Nikon D90
The Nikon D90 is the world’s first dSLR with a movie function, packs a 12.3 megapixel camera, and takes over from the highly popular Nikon D80 camera. It’s aimed at amateurs, but we get a feeling that ‘prosumers’ - the high-end amateur market which crosses over into the low-end professional market - will be tempted as well - the Nikon D90’s specs sure look pretty darn nifty.
The D90’s combines imaging technology inherited directly from the D300 and innovative features like Live View, D-Movie, Scene Recognition and Picture Control. With its innovative, high-performance features such as the CMOS image sensor, and the extremely wide ISO sensitivity range, Nikon hope that this new camera will appeal to all passionate photographers looking for the next step in creativity.
With 12.3 megapixels, the newly-designed DX-format CMOS image sensor and Nikon’s proprietary EXPEED image processing concept, the D90 is a quality-guarantee. Advanced features such as Live View, Scene Recognition, Active D-Lighting, Picture Control and an ISO sensitivity
Though it’s late to the party, the Nikon D90 arrives fashionably, just as its predecessor did in late 2006. It comes sauntering in with most of the current hot features that the D80 lacked, plus a new twist that will bowl them all over with its relevance and utility.
Woot! Today I get to be among the very first to share with you the planet’s newest camera: the much-anticipated Nikon D90. You may have been attuned to all the recent leaks, buzz and rumors of a new Nikon camera coming soon, but I can assure you, this here ain’t no rumor.
The D90 is the world’s first digital SLR camera with a movie shooting function that delivers genuinely cinematic results, enhanced by the creatively shallow depth of field made possible by the DX-format sensor.
The D90’s EXPEED technology has been optimised to realise the high-quality, high-speed image processing capability for which Nikon’s professional D-SLRs are renowned.
One of the newest features of the D90 is an additional setting to the Active D-Lighting. Even the D3 and D700 don’t have the extra high setting found on the D90, it’s that new.
Its successor, the D90, has been widely rumored for some time, and key specifications leaked onto the Internet some time before the official launch. But even professional Nikon-watchers were a little taken aback when its specification was confirmed.
The D90 shoots 720p/24 for theatrical release! Just call Ascent Media in Burbank to strike your prints. Nikon claims, probably correctly, that you’ll be getting much better results than an old-style camcorder because the sensor of the D90 is so much bigger.
As such the field-reduction factor remains 1.5 times and the sensitivity range is also the same as the D300, running from 200 to 3200 ISO in a standard range, with Lo-1 and Hi-1 options extending it to 100 and 6400 ISO.
I really enjoyed shooting with the camera; it’s comfortable to hold, and the control layout and navigation should be almost immediately recognizable to anyone who’s shot with a Nikon dSLR recently, even though buttons for white balance.