As I mentioned, the Nikon D5000 is the in-between model, seated above the D60 and below the D90 in Nikon’s digital SLR lineup. The D5000 features 12 megapixels of resolution on its 1.5X crop DX sensor (apparently the same thing you’ll find on...
Abstrakt: Swiveling LCD. Compact design; a good beginner/travel camera. Good image quality and ISO levels. Relatively fast 4FPS burst shooting. Inexpensive for HD video. A bit too small; buttons crowded and reduced. Dark viewfinder, no top-mounted LCD. HD...
image quality and ISO levels, Relatively fast 4FPS burst shooting, Inexpensive for HD video.
A bit too small; buttons crowded and reduced.
Nikon’s D5000 is a good means to introduce former amateurs into the DSLR market. Easy enough for tyros to master, and capable enough to be thrown into backup duty by a serious hobbyist or professional, it is a well-built camera that can take almost...
Abstrakt: I’ll leave it to the numerologists among you to decipher why Nikon has gone to a four-figure code in this latest D-SLR, but it hints at a new generation of interchangeable lens cameras that tempts the previous digicam owner to step up into a land wher...
Abstrakt: Much like a brand new sports car, Nikon’s DSLR hybrid, the D5000, begs to be shown off. With its price tag edging in just under $1,000, the D5000 functions as a new breed of entry level DSLR camera, one that is accessible to new users yet still jam-pac...
Great features for the price, Records HD-resolution video, Good kit lens offers VR (image stabilization), Camera automatically corrects chromatic aberration in camera JPEGs, further increasing the apparent quality of the lens, Excellent high-ISO perfor...
"Rolling-shutter" motion artifacts in HD movie recording are distracting, No provision for external audio input for movie recording, Multi-point AF in low light is very slow, Autofocus in Live View mode is slow, limited to contrast-detect onl...
Though it stands out as an oddity in naming terms when compared to the other Nikon digital SLRs in the line, the Nikon D5000 is best described as a lower-cost D90 in a D60 body, with a smaller set of available autofocus lenses. There are a few usabil...
Video doesn’t autofocus; battery life unimpressive.
Overall, the Nikon D5000 is well positioned to stand up to competing entry-level SLRs and crossover cameras such as those from Olympus and Panasonic based on the Micro Four Thirds system. Its price should appeal to SLR novices, and it offers a large e...
Abstrakt: Video Review: Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn review the D5000, which is the ultimate digital SLR camera from Nikon: smaller, lighter, and easier to use with 12.3 megapixels, 720p video recording, geo-tagging and more. ...
Abstrakt: Better late than never… Heres our little review of Nikons latest DSRL, the D5000. First of all Id like to stress Im not a professional camera man but rather a DSRL heavy user, so dont expect much from me. Ok? Another important point, this first Ni...
Abstrakt: NIKONS D5000 DIGITAL SLR CAMERA EXPANDS POSSIBILITIES FOR PHOTO AND HD VIDEO CREATIVITY WITH D-MOVIE MODE, VARI-ANGLE LCD MONITOR AND 19 AUTOMATIC SCENE MODES MELVILLE, N.Y. (April 14, 2009) - Nikon Inc. today introduced the new D5000, a digital SLR c...
