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04-13-2009, 05:10 PM   #1
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Nikon D5000 Leaked.

Nikon D5000 with articulating display leaks out on Japanese retailer's site

I know this is a Pentax forum, but i thought some would be interested in speculation.

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some nicer pictures Official images from Sweden: D5000: Nikon D90 - D40 Forum: Digital Photography Review

bottom swing live view doesn't seem as functional as the Olympus style side hinge or even the relatively restricted sony
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Great, now I will have to sell my Canon stuff

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not impressed. I had the panasonic fz50 and it had a lcd like that. It was not super useful
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Not excited. Yet another black blob of nothingness. Sigh.
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still can't see it in the bright sunlight.

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It makes Olympus E620 look silly
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QuoteOriginally posted by roentarre Quote
It makes Olympus E620 look silly
explain...
the D5000's bottom hinge live view borders on retardedness.
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QuoteOriginally posted by roentarre Quote
It makes Olympus E620 look silly

if we are going on looks... the nikon looks ridiculous. Olympus' current lineup are the best looking digital SLR's on the market. im not sure whos articulated LCD would work better but the Oly's sure looks cooler. nothing about that nikon looks good. again I certainly cant comment on functionality.
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No top LCD, no button for ISO...
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So, Nikon's come out with a *four* digit camera line?

I wonder if this is why the forums have recently been seemingly-awash in people going, 'Without an articulated screen, it's crap!'

Haven't even *used* the live view, myself.
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usually people would use an articulated LCD screen when shooting from the hip or anywhere below eye-level so its easier (Rather than crouching or lying on your stomach)...

an articulated screen that moves from the bottom implies ease of use with a camera above head... i can see this being useful when in a crowd - you often see on the news, photographers shooting above their heads trying to get a shot of someone who's getting away and every other photographer is in each others way... thats one potential use... of course though, with the D5000 being an entry-level camera, i cant imagine those types of photographers using it
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plus AF through CDAF now is so slow, those types of PJ's probably wouldn't use that anyways
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Yeah, that articulated screen probably has much more use in shop appeal than in practice, tripod work aside. For overhead shots, (And I used to do this back when the only thing you'd see was a memo holder if for some reason you were looking at your camera rather than your subject) the LCD on a K20 as is has a wide enough viewing angle, (I can hold this guy up at arm's length over my head and still chimp) you could just look up to check framing for that purpose, anyway, without wondering which way the screen is angled to the camera.

For that kind of situation, you've got to know how to point a camera *before* some pay's riding on it. With digital, it's really cheap to practice, and there's autofocus, now.

Nice for tripod work, mind you, I'm sure, but that's the home of the 'optional accessory.'
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