Someone please confiscate my credit cards! This week I've been a mail order junkie, spending like crazy.
Tuesday I received an email from PayPal with some special deals. One being for an 8GB iPod Nano 5 Gen. This is the new model that can record up to 8 hours of video, although I'll probably just stick to the more traditional uses of music and podcasts. The offer was $20 cheaper than that quoted on the Australian Apple store, plus $50 cashback to my PalPal account at the end of the promotion period.
Thursday saw another splurge on the card. This time for a new digital SLR camera, the Nikon D5000 for $653. I'm buying just the camera body which saves me a bundle. I can use the old Nikkor lenses that came with the D60. I saw it advertised in the Myer catalogue for $1699 (with the twin lens kit I already have) and I've seen it selling for about $1300 with just the 18-55mm VR lens and around $800 for just the body. So I think I found another reasonable deal here.
I decided on the D5000 model (over the D90 and D3000) for various features and benefits. Significantly better than the D60, which didn't have Live-view, exposure-bracketing and the ability to accept the optional GPS data unit.
CNET Review: Judged on its own merits, the D5000 is a great digital SLR for those wanting something a bit better than the entry-level D60 model, and equals or betters a lot of the performance specifications of the D90.
Then, how could I not go without this wonderful book on how the use the D5000. I've seen other offerings from publishers that offer nothing more than what's in the supplied manual, but this book goes further with chapter assignments that make you want to use the camera features and gain a knowledgeable understand of the controls and settings.
