Nikon D5000 announced

The camera that all Nikon drivers were waiting for was announced right on schedule - today the D5000 is officially starting to enter stores all over the world.

Nikon D5000, a serious contender of the recently revealed Canon Rebel T1i , has almost everything a photographer with ambitions might need: a new 2.7-inch rotating LCD display (with Live View), a 12.3-megapixel DX CMOS matrix, the maximum value ISO - 3200, the ability to shoot up to 4 frames / sec and record HD video at 720 / 24p.
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The kit also includes: an autofocus system with 11 points, three-dimensional tracking of the focus and 19 different automatic modes. But the most exciting is the price, in the USA the model will cost $ 849 with a whale zoom (18-55mm f / 3.5-5.6G), only the “body” - $ 729. This is slightly less than the price of the Rebel T1i, which shoots HD video at 1080p, but does not have a tricky display.

Press release on Nikon, Engadget via Dvice