • Lacks live histogram
  • Aperture glitch in live view
  • Mostly slow autofocus
  • Uneven color response
  • Slight image softness
  • Noisereduction even when disabled
  • LCD glare when settings are changed
  • LiveView not exposurepriority
  • Microphone records camera noise
  • Difficulty to setup video framing
  • Limited externa
  • Continuous autofocus in Live View is slow. Some lens noise when autofocusing in video mode. No 720p60 video recording.
  • Partly inconvenient menu
  • You sometimes have to scroll a long time to get to the parameters that you want to adjust
  • No internal AF drive
  • A number of Nikon lenses lose their AF possibilities in combination with the D5100
  • You so
  • While it's fast
  • Some aspects of the D5100's performance still lag behind its class
  • Kit lens is just a starting point
  • Awkward control system
  • Video good not great
  • Sub-optimal placement of some second-tier controls (like live view switch)
  • Movie shooting button 'orphaned' from live view switch
  • Buggy Live View / Movie Mode (movies aren't necessarily recorded at set aperture)
  • No live histogram in live view
  • AF still a little sluggish in live view mode
  • Full-time AF not very effective in live view or movies
  • Only direct external ISO control is via slightly
  • Continuous movie AF can be visibly and audibly distracting
  • UI slow for experienced owners
  • No Live Histogram in Live View
  • No motor to autofocus older (non AF-S) lenses.
  • Noncustomiseable Effects
  • No AFpoint lock
  • No remote commander
  • No DoF preview

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  Published: 2011-04-22, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Takes beautiful photos and videos but at this price it needs more accessible controls. We'd stick to the cheaper D3100. ...

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  Published: 2011-04-05, review by: Photoradar.com

  • Nikon is aiming the D5100 novice photographers who want to take their hobby more seriously and want a versatile camera that will enable them to take more creative images. The D5100 is a great choice for these users, but it is also worthy of considerati...

 
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  Published: 2010-01-01, review by: amateurphotographer.co.uk

  • As technology filters down from professional models, some pretty stunning features can appear in a consumer-level camera. This seems to be the case with the D5100, and although on the outside it appears to be a camera for the less-advanced snapper, it ...

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  Published: 2012-03-06, review by: ld2.ciol.com

  • For a camera that falls somewhere between a beginners DSLR and a professional DSLR, the winning points for this is that it features a new horizontal swing, vari-angle monitor, and effects mode that is not available on its competitors.As for full HD vi...

 
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  Published: 2011-09-25, Author: Stuff , review by: stuffmideast.com

  • Abstract:  In DSLR terms, a US$1,200 price tag puts the D5100 in the middle-market. It's expensive enough to have some gravitas, to stand out as a camera for someone who knows what they're doing and can produce breathtaking results, but not quite so pricey as to bec...

 
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  Published: 2011-04-11, Author: Lori , review by: asia.cnet.com

  • Excellent photo quality with a good noise profile; Streamlined shooting design for photo and video; Broad and practical feature set
  • Some aspects of the D5100's performance still lag behind its class.
  • Though it doesn't rank first based on any individual aspect of the camera, the Nikon D5100 delivers a solid combination of image quality, performance, features, and design that puts it out in front if you're looking for a well-rounded entry-level came...

 
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  Published: 2011-05-10, Author: Alvin , review by: hardwarezone.com.my

  • Impressive high ISO performance, High quality images, Quick and accurate autofocus, Higherresolution LCD screen
  • New Live View lever and Record button inconveniently placed
  • The Nikon D5100 offers much more than its predecessor, improving upon it in every which way. The body is smaller, lighter and easier to grip. The LCD has been enlarged, has a finer resolution image and now swivels from the side instead of the bottom. ISO...

 
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  Published: 2011-05-10, Author: Alvin , review by: hardwarezone.com.ph

  • Impressive high ISO performance, High quality images, Quick and accurate autofocus, Higherresolution LCD screen
  • New Live View lever and Record button inconveniently placed
  • The Nikon D5100 offers much more than its predecessor, improving upon it in every which way. The body is smaller, lighter and easier to grip. The LCD has been enlarged, has a finer resolution image and now swivels from the side instead of the bottom. ISO ...

 
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  Published: 2011-05-10, review by: hardwarezone.com.sg

  • The Nikon D5100 offers much more than its predecessor, improving upon it in every which way. The body is smaller, lighter and easier to grip. The LCD has been enlarged, has a finer resolution image and now swivels from the side instead of the bottom. I...

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  Published: 2011-12-27, Author: Jaime , review by: parentesis.com

  • Cuenta con un flash integrado. La calidad de imagen y video es muy buena. Su desempeño en escenas oscuras es bueno. La pantalla que gira
  • Tiene muchos botones y controles y puede ser difícil saber qué hacen cada uno. No se le puede poner un adaptador para la batería
  • Esta cámara es ideal para los aficionados que quieren dar el brinco de una compacta y que conocen un poco más del tema aunque, los que no sepan, cuenta con funciones automáticas para ayudarte en cualquier tipo de escena. Es una buena herramienta en la ...

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