Nikon D5 vs Sony A99 II

Nikon D5 advantages over Sony A99 II

• Lens selection
  Excellent vs Good
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Bigger pixels
  ~ 6.45 vs 4.51 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• Touchscreen
  Touch vs No touch
  Interact with your camera just like your smartphone
• Fast startup
  ~0.40 vs 1.2 sec
  Faster startup lets you catch the moment
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  3780 vs 490 shots
  Capture more photos
• More cross-type AF points
  99 vs 15
  Cross-type AF points improve autofocus performance
• Higher-res screen
  590k vs 307k pixels
  More detail on the screen lets you judge focus and composition
• More AF points
  153 vs 79
  More AF points improve autofocus
• Has anti-aliasing filter
  Filter vs No Filter
  Reduces unsightly moiré in photos
• Faster JPEG shooting
  12.1 fps vs 10.5 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  200 vs 61 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Bigger RAW buffer
  183 vs 25 shots
  Larger buffer for RAW shots (burst mode)
• Higher extended ISO
  3276800 vs 102400 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility