I can live both with or without the video - so that's not a deal breaker to me as long as the price of the camera is not higher because of the video function.

However, both the swivel screen and larger size than the D40/D60 unfortunately are deal breakers to me.

gentoo - I don't think that people hate d5000 for video, it's the price increase for entry level cameras, as general, that makes people don't like this camera. Moreover, if Nikon will put the price tag a little bit lower (same level as d60), than it probably would be a best seller. As for the swivel screen, I agree with You that it's one more thing to break, but OTOH You don't have to use it.

I agree with seanN. The D60and D40 were sold concurrently to get slightly different buyers and that worked well, especially in the US. I believe this D5000 is the next generation in entry level SLR's and there will be more like it to come. For those who have that hatred for video (which I still don't understand), get used to it or get a film camera. Video is here to stay, especially on entry level cameras as those are the ones that point and shoot "graduates" get as their 1st DSLR most of the time. They're going to want their video. I do have to agree on that swivel screen though; that's just one more thing that can break. I can live with the video as it won't get in my way but that swivel screen is something I hope never goes above the entry level.

I also agree with seanN about waiting a while after the new models come out. I waited a year before I bought my D40 and also waited a year after the D300 came out. I probably won't get a D400 till sometime next year if it comes out this year. By then all of the suckers would have figured out the bugs for Nikon to fix. I never had to deal with that dead battery syndrome the D300 had when it first came out.

I'd love to see a 6mp CMOS camera. It would be about as good with noise as the D700. (In fact, I think the D700's DX Crop is like 5.5 mp already... I'd be happy with that. If Nikon makes this camera, I'd retire my D40 tomorrow.

The biggest error in reasoning with there being a stripped version of the D5000, perhaps comes from having a concurrent D40/D60 line, where a margin of people (and I have had this conversation just recently, again) are thinking that the D40 and the D60 were separate models in a current line up; therefore thinking that Nikon is going to build a superbudget SLR, then a budget SLR (D5000) and then the top line amateur SLR (D90).

Give it a few months, and the D5000 will start falling in price, once the old stock of D60 is low, and the demand for the 'budget' SLR at the price point, increases. Usually the pricing of any new camera is elevated to the point where only the diehard gadget heads and the "Must be better, because it is newer" brigade will want. Anyone sensible who has been on the cameras for a few years would wait a bit, because the price will drop to accommodate that market segment, the supply level will increase, so you will actually be able to get hold of one (probably sometime in July) and also early adopters are likely to be the ones that get the bugs, the faulty systems, etc, and the people hang on a little get the newer firmware, the slight design revisions, whatever.

I doubt there's gonna be d4000 soon, as d5000 was just released and it wouldn't make a sens to put more cameras that can compete, as d5000 is an entry level camera.

D4000? Either I've missed something, but I don't even recall a rumour of this camera.

But the D60 might be a slow seller if people start anticipating the D4000. I think the best strategy would be to introduce the D4000 now but at a higher price than the D60 sells for. The D60 would also look cheaper this way.

At least this strategy would allow me to buy a D4000 now and not later :-)

Someone at Nikon surely figured it out before you did guys, but they have to sell most of D60s first.

One can only hope that someone at Nikon is reading this forum...

That's exactly what I'd like. I don't want to do video... I have a perfectly good video camera for that. I want to take good stills with an inexpensively priced camera.

Hi! I guess I'm not the only one looking for a D5000 in the D40/60 format without the swivel screen and without video recording. What do you think? Is it realistic to expect a D4000 anytime soon?

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moderntimes99