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Burst shooting clocks about 4 frames per second-same as the D90-putting it at the head of this class. It shoots and saves JPEG files slightly faster than raw, though they both round out to about 0.5 second adding flash bumps that just slightly to 0.9 second. It powers on and shoots in about 0.2 second, with shot lag as good as 0.3 second under good light and a still-respectable 0.7 second in dim. It's fast, and generally outshoots the D90, most notably in low-light autofocus. On the upside, it has an optional grid display.Д«ut the D5000 definitely comes through on performance and photo quality. Finally, the viewfinder is small and dim, and the AF lock light is way down in the lower left corner where you have to strain to see it. Furthermore, there's no way to keep the multi selector switch from accidentally moving the selected AF points, which I did, repeatedly.

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In addition to the aforementioned visibility problem in direct sunlight, it just seemed soft I couldn't tell if my photos were sharp, and manual focus in Live View (and video recording) was nearly impossible. Of course, from that perspective it's far more flexible than Canon's fixed LCDs. But ultimately I find the flip-down version on the D5000 less useful than the flip-out versions on Olympus' SLRs: it's good for overhead and hip-level shooting, but not as comfortable for sideways. Articulated LCDs are great, and definitely enhance the usability of Live View. I do feel somewhat ambivalent about the D5000's design.

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For a complete list of features and their implementations, you can download a PDF copy of the D5000's manual.) (For more on the design, click through the slideshow. Like Canon's, however, it's very slow and a bit noisy. Though it doesn't do continuous autofocus, you can initiate AF while recording. There's no dedicated mode for shooting video (that's a good thing) instead, while in Live View mode, you use the OK button to stop and start recording.

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There's also a programmable function button that falls under your left thumb-I like that location-to which you can assign direct access to drive modes, image size and quality, ISO sensitivity, white balance, Active D-Lighting, raw override, and bracketing. I generally like the interactive displays, but the D5000's LCD is a bit difficult to see in sunlight, which made changing settings somewhat problematic. Through it, in combination with the back dial and multi selector, you adjust shutter speed, aperture, image size and quality, white balance, ISO sensitivity, focus mode, AF area (single, multi, wide area, and 3D tracking), metering, D-Lighting, exposure bracketing (three shots in up to two stop increments), Picture Control, exposure and flash compensation, and flash mode. The control layout is pretty typical, although Nikon seems to have eliminated more direct-access buttons than most products in its class and replaced them entirely with the interactive display. Nikon moved all the shooting controls into the interactive display.

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