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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 848615" data-attributes="member: 50197"><p>Welcome. A lot depends on your interest, style, expectations and pocketbook. </p><p></p><p>First off, does the D5000 meet your needs and expectations? The current lineup of Nikon cameras start at 21 MP and go as high as 46 MP in resolution. The 12 MP of your current camera is sufficient for many tasks, but may not be up to moderate to heavy cropping, or making large prints. </p><p></p><p>Some genres, such as wildlife and sports, are heavily reliant on auto focus capabilities, and other newer features, like high frame rates, pre-capture release and focus stacking. Others, like landscape and street photography, have far less dependence on these features.</p><p></p><p>Digital cameras have come a long way since your D5000 came out. AF, resolution, frame rates, and a myriad of other features have been greatly improved and added. My honest opinion, without knowing more about your and your shooting, is that it is likely time for an upgrade. One issue is that Nikon, and virtually all manufacturers, have abandoned DSLRs and are now only developing mirrorless models. These have a different lens mount than the older F mount. The good news is that you can use an adapter to mount F mount lenses, on the newer Z mount, mirrorless cameras. Having said that, if you decide to move to mirrorless, you will likely want to replace most or all of your F mount lenses with the Z mount models, although not necessarily all at once. The Z lenses are generally better, to much better than their older designed F mount counterparts. The newer mount has a number of advantages in engineering their lenses. </p><p></p><p>The bad news is that it's not cheap to move to newer equipment. I would also recommend that you not make quick decisions. I became dazzled with a higher resolution model that was on a very good sale, and bought a camera that really didn't suite my needs. It's a great camera, just not for what I was trying to use it for. I ended up replacing it with something more appropriate about a year later. </p><p></p><p>Feel free to ask questions, there is a lot of experience on the forum here, and lots of folks are happy to share their knowledge and experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 848615, member: 50197"] Welcome. A lot depends on your interest, style, expectations and pocketbook. First off, does the D5000 meet your needs and expectations? The current lineup of Nikon cameras start at 21 MP and go as high as 46 MP in resolution. The 12 MP of your current camera is sufficient for many tasks, but may not be up to moderate to heavy cropping, or making large prints. Some genres, such as wildlife and sports, are heavily reliant on auto focus capabilities, and other newer features, like high frame rates, pre-capture release and focus stacking. Others, like landscape and street photography, have far less dependence on these features. Digital cameras have come a long way since your D5000 came out. AF, resolution, frame rates, and a myriad of other features have been greatly improved and added. My honest opinion, without knowing more about your and your shooting, is that it is likely time for an upgrade. One issue is that Nikon, and virtually all manufacturers, have abandoned DSLRs and are now only developing mirrorless models. These have a different lens mount than the older F mount. The good news is that you can use an adapter to mount F mount lenses, on the newer Z mount, mirrorless cameras. Having said that, if you decide to move to mirrorless, you will likely want to replace most or all of your F mount lenses with the Z mount models, although not necessarily all at once. The Z lenses are generally better, to much better than their older designed F mount counterparts. The newer mount has a number of advantages in engineering their lenses. The bad news is that it's not cheap to move to newer equipment. I would also recommend that you not make quick decisions. I became dazzled with a higher resolution model that was on a very good sale, and bought a camera that really didn't suite my needs. It's a great camera, just not for what I was trying to use it for. I ended up replacing it with something more appropriate about a year later. Feel free to ask questions, there is a lot of experience on the forum here, and lots of folks are happy to share their knowledge and experience. [/QUOTE]
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