Is the nikon d5000 a good camera?
The D5000 is an emtry level camera and can only auto-focus AF-S and AF-I lenses. AF lenses can be used, however you will have to manually focus those lenses. The D90 is an advacned DSLR that can use all the Nikon AF, AF-I and AF-S lenses made as well as most of the AI lenses if you don’t mind using manual focus lenses These functions alone make the D90 a much more attractive camera. I don’t know who told you that the D90 is hard to use, but it is no more difficult to use than any other fully adjustable camera. If this is your first fully adjustable camera, then the D40 is enough camera for you for the next three to five years as you learn how to use it. It is good enough for some professionals for specific uses (using flash in bright sun or when the shutter speed has to be higher than the standard 1/200th second of other DSLR’s If you accepted email, I could link you to some of the sports photography a colleague of mine shot at the recent X-Games.
