Comments on: Nikon’s New D5100 SLR-A Hands on Reveiw

By: Terresa Sciandra

Terresa Sciandra — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:12:06 +0000

Great service, great camera. Included lots of additional items for the investment, making it immediately usable. The photos are crisp and clear, the transfer software programs are user friendly. I really like it all!

By: Ian Popovec

Ian Popovec — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:41:48 +0000

That is my first SLR and I am most pleased. It’s set-up is smart along with the electronic menu is easy to navigate.

By: danieljcox

danieljcox — Sun, 22 May 2011 15:36:56 +0000

Tim, glad you enjoyed the review. You are correct, I made a mistake on the original post of the number of RAW images the buffer will hold before filling. The actual number should have been 16 as I mentioned in the other Corkboard/Blog response to Dave Glatz. I had to track this down from a Nikon web site since I no longer have the camera. Sorry about that confusion. Another option I did not mention in the info about shooting movies is the added bonus of a new external mic connection. Nikon released the ME-1 External Mic and that should be a great new feature for getting quality video. Hope this helps.

By: Tim David

Tim David — Sun, 22 May 2011 14:49:39 +0000

Great review, thank you for doing this.
In the article, you mentioned an 8 frame buffer, but in the comment above you said 16 frame buffer. I’m hoping it’s the higher number but wanted to double check. Even if it’s 8 for RAW and 16 for JPEG’s.
Thanks for the video comments as well. That’s one of the key reasons I’m thinking of adding this camera to my bag.

By: danieljcox

danieljcox — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:53:35 +0000

Dave, glad you enjoyed the post. D7000 buffer is less than spectacular to say the least. And though I know from experience that Shiela likes to stomp on the shutter button, I can promise you it’s not her fault! We only get 10 RAW files from this camera before the buffer is full and that is minimal by anybodies standards. Amazingly they gave the D5100 a 16 frame buffer. The D300 has 17 frames but I would expect the D300 replacement, whenever that comes out, to have considerably more. I’ve been using the D7000 and I feel it’s one of the best cameras Nikon has ever released. The Auto Focus is fantastic as well as the video capture capabilities. I’m hoping to get a review of the D7000 up in not too long but I can only dream of the possibilities we will have in the next version of the D400 or whatever it will be called if Nikon gives us some of the great new features they have added to the D7000 and D5100. Thanks for commenting and spread the word if you fell so inclined.

By: Dave Glatz

Dave Glatz — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:56:12 +0000

Hi Dan. Thanks for this review. I like the style and real world application. Would appreciate your thoughts on D7000 buffer compared to D300 and the new D5100. Shiela seems to run into buffer wall when she’s burst shooting action. Maybe she’s just jamming on that D7000 shutter too hard.