Update: many readers are still sending us this same D90 picture. We were the first one to publish it – no need to submit it back to the source Thanks for your effort!
Real or fake, that is the question?
The poll will decide:
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88 Comments
It looks pretty real for me, and as far as I can see there’s a mic in the front, which means video capability?
Looks just too detailed for a fake.
D700 – July, 1
P6000 – August, 7
D90 – September, 3?
If real: – the GPS is not built in, like the P6000, but external? OK I guess, but clunky. Also, I see no meter coupling lever on the mount – so users of Ai and AiS lenses still need to look at D200 and up for that feature.
Looks like real.
It’s too bad that on that picture a whole camera is not shown.
Fake :
-The 9 is wider than the 0 (should be the exact same width in a real font !)
-The “mic” hole is ugly (should be flush with the front !)
Looks real to me. Or else an incredible photoshop job. I think it’s real. I can’t see how video will appeal to most current DSLR users now, but P&S will no longer have an excuse for not jumping into the DSLR arena. My wife has been asking for a P&S with movie clip capability, and mentioned the D90 rumors and her comments on the idea were “that would be too bulky”. But Nikon will be the first to market movie mode on a DSLR. Cheers for marketing!
Real, lateral details clearly not PS stuff. No full image yet?
Looks awfully good to me.
As far as the microphone, it means the D90 has Audio capability, period. Hopefully there won’t be video. Personally it is an added expense. Nikon only puts out top quality products and I don’t see how a DSLR can do that without significantly detracting from the overall camera. If I want a high quality video, I have a camcorder. If I want a low quality video, I have my cell phone. I also question how much video can be recorded. Even with high capacity memory cards, I don’t see anything more than a minute or two of video. But I could be wrong! (Rolls eyes and grins)
Looks too good to be a fake. I agree the mic holes look a bit ugly, but they look like they’re really there, along with HDMI output: so video seems like a done deal. Any idea which VR lens that is?
As a separate point, this is just the sort of image I’d take if I wanted to generate interest without revealing everything: I suspect a deliberate marketing leak. We know Nikon can keep a secret when they want to!
Not only does the mic look ugly, but it looks like the perfect spot for moisture to get into the camera.
Looks like a real photo though.
Looks really real !
IMHO the AF-lever is only justified by a built-in motor for af-lenses. Hooray!
LOL
See here: http://images.quickblogcast.com/3/2/2/2/2/130718-122223/Nikon_D902.jpg
I just changed that last number.
It’s NOT the same camera!!!!
Loa
P.S. Of course, one of them could be the real deal, but this doesn’t look good.
Hmm, is that were the site’s admin stores his images?
If it is, it’s a strange naming setup!
Hopefully it lends more credit to the latest image!
Loa
Real good fake image.
The misstake they made was to keep the “BKT” button in the fake image…
Why do you think it’s a mistake?
I don’t see any obvious photoshop mess-up with that button. The light reflections seem to be good as well.
Loa
What’s your logic? There will be no BKT or what? Check D80, it’s there too.
I couldn’t agree more. Video has no business on an SLR. It’s a gimmick — a marketing ploy. No one even mildly serious about taking photographs wants video using up cost, capacity, and technological capabilities on their expensive SLR body. Image, Image, Image — that’s what Nikon should be concentrating on.
this one was an obvious fake, it’s already old news
i’m not a big fan of video either…but wrt the capacity, bear in mind that a DVD is 4GB. So, you can easily get a card which has the capacity to let you record a feature length film at DVD quality.
Yes D80 has it. In the digital age I didn’t think BKTing was a much needed function, let alone to have a dedicated button. A better idea would have been to make that a Fn button, and then if someone wishes to program it to BKT, they are free too. I like the Pentax idea of having the camera in JPEG and hitting a “this next shot will be in RAW” button. That seems more advantagous than BKT.
There’s programmable Fn button on the other side
same opinion here. my fear was that the D90 wouldn’t have AF motor. but it has! =D
now, if this is a PS work, the guy who made it deserves a grand prize from Adobe.
