Sporting one of Nikon’s famous NIKKOR lenses (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR AF-S DX) and a 12.3 megapixel sensor, the Nikon D5000 steps beyond the realm of your average DSLR camera. It has everything you would hope for from a Nikon - nearly two dozen auto-exposure modes, startlingly accurate auto-focus, tracking, and light metering, the ability to shoot four frames per second, and in-camera image editing - but it holds a new surprise too - the capacity to shoot 720p HD movies. Now, this isn’t something new to the DSLR world, Canon released a comparable camera right after the Nikon D90 was released. This is Nikon’s hard-hitting response, and at around 1000 bucks, it’s a steal too.
Written by Pat Ortali, Multimedia Consultant III at Washington College’s Multimedia Production Center
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