A colleague of mine recently came to me expressing his interest in moving into the world of digital photography by purchasing his first DSLR. As a lifelong Nikon point and shoot owner, he started digging into the current line of Nikon DSLR cameras. As a Nikon user myself, I was happy to help him out.
Quickly he narrowed his decision between the D5000 and the D90 originally leaning toward the D5000 from a price standpoint but after comparing the bodies side by side my recommendation to him was to get the D90.
Here are my four reasons that I would spend the extra $150-200 on the D90 over the D5000 and why you should too:
This was a missing feature that drove me nuts when I first learned what I was doing on my D40x. It prompted me to step up to the D80 within only a few months after my original purchase.
I know that with both camera bodies you have the option of viewing this data on the LCD monitor on the back of the camera but personally, I don’t like using the LCD to display the information.
Autofocus lenses that are not AF-S will only work in manual focus mode with the D5000.
Simply put, the D90 feels much more substantial and sturdy in your hand.
These reasons may not seem as important to a buyer as saving a few bucks but if you are anything like me (I replaced a D40x for a D80 after 5 months), you will long for these features once you get to know the camera and wish you would have purchased the D90 from the start.
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