I have had my D50 for nearly two years now and I am starting to find it limiting and have been waiting for a revised D80 from Nikon. Finally Nikon launched the D90, the rumours have been rolling off the shelfs for months now and now we have conformation. All the reported stats are true..
- 12.3 megapixels
- D-movie function (it outputs 1280×720, .avi, HD720p)
- High ISO/low-noise performance
- 4.5 frames per second
- 3 inch LCD with Live View
- GPS tagging (with add on)
For the full list for features view it on Nikons site here
Serious Sensor
The 12.3 megapixels CMOS is said to be the same as the D300 which is a sweet sensor. Moving to this would be a 6.3 megapixel upgrade from my D50, which is a lot of pixels that I can’t wait to utilize because the camera uses the same sensor as the D300 you can bet it can shoot at ridiculous ISO’s. Another great advantage is the ability to shoot at 4.5fps meaning you can really capture movement.
View the Video
The D-movie mode is a break through for DSLR’s. I don’t think it was hard to implement as most point and shoots have a video mode. It did take its time to get to a DSLR but finally we can shoot some sweet HD video on our DSLR’s rather than buying another camera, if you want to see some of the video have a look here. The built in HDMI port makes it easy to show the video on your TV. Also as you may have noticed a new thing in most DSLR’s is the live view feature allowing you to preview the shot on the LCD, this can help when you are trying to be discreet when taking a picture.
Other things I am look forward to
There are a couple of other features I can’t wait to use and one is the geotagging add on that just plugs into the side and add your position to the images meta data. Shooting RAW is great but sometime I want to shoot both RAW and JPEG this is another benefit of the D90 over the D50, when you are shooting both RAW and JPEG you need space and on my D50 I can’t use an SDHC but in the D90 you can.
Nikon gave the D90 to the Chase Javis a pro photographer he did a post here and you can view his some shots and a video about how they used it here. Chase and his crew spent a few weeks playing with the D90 everything he has to say is positive. I have finally found a camera that I am as obsessed with as I am Apple. Sorry I have to now leave while I go buy my D90.
