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In Montreal, the price came up for the D5000 = 900$ body alone, with 18-105 there is only 100$ difference with the D90 with 18-105
What would be the advantage to go for D5000 for a first DSLR ? beside the size..
I tought the price difference would be greater..

If i mainly shoot JPEG would i be better with the D5000 vs D90 ?
Thanks
luc
 
montrealcanada45 said:
In Montreal, the price came up for the D5000 = 900$ body alone, with
18-105 there is only 100$ difference with the D90 with 18-105
What would be the advantage to go for D5000 for a first DSLR ?
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Some might consider the tilt & swivel LCD to be an advantage.
However, the D90 has a much better LCD, much better viewfinder and an
autofocus motor, which are far more important to me than a flip screen.
montrealcanada45 said:
beside the size..
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Not really that much size advantage:
D90 - 5.2 x 4.1 x 3 in - 24.8 oz
D5000 - 5 x 4.1 x 3.2 in - 20.8 oz
montrealcanada45 said:
I tought the price difference would be greater..
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It will be in a few months or less.

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I've been debating this myself, it does have more scene modes which I think would be nice to have to help with the learning curve, an extra focus mode in live view. I'm very interested to see how the JPEGS come out as I'm not sure if I want to shoot in raw and if it can edge out the D90 that would make my decision easier. I think if you want to get more advanced the D90 will be a better camera.
 
Is the D90 LCD really that much better than the one that will be on the D5000? I have my doubts. I know it is slightly bigger with more pixels but how much a difference does that really make? Last week I went to Ritz camera solely to check out the LCD on the D90 and D300 compared to that of my D40. I was prepared to be blown away but was not. I was actually a bit disappointed. Sure it was a bigger screen but the extra resolution surely wasn't anything that jumped out at you. If fact I came away feeling much better about the screen on my little D40. I think the screen on the D5000 will suite me just fine and you got to love that it rotates and you can store it in closed position so that the LCD will not get scratched up from dirt and grit inside your camera bag.
 
does that mean that the D90 would be for those looking to shoot RAW and the D5000 for JPEG ? i may not be a pro in comparing these elements but i read a lot that the D60 for example is set to have good JPEGS, .. but i guess that D90 could be good in that regard as well..hard to evaluate..

All i know is : i like the 18-105, i like the low light possibilities of the D90

Besides the screen...and things like that that comes with the D5000, as far as IQ i wonder what would be the main difference between the two. We will surely have a review coming soon..

I played with the D60+18-105 in a store, p prefer the D90 size for that lens..
Luc
 
Moonman52 said:
Is the D90 LCD really that much better than the one that will be on
the D5000? I have my doubts. I know it is slightly bigger with more
pixels but how much a difference does that really make? Last week I
went to Ritz camera solely to check out the LCD on the D90 and D300
compared to that of my D40. I was prepared to be blown away but was
not. I was actually a bit disappointed. Sure it was a bigger screen
but the extra resolution surely wasn't anything that jumped out at
you. If fact I came away feeling much better about the screen on my
little D40. I think the screen on the D5000 will suite me just fine
and you got to love that it rotates and you can store it in closed
position so that the LCD will not get scratched up from dirt and grit
inside your camera bag.
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The D90's LCD is night and day versus the D5000. The D5000 has the same LCD resolution as my old D80, and the difference is stunning. So much to the point that you can easily identify focusing errors with the D90's high res screen, where it would be impossible with the low res screen. A screen that is 4x the resolution is certainly a game changer. If you prefer the swivel screen, then that is what makes horse races.
 
montrealcanada45 said:
as far as IQ i wonder what would be the main difference between the
two. We will surely have a review coming soon..
Luc
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When comparing the sample images over on Imaging-Resource, hardly a definitive test, the biggest differences I saw were that the D5000 seems to have a higher level of default saturation, contrast, and sharpening. When you crank up these settings you tend to get a bit more noise at high ISO, and that's also what I saw on the D5000 examples versus the D90. These are certainly adjustable in camera and you could probably make the D90 look like the D5000 and vice versa with a few simple adjustments.

Nikon tends to continue to refine the image processing from any of the sensors they use over time. Thus, it would not surprise me to find that in some ways the D5000 may have a slight edge over the D90 IQ wise, just as the D90 has over the D300. IMHO, if you don't need the in-body focusing motor, the slightly higher fps, the superior LCD resolution, and a few other advantages the D90 offers, the D5000 looks to be one heck of a camera. It will likely sell like hotcakes and make a great upgrade for the D60/40 crowd.
 
Where you will see a big difference is when zoomed in to check focus accuracy, for reviewing pics without closer inspection it is not really night and day.

