As the hugely popular budget D40 finally drops off Nikon's current sales sheet, the latest addition, rather than replacing it, squeezes into the gap between the D60 and the D90, as the company's mid-range consumer model. The D5000 may not seem like a logical model number but it does offer a fitting feature set for its positioning, and brings HD video to the mix. More importantly for Nikon, this model squares up pretty closely to the new Canon EOS 500D. Last month's test proved it to be a worthy competitor, but the Nikon D5000 comes in almost ￡150 cheaper at RRP and with a rather nifty vari-angle LCD.
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