I think it is a fake – the 9 jsut looks to messy around the middle when you play with levels a bit – I would say it si a clone of the 0 and a bit of cutting. Good effort though IMHO.
I think it’s real. It would be really hard to make such a good looking D90 logo and to copy the photos perspective on the USB and HDMI caps.
“Not only does the mic look ugly, but it looks like the perfect spot for moisture to get into the camera.”
I agree about moisture/dust getting into the mic but I disagree that it is truly ugly. When I first read Thom’s comments about the front of the camera having a mic grille I feared the worst – but this looks to be fairly unobtrusive.
I originally thought it was real but the closer i look the more i think it is just an incredibly good Photoshop job.
Main points: Directly inbetween the BKT button and D of D90 and above the Lense release button theres and are of matt body where the glare doesnt continue, this is suspect to me.
also, the whole area around the Lense release button is abit off, its the wrong colour, perhaps an effect of the light but im not sure.
also if you look directly above the AF in the autofocus manual selector, the bit where the Lense release actually pushes into the body does not look real.
As much as i want it to be real i dont think it is.
Does anyone else see these things or is it just me?
Its real.. Keep the pics comming. regards Crave
No “active VR” mode? Is this a cheap lens? Shouldn’t they simply have packaged this with the acclaimed 16-85mm VRII?
The HDMI might only be for liveview, and the GPS/Mic for commenting each photo. Nothing guaranties video yet.
Well, I don’t think this will cost much. You’ve got live view built right in, you’ve got an image processor. So, just have to write that live view to the memory card. That’s it, basically, just a piece of software, and everything else comes for free.
So: why not?
If the mic would be for comments, why is it on the fron and not in the back like in D3?
As far as the lens, it might be the 24-120 VR lens, I’ve used it some time ago, and as far as I remember it doesn’t have the VR active mode.
August 27th. Well, something. Maybe the pro body. Maybe the D90.
BG
The picture is accurate and appears to be real (and NOT the pictures I have).
a comment @ dpreview by Thom Hogan
Could be the new 18-105 DX kit.
In the digital age, with HDR and all that, a BKT button is more needed than ever.
BG
Well, if the mic was for commeting on photos, wouldn’t it be better for it to be placed at the back of the camera like on the D3. Otherwise, this design would be flawed. So, the ability for video recording is still plausible.
It’s real I saw it, it was in my office.
If is real: YAY! for AF motor.
This could be finally a nice replacement for my D50 (D60,D40(x) have no moter, everything else too heavy)
Well .. whoever uploaded this picture must have the rest
D
He/she of Nikon is playing with us..
C.
Huh? We all knew it had a motor, it’s the D80 replacement. It’s clear that the lower cameras (D40/X/60 which are all the same camera) have a motor. If you think the D80 is too heavy, I doubt you’ll be pleased with this. They’re not going to stuff in a whole bunch of features and make it lighter.
I think the photo is real. Without paying attention to the “fake stuff” some people have mentioned there’s too much for it to be a photochop job. I’m dissapointed about the lens (a constant f/4 would have been perfect, but we don’t even get VR!), to me it looks like a replacement to the 18-135: most likely a metal mount, VR (without active mode), and only going to 105 so less distortion on the tele end.
The numbers should not be the same width. The image is flat and the camera is at an angle. If they were the same width that would be a dead giveaway that it was a fake.
This is probably a prototype D90. The tooling for the mic plastics may not be ready yet because they’re still working on a good mic design.
I wasn’t too sure about the motor. It is only a matter of time until the D70/80/90(!?) series will loose the AF motor if you ask me. My bets are the successor of the D90 will loose the AF motor.
To be honest the D80 is now over two years old, a long time in DSLR markets
. I just did not want a camera like the D200/D300 class which are heavier than the D80.
About camera weight. I have a 18-200 and 105 mm AF micro which both weight more than my camera
I hope the Video won’t burn the sensor. Yeah, P&S have video, but not with sensors this big.
