Nikon D5100 released today

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Jessops are taking orders from today for the new D5100 released today, body price from memory is £669. It has the tilt out to side screen as opposed to the up and down of the D5000 and 16 point something mega pixels, and no top lcd, but I couldn't tell from the print out they gave me whether it has a built in motor or not. Obviously there is a lot more to the specifications than the bits I have mentioned, but I will leave that for others to discuss, but I don't think I have changed my mind about getting a D90.
 
Check the spec, as they say. I dont think this is a D90 replacement, its a new entry level update to the D5000, so keep that order in for the D90.
As far as I can make out, it has no internal focus motor and a pentamirror viewfinder instead of the pentaprism of the D90.
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The night vision mode sounds cool.

The Nikon D5100 has officially been announced! So what’s new? Essentially, the major changes are the 3″ articulated screen (trend of the moment) and the ability to shoot 1080p video at 24p. It also has a night shot mode that allows you to shoot at ISO 102,400. Nikon call this “Night vision mode” for a gritty appearance, which is probably a nice way of saying that it will be really noisy at this ISO.

Full article: http://blog.digitalrev.com/2011/04/05/nikon-d5100-announced/
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tim_uk said:
just get the D7000 - pro in every way that counts so make the most of a non pro price !!!
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Not really. The "magnesium alloy body" isn't a complete magnesium alloy body like the D200 or D300s, it's only a small portion of it.

The D7000 also has no 10-pin port or PC sync socket, and it's not fully weather sealed like Nikon's pro range of bodies. It's not a pro body, it's not pro build quality. It's as much a pro body as the D90 was.
 
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Kaouthia said:
Not really. The "magnesium alloy body" isn't a complete magnesium alloy body like the D200 or D300s, it's only a small portion of it.

The D7000 also has no 10-pin port or PC sync socket, and it's not fully weather sealed like Nikon's pro range of bodies. It's not a pro body, it's not pro build quality. It's as much a pro body as the D90 was.
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I'd have to disagree with your final comment. Having owned both I can say the D7000 is far closer to being a "pro" body than the D90. That said, it still doesn't match the build quality of the D300 and above, but feature wise it's running pretty damn close to, and some cases outperforming the midrange bodies (apart from the 10 pin and sync sockets), until, of course, Nikon release the next gen midrange kit.
 
I for one an looking forward to trying it out in the hand. The d90 for me was lovely, but just just too big to lug about on family days out.

Why does pro body seem to equate with big size? (I can see why on FX, but why DX).
 
Slaphead said:
I'd have to disagree with your final comment. Having owned both I can say the D7000 is far closer to being a "pro" body than the D90. That said, it still doesn't match the build quality of the D300 and above, but feature wise it's running pretty damn close to, and some cases outperforming the midrange bodies (apart from the 10 pin and sync sockets), until, of course, Nikon release the next gen midrange kit.
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You can feel free to disagree if you like. :)

I've yet to see where the D7K outperforms the D300s though, other than the fact it shoots 1080p with full manual controls.

When compared to the same generation pro bodies (which haven't yet been released), yes, it will stand up to pro scrutiny as much as the D90 did compared to the D300s/D3s.

Just as the D80 did vs the D200/D2x.

Feature wise, the D90 is pretty damn close to the D200, but I'd still trust a D200 as a working daily use camera over a D90, and it still offers features the D90 does not have.

Same rings true with the D7000 vs. D300s. The D7000 may be pretty damn close to a D300s, but it's not quite there. The D400 will be that much better than the D7K, as the D300s was over the D90, and the D200 was over the D80.
 
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