Nikon n5005 film camera?
I'm a beginner phoographer and only have this to use for now. Is the quality nice enough to produce pictures that will measure up to modern cameras even though this is a film camera? Any reviews of it are from years ago and I'm not sure how the camera compares to modern products. Pros & cons? I don't know anything about lenses but it says 50mm 1:1.8 AF NIKKOR on it. Any input on that would be helpful too.
You have a standard lens.
If it's working properly, it should be perfectly adequate, and it takes any lens in Nikon AF fit.
Even though it's a film camera.pssh. You kids.
The N5005 is a "cheap" automatic 135 SLR. With good film and a skilled operator, it will exceed the image quality of digital cameras costing $2000 or more. It can take advantage of FX lenses, among which are some amazing wide-angles and macros, and it even has a motor winder and an integral autofocus motor, which you don't find on any of Nikon's affordable digital SLRs these days.
It's a fantastic camera and you've got a very good lens for it to boot.It'll blow away the pictures you could take with a D5100 and its kit lens.
Cons? Well, it requires film. Film costs money, and developing it costs money too. You can't buy it just anywhere these days, but you can still get it. And if you're a little adventurous, you can pick up a used enlarger on craigslist and develop and print black-and-white (or even color transparency film) yourself.
Combined with a scanner like the Epson V500 this is a fantastic imaging system as long as you don't mind waiting for your images.
I use a 135 and develop and print my own B&W. I have labs process my color work, which I then take home and scan myself, but for a few dollars more you can have the lab deliver your pictures on a CDROM.
The lowly film camera you're stuck with is more than enough to take once-in-a-lifetime shots with. For some of us, it's all there was when we were your age. (Okay, I'll stop; for all I know you could be in your fifties and just picking up a new hobby.)
Yes, it's a great camera. I would suggest taking it to a pro photographer and finding out if everything's working before you spend a lot of cash on film though.