Hopefully this beast (being a slightly stripped down version of the d300 apparently) will inherit that nice little 51 point AF system among other things
unfortunatly its not that simple, unless you intend to manually focus a video. right now the AF is through the Mirror system, hence when you use the live view the mirror has to flip down to Focus. it simply wont be able to do that in video mode. you would have to have an ENTIRELY new syster for AF or an ENTIRELY new sensor up above the Mirror assembly for the live view and video, which is taking the camera dangerously close to what Sony has done in their camera’s and which has its own issues! plus, for Nikon, who doesn’t produce their own sensors at this level, it means added cost for the second sensor!
D300 and D700 both have HDMI output with no video recording capability. Simply easier to broadcast those photos on that new flatscreen with higher quality results.
I posted this on DPR (acknowledging NR and giving link) and Thom says it’s like what he has:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=28891882
That’s the first time I want the summer to end quickly
you are completely full of it. it’s trivial to af using sensor contrast since that’s already in nikon’s live view implementation.
I agree. Nobody said that the record video would be more than a gimmek. Compare it to real video cam.
- Contrast focus instead real focus element
- No VR (Nikon VR is designed for *still* images)
- no good microphone
I’m just waiting to see whether it has the CA correction feature in the D3 and D300. That’s the make-or-break feature that’ll get me to starve for a few months saving to get it.
quite frankly, i have used the contrast AF, and i think that is full of it! i am of the mind that (especially in a company with a reputation like Nikon’s) that if your going to do something, do it RIGHT! i was very disapointed with the contrast AF that nikon implimented, it seemed like simply a way to “1-up” Canon’s live view. it was useless!
I should probably just Google this, but the GPS port in this picture… what was there on the D80? The icon is the same, only flipped. Anyway, looks legit to me, and I can’t wait to get ahold of one!
according to dpreview…
“At the bottom behind a separate cover is the MC-DC1 remote cord connector.”
Thanks for that!
“It’s clear that the lower cameras (D40/X/60) have a motor.”
Actually, they don’t have a motor. That was his point. I’m glad the D90 has one, but this was never guaranteed.
Why would there be a duplication of the manual and auto focus controls on both the camera and lens?
Because Nikon likes to confuse us
For AF-S lenses is always a switch on the objective. Camera must be set to AF.
For Non AF-S AF lenses it is more complicated.
- For some lenses like the 50mm/1.8 there NO AF/MF Switch on the objective, so you have to use the AF/MF Switch on the Camera.
- Other AF lenses like the 105 mm Micro/2.8 D have a Switch on the objectiv. There you have use the switch on the objective. Added Bonus Setting the lens to AF and the camera to MF gives no focus at all not even MF. (This also true for the cheap AF-S like 18-55 dx iirc)
And last but not least setting MF on the camera disables AF for any lens even for AF-S.
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Definitely FAKE:
1) The GPS socket is in the D80’s remote shutter socket. So where does the shutter release cord plug in and why move it to make room for GPS? The cover is also square, which doesn’t make sense because the MC-35 GPS Cable has a round plug.
2) The “90″ in D90 is a different typestyle than the D80, inconsistent with previous model updates.
3) What idiot would turn the camera to speak into a mic? It belongs on the back like other DSLRs with this feature.
Points for good Photoshopping though!
1) True, but why use the remote shutter socket location? If this is correct, the it would have to be moved. The only other free spot to put it is below the SD card door. This radical a departure is so un-Nikon. Electronic shutter release cables have been consistently on the left since the D1.
2) Glad you agree.
3) If its purpose is for recording video, I’ll concede on this point. But for recording notations, let’s hope there’s one on the back as well.
Re; Thom Hogan, I only read that he confirmed the features, not the authenticity of the photo. You have other information?
Ah yes … I’ve found the Thom Hogan comment. He says the picture “appears” to be legit. I guess we’ll have to wait for the official Nikon line to find out. I’m sceptical though. Many of us were sucked in with all the very convincing but ultimately fake D300 and D3 photos.
