D5000 how many clicks

With the D90's Since the Nikon D's ISO ranges from to 3,, with a Lo 1 setting of and a Hi 1 setting of 6, Nikon's EXPEED image processing system should easily handle noise suppression and image optimization with the somewhat slow four-frame-per-second frame rate. HD movie mode is the second major feature of the Nikon D, capturing 1, x resolution movies at 24 frames per second.

As with all digital SLRs so far, the Nikon D is better for capturing video snapshots that you can string together in a video editor, rather than longer recordings, because the camera can't autofocus while you record. The major benefit of capturing video with a digital SLR like the Nikon D is that you can take advantage of the wide range of SLR lenses, from extreme wide-angle to telephoto. As with stills, recording video from multiple angles is easier when you can turn the LCD to face multiple directions.

Though it's not the most versatile design, the Nikon D's LCD swivels from the bottom, allowing you to compose and capture images from above, below, left, right, and the front of the camera. Live View mode features four autofocus modes, all of them contrast-detect.

The Nikon D's Subject-tracking Autofocus locks onto a moving subject, and remembers the subject if it leaves and comes back into the frame. Face-priority Autofocus can pick out five faces, focusing on the closest. Wide-area AF covers a broad area, and Normal-area AF features a single focus point that you can move around the screen. For optical viewfinder shooting, which tests considerably faster than Live View, the Nikon D uses the company's diamond-shaped point AF array, whose results are complemented with data from the camera's point exposure system.

The Nikon D also has the Integrated Dust Reduction System, with a four-frequency ultrasonic motor to shake dust from the sensor, as well as the Airflow Control System, which works to move dust away from the sensor with shutter release. The Nikon D's shutter is expected to last , cycles, and a new Quiet Release Mode reduces shutter noise for use in very quiet situations.

GPS geo-tagging is now easier as well, thanks to the accessory port built into the Nikon D, designed to work with the optional GP-1 GPS Unit, which automatically records time and position data with each photograph. Last year's big SLR news was Live View and Movie mode, and the D adds an articulating screen to the mix, making both modes that much more valuable. Other SLR makers, notably Olympus, Sony, and Panasonic have included articulating screens, but usually for more money, and without Movie mode.

Look and feel. It feels a little larger than the D60, is a little taller, and has a bigger grip. Body-only, but with card and battery, the D weighs 1. With the lens added the total goes up to 1. Like the D60, the Nikon D's Mode dial is behind the shutter button, while on the D90, the mode dial is on the opposite shoulder to make room for a monochrome status display. The power switch surrounds the shutter release button, but note the lack of a Sub-command dial in front of that, typically used on the D90 to adjust aperture, among other things.

Just beneath the red accent is the infrared receiver, made for the optional Nikon ML-L3 remote control. Just above the D logo are three holes for the camera's monaural microphone. Also like the D60, the Nikon D does not have the mechanical AF connection between the lens and body, so older screw-type autofocus lenses won't autofocus with the Nikon D; only the more modern electronically coupled lenses will work.

From here you can also see the two raised tabs for pulling the articulating screen out from the body. Note also how much the screen sticks out from the back of the Nikon D near the top, making it easier to grasp from the sides. The articulating LCD's body is hinged at the bottom, which leaves room for the usual set of buttons down the left side of the Nikon D The general arrangement of the buttons follows that of the Nikon D90, and the Live view button is also in a similar spot; but Nikon maintained the idea of simplicity on the back of this consumer-oriented digital SLR camera, as it lacks the many silkscreened icons and words that clutter the back of other maker's cameras.

Nine holes form the Nikon D's speaker grille, used during D-Movie playback. Nikon continues to include thoughtful touches in its digital SLR designs, including the gentle cant to the Main Command dial, making it easier for the human thumb to turn without strain.

The Nikon D's LCD screen appears to have a roughly dimension, but the frame is built larger, to hold a wider and slightly taller screen, suggesting that we may see this same assembly on future Nikon digital SLRs, perhaps with a screen. Unlike other recent digital SLRs from Nikon, though, the Nikon D has a more standard-resolution, , dot display, rather than the K-dot displays included on the D90 and other recent Nikon pro digital SLR cameras. The Nikon D's new hinged LCD design offers a lot of versatility, but hinging the screen at the bottom also presents some problems that left-hinge designs avoid.

Overhead and low shooting is easy with this design, just tilt the LCD down for overhead horizontal shots, or swing it around degrees for horizontal ground-level shots. However, you end up with a strange dilemma when shooting vertically, either overhead or down low, because when you turn the Nikon D's LCD to the left or right, the orientation of the screen doesn't match the orientation of the sensor. Following action is thus more difficult. And while it's cool that you can face the screen forward for self-portraits, you lose your view when you mount the camera on a tripod.

