Digital Home Thoughts: Nikon D5000 Unboxing & First Impressions

This is an unboxing and first impressions video of the Nikon D5000 DSLR. The D5000 has a 12.3 megapixel CMOS sensor, can record 720p videos at 24fps (MJPEG format). The 2.7 inch screen flips down and rotates around to face the front. It also has 19 auto-exposure scene modes, up to 4fps shooting, one-button Live View, ISO sensitivity from 200 to 3200, built-in image sensor cleaning, 11-point autofocus system with 3D focus tracking, auto active D-Lighting, in-camera image retouching with special effects, and more.

Since shooting this video several weeks ago, I've been using the D5000 pretty intensely, and using it for video is a bit disappointing. I knew all of the limitations of DSLR video - most cameras lack auto-focus, or if they do auto-focus it's slow and awkward - but I didn't fully grasp how limiting they'd be. I'll talk more about this when I review the D5000, but DSLR video definitely needs to evolve further in order to become useful to the average consumer.

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Jason Dunn owns and operates Thoughts Media Inc., a company dedicated to creating the best in online communities. He enjoys photography, mobile devices, blogging, digital media content creation/editing, and pretty much all technology. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with his lovely wife, and his sometimes obedient dog. He's pretty disappointed in DSLR video so far.

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