Nikon D5000 Body
The Nikon D5000 is a powerful and extremely versatile SLR camera which generates exceptional still images and high-definition D-movie clips with sound. Astonishingly simple to use, it provides a collection of automatic functions that help capture the photographs you wish and an awesome 12.3 megapixel DX format image sensor that guarantees exceptionally detailed results. The inventive vari-angle Liquid crystal display monitor makes it uncomplicated to take from any perspective, delivering an exciting unique perspective to using Live View. No matter if you shoot still or moving images, you can flip, tip or turn the monitor to take photos from above, underneath, to the side, or to produce self-portraits. An assortment of intelligent scene modes help to make it simple to capture crystal clear photographs in a variety of circumstances and a range of retouch functions let you improve photos in-camera. With so many powerful functions crammed into its stream-lined, lightweight body, the D5000 provides people on the go a fantastic means to record stunning images from just about any position.
- Innovative vari-angle LCD monitor
- Live View and D-Movie
- Superior image quality – 12.3 megapixels and wide ISO range
- Extensive in-camera retouch menu
- 19 Scene Modes
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Key Features:
- 2.7-inch vari-angle LCD monitor with downward-opening mechanism makes it easy to capture images from any angle and still keep a steady grip on the camera. When not in use it can be closed with the LCD panel facing the camera for protection.
- D-Movie lets you record beautiful high-definition (HD) movie clips with sound. The camera’s large image sensor and high ISO sensitivity offer exceptional image quality. A wide range of interchangeable NIKKOR lenses can be used to obtain cinematic effects and you can view your movie clips on the camera or an HDTV.
- Live View with subject tracking: Live View mode lets you compose images using the LCD monitor. Four easily selectable AF modes assure sharp results: Face priority AF, Wide area AF, Normal area AF and Subject Tracking AF, which keeps the camera focused on a moving subject even if it leaves the frame for a moment.
- 12.3 megapixel DX format CMOS image sensor lets you capture outstandingly detailed images and produce stunningly sharp enlargements.
- High ISO (200-3200) light sensitivity, extendable up to ISO 6400 (equivalent) and down to ISO 100 (equivalent). Enables faster shutter speeds, significantly reducing the risk of blurred images when you shoot fast-moving subjects or take pictures in low light.
- Integrated dust reduction system: Image Sensor Cleaning and Airflow Control systems keep dust away from the camera’s image sensors for clear, spot-free images.
- Advanced autofocus performance with versatile Multi-CAM1000 11-point AF system offers fast and precise autofocus coverage across the frame. Four AF-area modes, including 3D-tracking AF, deliver sharp results, whether your subject is off-center, moving fast or completely unpredictable.
- Scene Recognition System optimizes exposure, autofocus, and white balance immediately before the shutter is released, to deliver precise exposures and sharply-defined images.
- EXPEED image processing system for optimum performance and maximum image quality.
- Active D-Lighting automatically retains details in highlights and shadows for stunning images with natural contrast. It works at the moment you take the shot, features four levels of intensity and can be activated manually or automatically.
- Scene Modes automatically adjust camera settings, including Picture Controls and active D-Lighting, to take the guesswork out of tricky photo situations and deliver optimal results. Simply turn the mode dial to SCENE to access the most commonly used modes. Sample photos appear on the display to help you select the right mode and there are 19 to choose from.
- Extensive in-camera Retouch Menu lets you edit and enhance images in the camera. Offers a range of photo effects including Perspective Control, Soft Focus and Color Outline, which transforms your photo into a line drawing.
- Picture Controls let you set the look and mood of your photos or D-Movie clips before you shoot. Choose from six settings: Standard, Vivid, Neutral, Monochrome, Portrait and Landscape.
- Highly durable 100,000-cycle shutter unit: provides exceptional reliability. Thoroughly tested on fully assembled cameras, it delivers precise shutter control.
- Quiet shooting mode: perfect for photographing a sleeping baby, Quiet mode noticeably reduces the sound of the camera’s internal mechanisms when the shutter is pressed.
- Extensive playback functions including a calendar view that organizes images according to the date and time they were shot, a 72-frame thumbnail display and histograms of magnified sections within an image. HDTV compatibility: the built-in High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connector makes it easy to watch your photos and movie clips on an HDTV. Simply connect a compatible HDMI cable between your camera and the TV.
- NIKKOR lenses: optimized for use with AF-S and AF-I NIKKOR lenses, renowned for delivering outstanding sharpness, crisp contrast and precise color reproduction.