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Danel said:
Nikon tends to continue to refine the image processing from any of
the sensors they use over time. Thus, it would not surprise me to
find that in some ways the D5000 may have a slight edge over the D90
IQ wise, just as the D90 has over the D300. IMHO, if you don't need
the in-body focusing motor, the slightly higher fps, the superior LCD
resolution, and a few other advantages the D90 offers, the D5000
looks to be one heck of a camera. It will likely sell like hotcakes
and make a great upgrade for the D60/40 crowd.
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The price point on the D5000 is still too high when compared to a D90. If it is indeed only $100 difference when the kit lens is added, that's an expensive swivel screen. The size is not much of a differentiator between the two, and the D90's feature set is much much more expansive. The resale will also go into the D90's favor in the long run.
 
montrealcanada45 said:
does that mean that the D90 would be for those looking to shoot RAW
and the D5000 for JPEG ? i may not be a pro in comparing these
elements but i read a lot that the D60 for example is set to have
good JPEGS, .. but i guess that D90 could be good in that regard as
well..hard to evaluate..
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It may be the case that the default jpeg will be a tad better out of camera, but these cameras are so customisable you will get very close with a few tweaks to the defaults, I would eliminate IQ difference as these will be minor, and focus on features you may want/need.
montrealcanada45 said:
All i know is : i like the 18-105, i like the low light possibilities
of the D90
Besides the screen...and things like that that comes with the D5000,
as far as IQ i wonder what would be the main difference between the
two. We will surely have a review coming soon..
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To me the major difference would be in lens availability, I have some older glass that I can't match at present with whats available for the D5000, if you are happy with this selection then glass is not an issue either.

http://www.nikonians.org/forums/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=152&topic_id=13319&mesg_id=13319&page=

The other is off camera flash, I can use my SB600 without any extras, again this may or may not be important.

Worry about the feature set as pure IQ will be moot, which is not to say that arguments will carry on for years as to which is better down the track :)

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I guess I'll have to take your word for it but I certainly have never had an issue checking for focusing accuracy with the LCD on the D40 and like I said wasn't blown away with any resolution differences between my present camera's LCD (D40) and that on the D90/D300 in fact was actually more impressed with the LCD on the Canon G10 than any of the others mentioned. I do plan on getting the D5000 though.
gerryd04 said:
Where you will see a big difference is when zoomed in to check focus
accuracy, for reviewing pics without closer inspection it is not
really night and day.

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Gerry,
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like an idiot.' - Steven Wright
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  • better viewfinder
  • focusing motor
  • high resolution screen
for $100 you get what is worth at least 450$. Go for the d90.
 
montrealcanada45 said:
does that mean that the D90 would be for those looking to shoot RAW
and the D5000 for JPEG ?
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I shoot exclusively in jpeg and am over the moon with my D90. It allows you to tweak the settings for sharpness contrast saturation etc. to your liking. Now I have it set up I'm always happy with my jpegs. As long as you are confident at getting your exposure right in the field, and can set up your white balance correctly then shooting jpeg is just fine.
 
I think the D5000 is a D60 with the sensor technologiy available two years ago with the D300 and less than one year ago with the D90 and a popular twivel screen. Possibly Nikon also changed the as very soft critisized standard settings of the D90.

The D5000 is therefore a higher quality entry level DSLR while the D90 offers more manual control, a better pentaprism viewfinder, a higher resolution LCD, a bigger and better grip for bigger professional lenses and of course the in-camera focus motor for more choice concerning lenses.

I think the street price of the D5000 will decrease one or two month after the full availability.

Olaf
 
olafk said:
I think the street price of the D5000 will decrease one or two month after the full availability.
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Exactly. The choice you make right now might be different that the choice others will make when the novelty has worn off and the prices have settled down.
 
Moonman52 said:
and you got to love that it rotates and you can store it in closed
position so that the LCD will not get scratched up from dirt and grit
inside your camera bag.
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I have had p&s with a flip out rotating LCDs. I will never own one again. What I have experienced is that it's more things (pivot points) to wear out and/or break. I also thought that it would help to keep it from getting scratched. I think it actually contributed to it. If anything got inbetween the screen and the body, it was now sandwiched and really tore up the screen. Of course you could add a screen protector but that still doesn't fix the weak pivoting mechanisms. Just my two cent experience.
 
The placement and the pricing of the D5000 makes no sense to me . It better get cheaper quick. You will always have the early adopters and the "I've been waiting for a swivel screen all my life" folks but I can't imagine an educated consumer choosing the d5000 over the D90 for $100 difference.
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