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Review summary: For the keen photographer, the leap from a prosumer model or compact to a fully-fledged SLR can be a daunting one. Thrown into the world of interchangeable lenses and manual controls, the learning curve can be ...

Verdict: The Nikon D5000 is a durable, well-rounded performer offering a good balance between manual and auto scene modes. Picture quality is excellent and the addition of a vari-angle LCD monitor means it's easy to compose shots even at awkward angles. It ...

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Review summary: The Nikon D5000 is Nikon's second digital SLR to offer video capture and its first to incorporate a tilt/swivel LCD display. The D5000 has a compact body with a 12.3-megapixel DX format CMOS sensor, a full range of shooting modes and exposure controls ...

Verdict: Digital SLRs keep getting better and better. The truth is, there hasn't been a bad digital SLR for a few years now. Because they're so good, I'm becoming more and more of an advocate of less expensive bodies. Most photographers don't need a full frame ...

Review summary: I'll leave it to the numerologists among you to decipher why Nikon has gone to a four-figure code in this latest D-SLR, but it hints at a new generation of interchangeable lens cameras that tempts the previous digicam owner to step up into a land ...

Verdict: The D5000 tempts you to do more in camera processing than any camera I have yet tested. The Scene modes go beyond the usual birthday cake (party/indoors) and sports modes you find on digicams (although they are there as well) to offer tonal curve ...

Review summary: The Nikon D5000 is a 12.3MP digital SLR with 3x (18-55mm) stabilised kit lens. It has a 2.7-inch folding LCD, HD Ready (720/24p) video capture, sensitivity up to ISO 6400 and burst mode up to 4fps. Quiet mode and HDMI connector. It measures ...

Pros: The heart and soul of the Nikon D5000 is the D300, a semi-pro snapper that launched two years at over twice this price with the same 12MP chip but without the D5000's lush 720p video capture. Sure, Nikon has dialled down the LCD quality and burst ...

Cons: We love the folding LCD for getting snaps of dogs' bottoms but you might hate it for the same reason (or because it's a bit low-res, grainy and glary in bright light). Oh, and the autofocus doesn't work while you're shooting a movie. Otherwise, c'est ...

Verdict: You can trust Nikon's cameras for one big reason: it doesn't do anything else. Without camcorder, TV or mobile phone businesses to distract it, Nikon concentrates on churning out well-designed, well-made cameras that are all about image quality. Like ...