| Film
transportation
As
already mentioned, the film advance is fast, really fast.
It's not too loud and if you use the Cs ('s' for silent),
it's indeed really quiet. Please note that I write the second
letter of the film advance mode in lowercase. The second letter
is actually printed in capital letters on the "film advance
mode selector", but it is lowered some.
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"Bad
combination". December 1999.
Nikon F5, Nikkor AF 50mm/1.4 on Fujichrome Provia
100F. Manfrotto Carbon #1 tripod, Novoflex MagicBall,
some six different light sources plus SB-24 Speedlight
beating down on a white office desk. Glow added
in Photoshop.
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By
pressing the "film advance mode selector lock release"
(the small button at the very top left) and rotating the "film
advance mode/self-timer selector" ring, you can select
between the following film advance options: 1.
S. The film advance a single frame after exposure.
2. Cl. Low speed: The film advance with approx. 3 fps
as long as you keep the shutter release button pressed.
3. Ch. High speed: The film advance with approx. 8
fps as long as you keep the shutter release button pressed.
4. Cs. Silent mode: The film advance with approx. 1
fps as long as you keep the shutter release button pressed.
5. Self-timer. Not really a film advance option. After
the shutter release button has been pressed down, the self-timer
LED on the front starts to blink and the F5 takes a single
shot after 10 seconds. You may change this time from 2 to
60 seconds in 1 second steps using CS #16. The self-timer
LED blinks for the N-2 seconds (where N is the total self-timer
time). The last two seconds it lights steady. If you are working
in Single Servo AF mode having the Focus-Priority activated
(default), you can only use the self-timer if you have a correct
focus lock (the round, green colored LED in the viewfinder
is lit).
The
maximum film advance speed of 8 fps can only be achieved using
a shutter speed of 1/250 or shorter using the Ni-MH battery
unit MN-30. With normal AA-type alkaline batteries at room
temperature, the maximum film advance speed is approx. 7.4
fps.
You
can change the film advance speed for Ch mode to 6 fps using
CS #9. You can use the CS #10 to slow down the Cl to 4 or
3 fps.
There
is one thing which I don't like with the film transportation
of the F5: loading. Successfully loading a film is really
not that easy, and it often happens that the F5 is unhappy
with the way I have loaded the film, angrily blinking with
the red "alert" LED and showing an "ERR"
in the top LCD. It's actually way more picky with how the
film is loaded than my former F-401. But, to rewind 36 frames
takes about 4 seconds is most rewarding, so I guess the
time consumed with fumbling at the loading up isn't that
critical
after
all
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