Another D5000 video

[bfitzgerald]

Dp have the Nikon review up.
Leaving aside the video thing..looks like Nikon are now high ISO champs as well

[stevecim]

Hi David

I noticed on the DPreview the view finder is lower mag than the a700 does it "feel" smaller?

Cheers, Stephen

[David Kilpatrick]

tiny!

[01af]

Umm ... what exactly is "tiny"? The D5000's viewfinder? Or the difference between the D5000's viewfinder and the A700's viewfinder?

-- Olaf

[bfitzgerald]

Specs say 0.78x D500, D60 is 0.8x A700 is 0.9x

Bit of a difference.

Mind you A300 series is a mere..x0.74

I really hate naff viewfinders..the 0.83x of the A200/5d is barely acceptable, not a chance I would use anything less. Whenever I pick up the film 7, it's a stark reminder just how poor most modern crop sensor cameras are, or go hunt out a MD body on ebay..monster huge viewfinders. Heck even the budget AF film ones look big.

[David Kilpatrick]

It is a neat, bright viewfinder with the grid overlay option - I turned that on straight away, like having a free £30 focusing screen built in and no need to change it. But it is very small and I have found myself using the live view from preference.

David

[NevHi]

Here's the link
Nikon D5000 33 page Review
by Richard Butler, June 2009
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond5000/

Conclusion
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond5000/page33.asp