- Global Positioning System (GPS) via an optional GP-1 unit that attaches to the camera and automatically records location information such as latitude, longitude, altitude and time as ‘geotags’ in the image data (EXIF) of each photo.
Specifications:
| Type | Single-lens reflex digital camera |
| Lens mount | Nikon F mount (with AF contacts) |
| Effective picture angle | Approx. 1.5 x lens focal length (Nikon DX format) |
| Effective pixels | 12.3 million |
| Image sensor | 23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor |
| Total pixels | 12.9 million |
| Dust-reduction system | Image Sensor Cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX 2 required) |
| Image size (pixels) | 4,288 x 2,848 [L], 3,216 x 2,136 [M], 2,144 x 1,424 [S] |
| File format | NEF (RAW) |
| - | JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression |
| - | NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) /and JPEG formats |
| Picture Control System | Can be selected from Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape; storage for up to nine custom Picture Controls |
| File system | DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0, DPOF (Digital Print Order Format), Exif 2.21 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras), PictBridge |
| Viewfinder | Eye-level pentamirror single-lens reflex viewfinder |
| Frame coverage | Approx. 95% horizontal and 95% vertical |
| Magnification | Approx. 0.78 x (50mm f/1.4 lens at infinity; -1.0 m-1) |
| Eyepoint | 17.9 mm (-1.0 m-1) |
| Diopter adjustment | -1.7 to +0.7 m-1 |
| Focusing screen | Type B BriteView Clear Matte screen Mark V with focus frame (framing grid can be displayed) |
| Reflex mirror | Quick-return type |
| Lens aperture | Instant return, electronically controlled |
| Compatible lenses | AF-S and AF-I NIKKOR: All functions supported |
| - | Type G or D AF NIKKOR not equipped with an autofocus motor: All functions supported except autofocus |
| - | Non-Type G or D AF NIKKOR not equipped with an autofocus motor: All functions supported except 3D color matrix metering II and autofocus |
| - | IX-NIKKOR and AF-NIKKOR for F3AF: Not supported |
| - | Type D PC NIKKOR: All functions supported except some shooting modes |
| - | AI-P NIKKOR: All functions supported except 3D color matrix metering II |
| - | Non-CPU: Autofocus not supported. Can be used in exposure mode M, but exposure meter does not function |
| - | Lens with maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster: Electronic rangefinder can be used |
| Shutter type | Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter speed | 1/4,000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, Bulb, Time (with optional ML-L3 Remote Control) |
| Flash sync speed | X = 1/200 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 s or slower |
| Release modes | Single-frame, continuous, self-timer, delayed remote, quick-response, quiet |
| Frame advance rate | Continuous high speed: up to 4 fps (manual focus, manual or shutter-priority auto exposure, 1/250 s or faster shutter speed; other settings at default values and memory remaining in memory buffer) |
| Self-timer | Can be selected from 2, 5, 10, and 20 s duration |
| Exposure metering | TTL exposure metering using 420-pixel RGB sensor |
| Exposure method | Matrix: 3D color matrix metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses) |
| - | Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 8-mm circle in center of frame |
| - | Spot: Meters 3.5-mm circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point |
| Exposure range (ISO 100 equivalent, f/1.4 lens, 20°C/68°F) | Matrix or center-weighted metering: 0–20 EV |
| - | Spot metering: 2–20 EV |
| Exposure meter coupling | CPU |
| Exposure modes | Auto modes (auto, auto [flash off]), Advanced Scene Modes (Portrait, Landscape, Child, Sports, Close up, Night portrait, Night landscape, Party/indoor, Beach/snow, Sunset, Dusk/dawn, Pet portrait, Candlelight, Blossom, Autumn colors, Food, Silhouette, High key, and Low key), programmed auto with flexible program (P), shutter-priority auto (S), aperture-priority auto (A), manual (M) |
| Exposure compensation | ±5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV |
| Exposure bracketing | 3 frames in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV |
| Exposure lock | Luminosity locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button |
| ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index) | ISO 200 to 3200 in steps of 1/3 EV. Can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.7, or 1 EV (ISO 100 equivalent) below ISO 200, or to approx. 0.3, 0.7, or 1 EV (ISO 6400 equivalent) over ISO 3200, ISO sensitivity auto control available |
| Active D-Lighting | Can be selected from Auto, Extra high, High, Normal, Low, or Off |
| Active D-Lighting bracketing | 2 frames |
| Autofocus | Nikon Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection, 11 focus points (including 1 cross-type sensor) and AF-assist illuminator (range approx. 0.5–3 m/1 ft. 8in.–9 ft. 10 in.) |
