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By Norman Niemer (London, UK)
It was an upgrade from the D60. The sensor is the same as the d90/d300. If you wonna get better than that you gotta splash out the cash for the d700 which is also much heavier. The case is lower quality than d90/d300 but that's what makes it cheaper which is a fair trade-off for me. It also doesn't have as many buttons but I don't actually need them as most of the things are accessible in the quick settings menu (which the d90 seemed to be missing or at least I couldn't find it easily). It also has auto exposure bracketing which the D60 didn't (the D3000 doesn't have it either but not sure) which I tend to use a lot for HDR photos. The vari angle screen is actually quite useful also. So overall I'm quite happy with it. The video mode doesn't seem that great but only used it once and in any case I don't really care about it (never watched the videos I took). Now there are two things which quite annoy me about the camera. 1) it doesn't happen too often, but sometimes it just turns itself off and you have to leave it off for a while. Now I don't know if it was because the weather was too hot but there are a lot of people who complain about the F EE error or so, you'll find it in other reviews. It appears it could be a problem when you use the camera with a kit lens (which I don't I'm using the Nikkor 18-200mm). I'm not getting the exact error but it still doesn't take photos. 2) and more annoyingly, sometimes the colours, especially the yellows in sunsets or at night look really weird. It doesn't seem to produce a nice orange yellow but a nasty green yellow [if somebody knows how to fix this, feel free to comment!]. Some people say they can't see what I mean but it does annoy me. It's kind of hard to explain and sometimes I don't even seem to be able to fix it in PS. Now my old canon compact cam always produced really awesome colours. Even the D60 didn't produce such a nasty yellow and overall the colours sometimes seemed better on the D60. Oh and one last thing, Nikons in general seem to overexpose a bit which reduces colour saturation so quite often I'm at -0.3 or -0.7. Now I've never had a canon dslr but the colour thing makes me wonder if maybe i should have gotten one. Friend of mine has a canon and I really like the colours but he always complains that the background blur in the nikon photos is better than on the canons.
By Barry Ross (England)
I approach this review from the perspective of a recent owner of a Nikon D60 needing replacement due to damage. I reviewed the D3000, D5000 and D90 as possible replacements and glanced at other offerings from Canon, Sony etc., just in case but was not tempted away from Nikon. I use it with a Nikon 18-200 VR lens, not the kit lens.
The D3000 is the entry level direct replacement of the D60. The D5000 offered a real step up from the D60 in several areas. Firstly, image quality was most important to me and secondly some additional new features would be welcome while keeping within a reasonable budget. I didn't like the price or weight of the D90.
Let's get some concerns out of the way. There had been a recall on some non UK sold serial numbers and this can be easily checked on the Nikon website and was not an issue with the one I purchased. The only other possible downside was the reported size of the viewfinder. This was not an problem at all.
The only possible issue in my book is the swing out LCD which is very handy for certain photographic situations but can catch on the neck strap when closing if care is not taken. Would I now rather do without it? In balance, no as it is too useful.
Various reviews highlight the shared technology with the D90 and D300 and point to similar image quality to these models. This indeed appears to be the case in my opinion and with a surprising low light capability. It certainly has much better capability in this area than the D60 which was no slouch. The 11 point TTL autofocus is a welcome addition over the D60's 3 point autofocus. The body is only a little bigger and heavier than the D60.
The movie function, while only manual focus, is a great bonus feature delivering High Definition quality clips that will come in very handy from time to time. So much so that I have sold my video camera.
OK, so there is a lot to grasp in the manual with all the features of this camera that is no surprise. Either leave it on Auto and gradually learn to use the features over time or perhaps buy a more readable after market user guide for the D5000.
All in all a great camera for the price. I recommend it.
By J. Barley (Stockport, UK)
I had been thinking of buying a DSLR for a while and had initially narrowed my shortlist down to the Canon 1000D, Nikon D3000 and Sony A350 (from what I had read the first generation of Sony DSLRs are better than the newest generation, so the A350 was in my price range!)
However, I was lucky enough to receive a little bonus from work which I thought I'd put towards the camera, and so expanded my thinking to include upper-entry level cameras, so started to research the Canon 450D and Nikon D5000.
Every review I read gave almost matching scores, with the Nikon coming out slightly on top regarding image quality. A couple of work colleagues who are in to photography quite seriously both then said they used Nikon, and so I went into a local camera shop to have a feel of the various cameras in my hands. The chap in the shop told me that the Nikon VR kit lenses were of a much higher quality than the Canon IS kit lenses, so that sealed the deal for me really.
I can safely say that I have made a fantastic decision. The D5000 is easy to use straight out of the box, and takes great photos on auto if all you want is to point and shoot. Where the camera excels though is when you start to take control, and the various scene modes and auto options allow you to do this at your own pace all the way through to fully manual.
Although not to everybody's taste, I have used the tilt screen a few times so far with live-view to take shots on a tripod at funny angles, yes the auto-focus is almost prohibitively slow whilst using live-view, but if you only use it for a minority of specialist shots and you know it's limitations it does the job well. I used mine for a couple of shots of scenic sunsets where the camera was too high to see through the viewfinder.
I can't really fault the D5000, if you are looking for a true entry level camera the D3000 is probably the way to go, but for a high quality camera between entry level and professional which is compact enough to carry around on a daily basis, the D5000 is an excellent choice.
By G. Farrell (Bath, UK)
Have been saving for a new camera since I did a digital photography course and discovered why I couldn't take the photos I wanted with my digital camera.
Love my dslr, it does everything I want it to do and more.
By Mr. Bejan Hooshiar (UK)
This camera is amazing in so many ways, its defently worth every penny. I use it to take pictures of the stars and it does a exteamly good job of it. I would recommend the camera to anyone who needs a DLSR camera.
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