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Nikon D90 vs D5000
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<blockquote data-quote="Essence of Imagery" data-source="post: 2948" data-attributes="member: 920"><p>Honestly, you did the right thing. Especially when you go to purchase lenses - the D5000 was built for people who probably won't ever come close to finding the limits of that camera.</p><p>You, on the other hand, look like someone who is going to learn and grow in your photography, and you made the right investment.</p><p>The largest noticeable difference: the lenses you can use, that the D5000 cannot use (in AF mode, anyway).</p><p></p><p>The D90 has the focusing motor in the body, where it belongs. Therefore, you can pick up any AF lens (built for a Nikon), attach it, and it will work on your camera in AF (auto-focus) mode. The D5000 relies on having the focusing motor in the lens, therefore the lens choices are much smaller, unless you don't mind manually focusing the lens. Most people don't - I don't manually focus the lens unless I have a very specific capture (DOF, etc.) that I want to manually control the camera.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Essence of Imagery, post: 2948, member: 920"] Honestly, you did the right thing. Especially when you go to purchase lenses - the D5000 was built for people who probably won't ever come close to finding the limits of that camera. You, on the other hand, look like someone who is going to learn and grow in your photography, and you made the right investment. The largest noticeable difference: the lenses you can use, that the D5000 cannot use (in AF mode, anyway). The D90 has the focusing motor in the body, where it belongs. Therefore, you can pick up any AF lens (built for a Nikon), attach it, and it will work on your camera in AF (auto-focus) mode. The D5000 relies on having the focusing motor in the lens, therefore the lens choices are much smaller, unless you don't mind manually focusing the lens. Most people don't - I don't manually focus the lens unless I have a very specific capture (DOF, etc.) that I want to manually control the camera. [/QUOTE]
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