Depending on the tripod, that can remain true when you tilt the camera to vertical. Indeed, certain tripod heads with quick release levers on the back will prevent you from opening and twisting the LCD at all, including most Manfrotto designs. Instead, you have to remove the camera and replace it -- not too difficult thanks to the quick release, but still a nuisance.

The one final inconvenience to the Nikon D's articulating LCD design is that you have to remember to fold the screen up at least partway to set the camera down on a flat surface, or risk damaging the LCD and hinge assembly. Still, articulated displays are very useful for getting unusual shots, and sometimes they're the only way to get a shot at all.

The Nikon D's design isn't perfect, but it does meet an important need for those who want to get more creative. Sensor and processor. The Nikon D's sensor is said to be identical to the Nikon D90's: a Nikon doesn't say much about which processors are used in each camera, except to give them a name: the Expeed Image Processing System.

After looking at the D's images, especially the high ISO ones, it's clear that whatever Expeed consists of in the Nikon D, it works quite well. Scene Recognition System. Scene recognition is something that Nikon has been working on for years, and these last few models have seen incremental improvements to the system.

Now, along with the Nikon D90, the D includes Face recognition. As in past models, the Color Matrix Metering system compares what it sees in the image to a database of 30, photos to make its metering decisions for each scene.

They've added more to properly gauge factors like white balance and subject motion, and now they're tracking faces with SRS. The autofocus sensors are another piece of the Nikon D's SRS puzzle, each aspect informing and tuning the other. Finding and focusing on eyes rather than foreground objects, or even foreheads and noses, is one particular benefit of the overall integration.

Another is improved 3D tracking of objects as they move across the image area. The RGB sensor may not be able to help focus on an object, but it can add a set of data for the Nikon D to use while tracking a subject with the autofocus system.

For example, if a red object is traversing the frame from left to right, and growing in size as it does so, the Nikon D's SRS would add this information to the AF-sensor data to help it tune the focus more quickly. Live view shooting. No worries there for her. I myself decided to download Opanda just to check my actuations; its still at a modest after 12months of use. Even on school events for my features column of our school paper Lee Jinks 10 years ago. Check your shutter count here: myshuttercount.

Sebastian Muller 10 years ago. Check out this: www. I just hit in 11 months. I suspect they can only more or less guarantee this amount of clicks because that's how far they went during the testing before they got really bored. And maybe also to encourage the user to start considering buying an upgrade once they approach said number. But, like the use by date on dry foods, you may just go that little bit longer before you risk a tummy ache, so I shouldn't worry and just keep going until the thing gives up the ghost.

Worry about real problems instead, life's too short to get all worked up about this Cheers for the link, Lee. FWIW - in 19 months of ever increasingly happy ownership. Lee Jinks Posted 10 years ago. Edited by Lee Jinks member 10 years ago. Your welcome, and I'm 40K in 2 years.

Edited by kgreggbruce member 10 years ago. I am half way there in 2 years, another 2 and I really be ready to upgrade. As for the person who doesn't understand how you can get so many shots try nature photography, wild animals don't pose so well.

Richard Wintle 10 years ago. Hm, only at 13, after 16 months. Guess I'll be good for a while, even with the occasional 1,photo motorsports weekend. Jostijn Ligtvoet Fotografie 9 years ago. I'm at Richard Wintle 9 years ago. Since posted it made me go and look again - now at 31,ish after 2 and a half years. The shutter count corresponds to the number of images your Nikon D has captured with its mechanical shutter.

Mechanical focal-plane shutters consist of a pair of light-tight curtains that move to uncover the sensor during the exposure time. Every actuation, that is every shutter opening and closing, will cause some minimal wear and tear that will eventually result in malfunction and the need for repair or replacement.

A shutter can fail completely on one incident, but more likely it will deteriorate gradually. It becomes unreliable when shooting at high shutter speeds or the first and second curtains get out of sync, so that the shutter speed becomes inaccurate. If these warning signs appear, it is time to take action and get your camera shutter replaced.

That said, the actuation count is not just an indicator on whether or not the shutter might soon need to be replaced, but more generally on the overall condition of your D A high shutter count indicates that the camera has been intensively used and probably also been subject to more bumps and knocks, more frequent exposure to dust, and more recurrent usage in the rain than a D that has been kept in a drawer most of the time and therefore shows a low actuation count.

As a result, second-hand buyers on Ebay or Craigslist are willing to offer a higher price for a D with a low number of shutter releases than for one with a high actuation count. Shutter life ratings differ across cameras, ranging from 50 shots for entre-level models to actuations for some professional cameras. Want to learn more about the Nikon Z9?

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