Meet the new Nikon 1 J5, the chic and compact interchangeable lens camera with a 20.8-megapixel image sensor. Achieve impeccable imagery with unbelievably fast continuous shooting speeds of 20 frames per second with autofocus tracking and videos up to 4K/15p. With an 180° upward-tilting LCD monitor with touch screen, full manual control, new effects and even built-in Wi-Fi® and NFC*4 technology for sharing your photos on-the-go, the J5 is the perfect culmination of power, flexibility, speed and style, all in the palm of your hand.
Type
Advanced Camera with Interchangeable Lenses
Lens Mount
Nikon 1 mount
Picture Angle
Approx. 2.7x lens focal length (Nikon CX format)
Effective Pixels
20.8 million
Sensor Size
13.2mm x 8.8mm
Image Sensor Format
CX
Image Sensor Type
CMOS
Dust-reduction system
Dust Shield
Image Area (pixels)
Normal Panorama, horizontal pan (120:23 aspect ratio) 4,800 x 920 Normal Panorama - vertical pan (8:25 aspect ratio) 1,536 x 4,800 Wide Panorama - horizontal pan (240:23 aspect ratio) 9,600 x 920 Wide Panorama - vertical pan (4:25 aspect ratio) 1,536 x 9,600 Still Images (3:2 aspect ratio) 5,568 x 3,712 4,176 x 2,784 2,784 x 1,856 Still images (taken during movie recording; aspect ratio 3:2) 5,568 x 3,712 (1080/60p, 1080/30p) Motion Snapshot (16:9 aspect ratio) 5,568 x 3,136
File Format
Compressed 12-bit NEF (RAW) JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx 1:4), normal (approx 1:8) NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats
Matrix Center-weighted: Meters 4.5 mm circle in center of frame Spot: Meters 2 mm circle centered on select focus area
Exposure Modes
Programmed Auto with flexible Program (P) Shutter-Priority Auto (S) Aperture-Priority Auto (A) Manual (M) Scene Auto Selector
Scene Modes
Portrait Landscape Night Landscape Night Portrait Close-up Auto
Shooting Modes
Advanced movie mode (includes HD movie, 4K movie, time-lapse movie, slow motion, jump cut, fast motion and 4-second movie) Auto Photo mode Creative mode (including pop, retro, high-contrast monochrome, nostalgic sepia, HDR, easy panorama, soft, miniature effect, selective color, cross process, toy camera effect, cross screen, fisheye, skin softening, night landscape, night portrait, landscape, close-up, and portrait) Motion Snapshot (16:9) P programmed auto with flexible program, S shutter-priority auto, A aperture-priority auto, M manual Best Moment Capture mode (includes Slow View, Active Selection, and Smart Photo Selector)
Exposure Compensation
±3 EV in increments of 1/3EV
Exposure Lock
Luminosity locked at metered value when shutter-release button is pressed halfway
Picture Control
Standard Neutral Vivid Monochrome Portrait Landscape Selected Picture Control can be modified User-customizable Settings
Single-point AF: 171 focus areas; the center 105 areas support phase-detection AF Auto-area AF: 41 focus areas Subject tracking Face-priority AF
Focus Lock
Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single AF)
Focus Modes
Auto (AF) Auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A) Single-Servo AF (AF-S) Continuous-Servo (AF-C) Full-time Servo (AF-F) Manual Focus (MF)
Built-in Flash
Yes
Guide Number
5/16 (m/ft ISO 100, 20°C/68°F) Approx. At ISO 160, Guide Number is approx. (6.3/20.7)
Flash Control
i-TTL flash control using image sensor available
Flash Mode
Auto Auto with red-eye reduction Fill-flash Fill-flash with slow sync Red-eye reduction Red-eye reduction with slow sync Rear curtain sync Rear curtain with slow sync Slow sync with red-eye reduction Off
Flash Compensation
-3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 EV
Flash-ready indicator
Lights when built-in flash unit is fully charged
White Balance
Auto Incandescent Fluorescent Direct Sunlight Flash Cloudy Shade Preset Manual All except preset manual with fine tuning
Movie Metering
TTL exposure metering using main image sensor
Movie Metering Method
Matrix Center-weighted: Meters 4.5 mm circle in center of frame Spot: Meters 2 mm circle centered on select focus area
HD: 1920 x 1080/60p HD: 1920 x 1080/30p HD: 1280 x 720/60p HD: 1280 x 720/30p Slow-motion: 1280 x 720/120 fps Slow-motion: 800 x 296/400 fps Slow-motion: 400 x 144/1200 fps 4K movies: 3840 x 2160/15p (14.99 fps) Audio file format: ACC Movie file format: MOV
Monitor Size
3.0 in. diagonal
Monitor Resolution
1,037,000 Dots
Monitor Type
Tilting TFT-LCD with brightness adjustment
Interface
USB: Hi-speed USB HDMI output: Type D mini-pin HDMI connector
Supported Languages
Arabic Bengali Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese (European and Brazilian) Romanian Russian Serbian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese
