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So recently (yesterday) there was some concerns shooting around the camera world about the new Nikon D5000. More accurately the concern was with Nikon Digital Camera Batteries, Indianapolis and the rest of the country needed a clarification. If you have been keeping up with the news about the new D5000 Nikon you may have noticed that there is a new battery, the EN-EL9a. The question/concern was forward and backward compatibility. The Nikon Digital SLR cameras that used the original EN-EL9 batteries include the D40, the D40X and the D60. Along comes the announcement of the new vid on the block (yes the D5000 is going to be a more competent Nikon video camera too) and there in the fine print is the EN-EL9a battery. Will the new battery work in the older models, will the old batteries work in the new model.

The new D5000 with nifty swivel screen and so much more.

It’s the whole “You got peanut butter in my chocolate! No you got chocolate in my peanut butter! But what’s the answer? Will it work!
Luckily our Nikon representative was on site and we were able to persuade him to find out, because inquiring minds want to know. A call was made, a tech guru’s ego pampered and in a few minutes the definitive answer delivered.  Either battery will work in any of the cameras mentioned in this expose. The EN-EL9a is a higher storage capacity brother to the original EN-EL9 Nikon Digital Batteries. Whew! That’s a load off.

Next week we are going to call him about global warming, or the ever present  Coke vs. Pepsi debate.



Nikon D5000: What’s Up With It

D6000 (Body Only)

D6000 (Body Only)

Well, because Jody in his infinite brilliance managed to accidentally delete the first version of this post, here we go again:

There it is kiddies! The D5000! I’ve seen this bouncing around rumor town a bit, and it’s nice to see it’s true. For those not up with the jazz, it’s a slightly stripped down D90 with a smaller bod and a new and happening tilt/swivel LCD (which I love, and which brings the DSLR market up to 4 current models with it, 6 if you count the Sonys with tilting screens, 7 if you add the lonely E-330 down on our shelf that someone needs to take home.)

So, in the interest of public service, here’s a breakdown of the pertinent differences (also known as “why this isn’t going to kill the D90″), comparing the new and shiny D5000 to the D90:

Pros:

  • Tilt/swivel LCD
  • Smaller body (though not by much, apparently)
  • Lighter body (fairly notable, actually, 100g or so)

Cons:

  • Smaller LCD (2.7″ @ 230,00 vs the D90′s 3″ with 920,000 dots. BIG difference.)
  • No built-in AF motor. That’s right, the D5000 has the same lens compatibility issues as the D40-D60 bodies.
  • Smaller viewfinder (approx. 95% coverage at .78x magnification vs 96% coverage at .94x magnification.

Both bodies have 720 video at 24 FPS, 11 point auto-focus systems, 12.3 megapixel imagers, and play nicey-nice with the GP-1 GPS dongle. I’m taking it on faith they also have varied delete functions, which unfortunately my editor also does.

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