| Detection range | -1 to +19 EV (ISO 100 equivalent, 20°C/68°F) |
| Lens servo | Autofocus: Instant single-servo AF (AF-S); continuous-servo AF (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); predictive focus tracking automatically activated according to subject status (AF-A) |
| - | Manual (M): Electronic rangefinder supported |
| Focus point | Can be selected from 11 focus points |
| AF-area modes | Single-point AF, dynamic-area AF, auto-area AF, 3D-tracking (11 points) AF |
| Focus lock | Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (Single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L button |
| Built-in flash | Auto, Portrait, Child, Close-up, Night portrait, Party/indoor, Pet portrait modes: Auto flash with auto pop-up P, S, A, M, Food: Manual pop-up with button release |
| Guide number (m/ft.) at 20°C/68°F | At ISO 200: Approx. 17/56, 18/59 with manual flash |
| - | At ISO 100 equivalent: Approx. 12/39, 13/43 with manual flash |
| Flash control | TTL: i-TTL balanced fill-flash and standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR using 420-pixel RGB sensor are available with built-in flash, SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, or SB-400 (when combined with matrix metering or center-priority metering) |
| - | Auto aperture: Available with SB-900, SB-800, and CPU lenses |
| - | Non-TTL auto: Supported flash units include SB-900, SB-800, SB-28, SB-27, or SB-22s |
| - | Range-priority manual: Available with SB-900 and SB-800 |
| Flash modes | Auto, auto with red-eye reduction, fill-flash, auto slow sync, auto slow sync with red-eye correction, and rear curtain with slow sync |
| Flash compensation | -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV |
| Flash bracketing | 2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1, or 2 EV |
| Flash-ready indicator | Lights when built-in flash or SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, SB-400, SB-80DX, SB-28DX, or SB-50DX is fully charged; blinks for 3 s after flash is fired at full output in i-TTL or auto aperture modes |
| Accessory shoe | Standard ISO 518 hot-shoe contact with safety lock |
| Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS) | Advanced Wireless Lighting is supported with the built-in flash and when used with the SB-900, SB-800, or SU-800 as commander |
| Sync terminal | Hot Shoe Sync Terminal Adapter AS-15 (optional) |
| White balance | Auto (TTL white-balance with main image sensor and 420-pixel RGB sensor); 12 manual modes with fine-tuning; preset manual white balance, white balance bracketing |
| White balance bracketing | 3 frames in steps of 1 |
| Live View AF modes | Face priority AF, wide area AF, normal area AF, subject tracking AF |
| Live View focus | Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face priority or subject tracking AF is selected at the time of Live View shooting) |
| Movie clips image sizes (pixels) | 1,280 x 720/24 fps, 640 x 424/24 fps, 320 x 216/24 fps |
| Movie clips file format | AVI |
| Movie clips compression format | Motion-JPEG, with monaural sound |
| LCD monitor | Vari-angle type, 2.7-in., approx. 230k-dot, low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD, approx. 100% frame coverage, 170° viewing angle, and brightness adjustment |
| Playback function | Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar) playback with playback zoom, movie playback, stop-motion movie playback, slide show, histogram display, highlights, auto image rotation, and image comment (up to 36 characters) |
| USB | Hi-Speed USB |
| Video output | Can be selected from NTSC and PAL; images can be displayed on external device while camera monitor is on |
| HDMI output | Type C HDMI connector; camera monitor turns off when HDMI cable is connected |
| Accessory terminal | Remote Cord MC-DC2 (optional) |
| - | GPS Unit GP-1 (optional) |
| Supported languages | Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Battery | One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL9a |
| AC adapter | AC Adapter EH-5a (optional; requires EP-5 power connector) |
| Tripod socket | 1/4 in. (ISO 1222) |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | Approx. 127 x 104 x 80 mm / 5.0 x 4.1 x 3.1 in. |
| Weight | Approx. 560 g / 1 lb. 4 oz. without battery, memory card, or body cap |
| Temperature | 0–40°C / 32–104°F |
| Humidity | Less than 85% (no condensation) |
| Supplied accessories | Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL9a, Quick Charger MH-23, Eyepiece Cap DK-5, (may differ by country or area) Rubber Eyecup DK-21, USB Cable UC-E4, Audio Video Cable EG-D2,
Camera Strap AN-DC2, Accessory Shoe Cover BS-1, Body Cap, Software Suite CD-ROM |
| Footnote | Specifications and equipment are subject to change without notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer. April 2009 |
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