Product Details:
Meet the D5000, a new breed of Nikon digital SLR camera. A wonderful blend of fun, simplicity, and beautiful image quality, the D5000 features an innovative Vari-angle monitor for an exciting new take on photographic expression. Combined with Live View shooting, this monitor gives you the ability to shoot from nearly any angle. And your creativity is not limited to still images - Nikon's D-Movie function lets you record richly detailed HD movie clips, too. There's also a dazzling array of shooting features to help you get great pictures, hot-after-shot. Add to this a superb 12.3-megapixel CMOS sensor working in tandem with Nikon's EXPEED image processing system and watch your photos and movie clips come alive with all the stunning beauty for which Nikon is famous.

Image Sensor Format: DX

• Image Sensor Type: CMOS
• Sensor Size: 15.8x23.6mm
• Total Pixels: 12.9 million
• Effective Pixels: 12.3 million
• Image Area (pixels): DX-format: (L) 4288x2848, (M) 3216x2136, (S) 2144x1424
• Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution: 4 frames per second
• LCD Monitor Size: 2.7 in diagonal
• LCD Monitor Type: Vari-angle color LCD Monitor
• LCD Monitor Resolution: 230,000 Dots
• LCD Monitor Angle of View: 170-degree wide-viewing angle
• LCD Monitor Adjustments: Brightness, 7-levels
• Shutter Type: Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane
• Slowest Shutter Speed: 30 sec. in steps of 1/3: 1/2, 1 EV
• Fastest Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec. in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 1 EV
• Bulb Shutter Setting: Yes
• Lowest Standard ISO Sensitivity: 200 in steps of 1/3, 1 EV
• Highest Standard ISO Sensitivity: 3200 in steps of 1.3, 1 EV
• Lowest Expanded ISO Sensitivty: Lo-1 (ISO 100 equivalent)
• Highest Exanded ISO Sensitivyt: Hi-1 (ISO 66400 equivalent)
• Expanded ISO Sensitivity Options: Lo-1 (ISO 100 equivalent) in steps of 1/3 EV, Hi-1 (ISO 6400 equivalent) in steps of 1/3 EV
• Storage Media: SD, SDHC
• Storage System: JPEG: JPEG-baseline-compliant; can be selected from Size priority and Optimal Quality, AVI, Compress 12-bit NEF (RAW)
• File System: Compliant with DCF 2.0, DPOF, EXIF 2.21
• Exposure Modes: Programmed Auto (p) with flexible program, Shutter-Priority Auto (S), Aperture-Priority Auto (A), Manual (M), Auto, Auto (flash off) Advanced Scene Modes
• Advanced Scene Modes: Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Night Landscape, Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Pet Portrait, Candlelight, Blossom, Autumn Colors, Food, Silhouette, High Key, Low Key
• Exposure Metering System: 420 pixel RGB sensor 3D Color Matrix Metering II, Center-weighted, Spot
• Metering Range: 1) 0 to 20 EV (Matrix or center-weighted metering); 2) 2 to 20 EV (Spot metering) (ISO 100 equivalent, f/1.4 lens, at 20 degrees C/68 degrees F)
• Exposure Meter Coupling: CPU
• Exposure Compensation: ±5 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2, 1
• Exposure Lock: Yes
• Exposure Bracketing: Yes, 2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV
• Shutter Release Modes: Live View [LV] mode, Self-timer mode, Continuous [C] mode: 4 Quiet mode
• Movie Modes: Movie with sound, Stop motion movie, D-Movie, HD 1280 x 720/24 fps VGA 640 x 424/24 fps QVGA 320 x 216/24 fps
• White Balance: Sun, Shade, Fluorescent, Incandescent, Flash, Preset, Auto, Auto (TTL white balance with 420-pixel RGB sensor) Seven manual modes with fine-tuning; Sun Shade Fluorescent Incandescent Flash Preset Fine Tune by Kelvin Color temperature setting
• White Balance Bracketing: Yes, Yes
• D-Lighting Bracketing: 2 exposures
• Live View Shooting: Yes
• Playback Functions: Full frame, Thumbnail (4, 9, 16 or 72 segments), Zoom, Slideshow, Histogram, Shooting data, Highlight point display, Auto image rotation, Sound playback, D-Movie playback, Calendar
• Interface: Hi-Speed USB, NTSC, HDMI
• Lens Mount: Nikon F bayonet mount
• Picture Angle: 1.5
• Viewfinder: -2.0 to +1.0 m-1
• Viewfinder Frame Coverage: Approx. 95%
• Viewfinder Diopter Adjustment: (-2.0 to +1.0 m-1)
• Viewfinder Eyepoint: 17.9
• Reflex Mirror: Quick-return type
• Focusing Screen: Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark V screen with focus frame (framing grid can be displayed)
• Interchangeable Focusing Screens: No
• Viewfinder Magnification: Approx. 0.78
• Depth-of-field Control: No
• Autofocus System: Nikon Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus 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. 8 in.-9ft.10 in.)
• Maximum Autofocus Areas/Points: 11
• Autofocus Sensitivity: -1 - +19 EV (ISO 100, 20°C/68°F)
• Focus Modes: Single-servo AF (S), Continuous-servo (C), Manual (M) with electronic rangefinder, Live View autofocus; Face-priority, wide area, normal area and Subject tracking
• Single-point AF Mode: Yes
• Dynamic AF Mode: Yes
• Auto-area AF Mode: Yes
• Focus Lock: AE-L/AF-L Button, Half press of shutter-release button (singl-point AF in AF-S)
• Picture Control: Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Nine User-customizable settings, Portrait, Landscape
• In-Camera Image Editing: Trim, D-Lighting, Color Balance, Image Overlay, Filter Effects, Distortion Control, Monochrome, Stop Motion, Color Balance, NEF (RAW) processing, Quick retouch, Straighten, Distortion Control, Fisheye, Small picture, Red-eye correction, Perspective Control Color Outline
• Built-in Flash: Yes
• External Flash Shoe: Yes
• Built-in Flash Distance: 56 at ISO 200 ft. 17 at ISO 200m
• Dust-off Reference Photo: Yes
• Save/Load Camera Settings: No
• Nikon Creative Lighting System Compatibility: Yes, Built-in Commander mode not available
• Flash Sync Speed: up to 1/200
• Flash Sync Modes: Front-curtain sync (normal), Slow sync, Rear-curtain sync, Red-eye reduction
• Flash Control: 1) i-TTL: TTL flash control by 420-pixel RGB sensor, built-in flash, SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, SB-400: i-TTL balanced fill-flash and standard i-TTL flash, 2) AA (Auto Aperture-type) flash: Available with SB-900 and SB-800 used with CPU lens, 3) Non-TTL Auto: Available with Speedlights such as SB-800, 28, 27, and 22S, 4) Range-priority manual flash; available with SB-900 and SB-800
• Flash Sync Terminal: No
• Accessory Shoe: Yes
• Self-timer: 2, 5, 10, 20 seconds duration
• World Time Setting: Yes
• Date, Time and Daylight Savings Time Settings: Yes
• Battery Type: Rechargeable
• Battery/Batteries: EN-EL9 Lithium-ion Battery, EN-EL9a Lithium-ion Battery
• AC Adaptor: EH-5a AC Adaptor
• Battery Charger: MH-18a Quick Charger
• Image Comment: Yes
• Battery Life (shots per charge): 510 shots (CIPA)
• Tripod Socket: 1/4-20
• Approx Dimensions: 5 x 4.1 x 3.1
• Approx Weight: 19.8 oz