Odin-Genie Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Hi, I'm getting a Nikon D5000. Has anyone used it? What are the pros and cons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huga Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I haven't used it, but I think a couple of people here have one. It's an entry level DSLR, and you would be better going for the next model up if you can, purely for the focussing motor (which the D5000 doesn't have, which means it has to be in your lenses, which = more $$$). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranVT Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Basically what huga said. I have a D5000 and don't get me wrong, I love it, but I do wish I'd manned up and bought the D90 because the lack of autofocus motor does make buying lenses expensive. A lens I wanted went from $200 (no AF) to $800 (with AF in the lens) all because I didn't spend the extra couple of hundred bucks buying the D90 with the AF build in. Other than that, it's a bloody great camera and I have no other complaints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odin-Genie Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Basically what huga said. I have a D5000 and don't get me wrong, I love it, but I do wish I'd manned up and bought the D90 because the lack of autofocus motor does make buying lenses expensive. A lens I wanted went from $200 (no AF) to $800 (with AF in the lens) all because I didn't spend the extra couple of hundred bucks buying the D90 with the AF build in. Other than that, it's a bloody great camera and I have no other complaints Thanks FranCQ. Do you need to use the auto focus often? With SLRs I would have thought that manual focus will be more in use. That's why I didn't opt for the D90. I liked the ability to turn the screen for odd angle photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huga Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I use my camera at a professional level and almost never use manual focus. I only ever use it if the camera won't focus, like when there is white on white (a lack of contrast for the camera to focus on). AF is fast and easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odin-Genie Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 I use my camera at a professional level and almost never use manual focus. I only ever use it if the camera won't focus, like when there is white on white (a lack of contrast for the camera to focus on). AF is fast and easy. Thanks Huga. I'm getting two lenses with my camera with AF ability. I guess I'll just have to hold off buying more lenses for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carebear Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Basically what huga said. I have a D5000 and don't get me wrong, I love it, but I do wish I'd manned up and bought the D90 because the lack of autofocus motor does make buying lenses expensive. A lens I wanted went from $200 (no AF) to $800 (with AF in the lens) all because I didn't spend the extra couple of hundred bucks buying the D90 with the AF build in. Other than that, it's a bloody great camera and I have no other complaints i just upgraded from a d40 and was looking at the d90. when i went into store tho, i got shown the d7000 which has replaced the d90, for a couple of hundred more than the d90, it's got much better features so glad i went with the d7000 now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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