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emandavi
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Registered: Feb 15, 2005
Location: United States
Posts: 1014
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Review Date: Jul 27, 2015
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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small size factor is great for traveling. I took it to my vacation to Disneyworld (I'm from San Diego), and it served its purpose. Good low-light qualities.
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Focus points can't be locked down, so you're constantly having to take 3 seconds to check if the focus point is where you want it, or you get many many out-of-focus shots. No matter what you do, you will "accidently" move the focus points to a different one from where you want, just because of where the buttons are located (behind the camera, to the right, where your right hand will hold the camera. Huge mistake on Nikon's part not to include a lock for this.
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Price is great if you get it used. I consider these to be "throw-away" cameras that you can take on vacation, to the beach, paint-ball games, or anyplace that cameras could easily get ruined. Be prepared to have many shots that are out of focus just because of where the buttons are located for changing the focus point location. You can't lock that down. I like how the D2H and Fuji S2 come with a lock for it, but Nikon's newer cameras don't. Many times I've wanted to throw away the camera in frustration, but then remember that the price is right for a 2nd hand, throw-away camera.
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 Jul 27, 2015
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zipixel
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Registered: Jul 13, 2011
Location: Italy
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Review Date: Jul 13, 2011
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Small, Image Quality, Good ISO performance
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None
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I Bought this camera last year with 18-105 VR for travel, i have also a D300 and S5Pro, the IQ of the camera is awesome! I improved the handling with a BG now for travel is a perfect combination of quality and size!
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Jul 13, 2011
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rcfishes
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Location: United States
Posts: 133
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Review Date: Jan 3, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Excellent image quality, easy to use, swivel monitor, compact size, nice kit lens
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No hood for the kit lens..No video editing software
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This is my first attempt at video in this kind of camera and really have enjoyed being able to take video of this quality. The downside is the lack of video editing software.
The photos i have taken, mostly wildlife and landscape have been very colorful, contrasty and sharp. I am learning to use the various scene modes and the results are suprisingly good. I was pleasantly surprised at the sharpness of the kit lens, it would have been nice had Nikon put a lens hood in the kit.
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Jan 3, 2010
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PixelAmour
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Registered: Oct 6, 2008
Location: United States
Posts: 38
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Review Date: Dec 5, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $800.00
| Rating: 8
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Size, price, image quality, good (not great) meter
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Most controls are menu, not button, driven, lots of plastic, uses SDHC cards (I have tons of CF cards)
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I bought a D5000 + 18-55 VR kit as a small travel package, and have been happy with the results. Image quality is on par with my D200/D300's, but not as good as my D700 (duh).
The D5000 feels good in my hands, but having to drill down in menus to change things like ISO and Exposure Comp gets a little old. I also seem to somehow move my AF point somehow, so I have learned to double check that it is where I want it (center AF point).
Of course you can only use AF-S lenses, but that was not a factor in my purchasing decision.
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Dec 5, 2009
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