Nikon D5000- Likes and Dislikes

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Permalink Reply by Ken Lloyd on December 12, 2009 at 11:39pm

Jeff - You summed up all my likes and dislikes also. Going through the menus is not such a downer for me since I created a custom menu for my most often used settings. This is a nice feature the D5K has that saves me lots of time in making setting changes on the fly. It would be nice to have a DOF button on this model but not a real big downer for me. I love this camera now and must admit I had second thoughts after purchase of whether I should have purchased the D90. My main reason for getting the D5K was it size and weight and glad my initial intuition won out. The picture quality is superior and really like, for my taste, the tendency to underexpose but this can be easily adjusted when needed. Rock on D5K great value.

Permalink Reply by Jeff Hatcher on December 13, 2009 at 5:50am

I was not aware of the custom menu function.... I will have to look that one up.

Permalink Reply by minox59 on March 8, 2010 at 9:40am

I think its a fine little camera. I even use the video mode, which I thought I would never use

Permalink Reply by Jeff Hatcher on March 15, 2010 at 12:13pm

I don't use the video feature too often, but it is nice to have when I need it. I've used it with some close-focus lenses to document some procedures at work and it does a fantastic job. As this involves some fine-detail type work, the HD-Video allows me and my fellow researchers to review some of our procedures and identify any deficits in our technique.

Permalink Reply by NotToBlurry on July 5, 2010 at 5:19pm

Where are you getting those lenses so cheap???

Permalink Reply by Jeff Hatcher on July 5, 2010 at 8:28pm

On ebay. some of these lenses go way expensive during bidding, some don't move much at all. i

Permalink Reply by Veronica Verna Miranda on October 13, 2010 at 1:14am

For a beginner like me, this model is a surefire for me. I have been photoshooting with my colleague and he/she happens to have another brand a high end camera but the result, I can say I get more competitive captures than them joke! ;-) Furthermore, I guess the ability of a person is more important, than the equipment, if you can't give justice to your justice to your shoots ;-D

For me as of now I like the features of this model to some up. Though there are minor perks but can be retouched afterwards...:-)

It pays me for what I've been expected most. ;-D

Permalink Reply by Lynsey Turner on July 21, 2011 at 8:46pm

I do not use the scene modes. Recently purchased the 50mm 1.8 lens and it is really making me slow down my shots a lot BUT I can't complain. Totally in love with it and it doesn't bother me that there is no motor whats so ever... makes me actually LEARN the technique and not just assume my camera's motor will make it perfect! I enjoy the camera very much! Haven't found much negative to it at all

Permalink Reply by Jeff Hatcher on July 22, 2011 at 9:52am

I agree. I think its helpful to have to slow down and think about your shots from time to time.  I also find that autofocus does not always do what you want it to do anyhow.  On the D5000 (or D5100 nowadays),Being able to use live-view really helps with the manual focusing.

 

Have you tried going full-manual to try to see if you can learn to estimate proper exposure?