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Nikon D5000 review

Nikon takes on the Canon EOS 500D with a raft of new features and the best Live View system yet

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Product Summary

Key specs


Weight (g): 560 |
Effective Pixels: 12.3 |
Max resolution (horizontal pixels): 4288 |
Max resolution (vertical pixels): 2848 |

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Compact body

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Intuitive interface

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Excellent AF/metering/White balance

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Very capable 11-point AF system Nikon's best Live View yet

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Includes face detection AF

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720p 'HD' video can be handy

Against

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Simplified ergonomics

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Slow Contrast-detection AF in Live View

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Struggles with backlit subjects

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Inbuilt microphone is over-sensitive to sounds of camera handling

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No AF in video mode

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Currently rather pricey

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