The Nikon DR-5 provides an upright, unreversed image for right-angle viewing, very convenient for waist-level or low-angle photography. Individual eyesight adjustment is possible with the built-in diopter, and the reproduction ratio can be set to 1:1 or 1:2.

This version comes fitted to be mounted on SLR cameras that have a 22mm round high eye-point viewing eyepiece thread, including: the D3, D3x, and D700 as well as the D1 & D2 series, F6, F5, F4, F3HP, N90/s, & N8008/s.

In addition, by removing the attached eyepiece adapter ring the DR-5 can also be used with SLR cameras that feature a 19mm round eyepiece thread, including: F, F2, F3, F3AF, FA, FE, FE2, FM, FM2, FM3A, and all Nikkormat series cameras.