The Nikon D5 is a full frame professional

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camera announced by

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on 6 January 2016 to succeed the D4S as its flagship DSLR. The D5 offers a number of improvements over its predecessor including a new

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, new

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, improved ergonomics and expanded ISO range. Additionally, improved

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(AF) mode were introduced. On 23 February 2017, at CP+ show, a special edition was released for Nikon's 100th anniversary. It was succeeded by the

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, announced on February 12, 2020.

Features

While the D5 retains many features of the Nikon D4S, it offers the following new features and improvements: * Redesigned 20.8-megapixel image sensor with less noise * Nikon EXPEED5

* Expanded ISO range of ISO 100–102,400 (boosted range of ISO 50–3,280,000) * 4K video (3840 x 2160) 30p video capture with uncompressed video output via

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* Improved

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and subject tracking algorithms * Increasing continuous shooting speed to 12fps with full AF * Touchscreen Rear LCD monitor In June 2016, a firmware update added several significant improvements: * The maximum video recording time was increased to 29:59 for all resolutions, including 4K. * Electronic vibration reduction was added for video shooting. * A new 9-point dynamic autofocus mode was added for stills shooting. * Also added for stills shooting was a flicker reduction mode, in which the moment of exposure is adjusted to compensate for flickering electric lighting.

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has used these forms of cameras on the

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for internal and Earth photography.

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