 Nikon D5000 with 18-55 VR kit lens | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | Digital single-lens reflex |
| Intro price | $729.95 |
| Lens | |
| Lens | Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Sensor | 23.6 × 15.8 mm Nikon DX format RGB CMOS sensor, 1.5 × FOV crop |
| Maximum resolution | 4,288 × 2,848 (12.3 effective megapixels) |
| Film speed | 200–3200 in 1/3 EV steps, up to 6400 as high-boost, as low as 100 low-boost |
| Recording medium | Secure Digital, SDHC compatible |
| Focusing | |
| Focus modes | Instant single-servo (AF-S); continuous-servo (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); manual (M) |
| Focus areas | 11-area AF system, Multi-CAM 1000 AF Sensor Module |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure modes | Auto modes (auto, auto [flash off]), Advanced Scene Modes (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Close-up, Night Portrait), programmed auto with flexible program (P), shutter-priority auto (S), aperture-priority auto (A), manual (M), (Q) quiet mode. |
| Exposure metering | TTL 3D Color Matrix Metering II metering with a 420-pixel RGB sensor |
| Metering modes | 3D Color Matrix Metering II, Center-weighted and Spot |
| Flash | |
| Flash | Built in Pop-up, Guide number 13m at ISO 100, Standard ISO hotshoe, Compatible with the Nikon Creative Lighting System |
| Flash bracketing | 2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter speed range | 30 s to 1/4000 s in 1/2 or 1/3 stops and Bulb, 1/200 s X-sync |
| Continuous shooting | 4 frame/s for 67 Large Fine JPEG or 11 RAW frames |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Optical 0.78x, 95% Pentamirror |
| Image processing | |
| White balance | Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Preset |
| General | |
| Video recording | 720p @ 24 frames/sec (full 24p film mode) |
| LCD screen | 2.7-inch tilt and swivel 320x240 pixel (QVGA) TFT-LCD |
| Battery | Nikon EN-EL9a Lithium-Ion battery |
| Weight | Approx. 560 g (1 lb 4 oz) without battery, memory card or body cap |
| Made in |  Thailand |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Nikon D5100 |
The D5000 is a 12.3-megapixel DX-format DSLR Nikon F-mount camera, announced by Nikon on 14 April 2009. The D5000 has many features in common with the D90. It features a 2.7-inch 230,000-dot resolution tilt-and-swivel LCD monitor (D90 is 3.0-inch (76 mm), 920,000 pixel, without swivel or tilt), live view, ISO 200–3200 (100–6400 with Boost), 3D tracking Multi-CAM1000 11-point AF system, active D-Lighting system and automatic correction of lateral chromatic aberration.[2] The D5000 seems to have been discontinued in November 2010.[3]
It was the second Nikon DSLR camera to feature movie mode after the feature was introduced by the D90, though this capability has now been extended to other models as well, such as the D300S and the D3S. Some newer models are even capable of 1080p 24 frame/s video, such as the Nikon D3100, Nikon D5100 and the Nikon D7000. As with the D90, each uninterrupted movie shot at 720p is limited to 5 minutes duration and 20 minutes for all other resolutions (the D7000 can do 20 min movies). One-button Live View mode features subject tracking and face detection auto-focus modes.
- ^ "Nikon D5000". Digital SLR Cameras products line-up. Nikon Corporation. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ^ Butler, Richard (2009-06-12). "Nikon D5000 review". Digital Photography Review. Archived from the original on 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
- ^ Yes, Nikon D5000 is now discontinued Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine on Nikonrumors.com Archived 2010-12-05 at the Wayback Machine