Doen’t really matter now does it? Basically the need for a leaked image is to confirm specs/form/shape. Thom’s not arguing, so the pic, photoshoped or not, seems to be along the line of Thom’s knowledge.
I agree with some of you that the mic grill is just ugly and is a weak spot for moisture and water. Depending on how useful the vid recording may be, I just might tape it up and color it black with a sharpie.
On
has anyone thinked about another application besides video recording using a mic? it maybe, not probable, but maybe, be used for high speed photography, sound shutter, i dont know just an idea
Dang.. will you look at that, it’s real. Zomg! The D90 is alive and real!! All these lawns I have mowed this summer are finally going to pay off! Make room for one more photography world! Here I come!!
yeah, tape and a sharpie will fix the ugliness really well.
i cant even believe people are commenting that it looks “ugly”. for christs sake its a tiny little grill hole. get over it.
Perhaps the shutter release will be IR like on the D40/D60?
I agree its odd to move the socket though. It would also be awkward to have the door open with the GPS attached, in that location. I would have expected to see a captive rubber plug, like on the D700.
I am trying to get some more pictures.
Speaking as a graphic designer I don’t see anything wrong with the typeface? I flipped the D60 “6″ and it seems to exactly match the ‘9′ in the photo.
Ben
It probably is an IR shutter release (as opposed to cable). Thom’s site says: ” On the front there’s a microphone grill next to the INFRARED RECEIVER.” (my emphasis)
Serv wrote:
“has anyone thinked about another application besides video recording using a mic? it maybe, not probable, but maybe, be used for high speed photography, sound shutter”
The only thing that gets me about that theory is that why would a pro camera company that knows its stuff gets used outdoors all the time would put a mic in that risks taking some pretty nasty water damage….
Shutter not used, it uses the live view feed.
Shows what I know about HD and flat screen TVs! Looks like the real deal to me, though
interesting,
http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nikonn4tz1.jpg
This is absolutely real picture of the new Nikon D90 because it has a separate socket for the GPS unit connection. Other Nikon D200,300,3 use the same socket for the remote control unit, if this socket is occupied by GPS unit, you can not use the remote control.
How about primes first? (I hope…)
Looks pretty legit to me…
Just some thoughts:
- wouldn’t it be smarter to name the D80’s successor D10 instead of D90? Cause it would make no sense to name the D90’s successor “D100″. Unless they plan to take the D10 road after the D90 is released…
- I think movie recording in a dSLR is completely and utterly ridiculous. Why would a D90 user (majorly pro-sumers) want to record mediocre video, when they probably have a camcorder already? Leave that to the P&S market!
- GPS? Are you kidding me? Why pay more for a feature only 10% of users will use? C’mon!
- kudos for the bracketing button
There was a D10 rumor a while ago, but I guess it was fake. Check the old posts.
I’m certain this picture is a fake. It is a good fake, but a fake. Basically just let your eyes trace the seam of the front panel and you’ll start to “see” the paste job. As someone else mentioned, the lense release button doesn’t look right at all. Notice the area just above the button and it clearly looks doctored as does the seam around the AF/M lever. Speaking of the AF/M lever, look behind the lever and then immediately down. The lines don’t line up!! Lastly, look at the seam along the upper righ side of the front panel. (This is right of the “D90″ and slighly below). Immediately next to the seam, notice how the reflection changes. There is this small “strip” of surface that is inconsistant. This alone is a dead give away how the surface of contours of the camera are not consistent. You would have to believe that Nikon placed a serious surface crevis on this seam. All in all, you can see it is a really cool FAKE.
You know… I just have this feeling that the D90 will become THE camera within the Nikon line of modern cameras.
A question more than a comment. I have a camcorder but have never thought about how it works in terms of the shutter and achieving 29 fps (IIRC). I was thinking (an admittedly dangerous thing) and got to thinking that if an SLR has to open and close the shutter at the rate of 29fps then it will open and close 104400 times for an hour’s worth of shooting. IF the shutter is rated at 150,000, then the camera could be worn out post haste.
BUT does the shutter open and close on a camcorder. It it has a different mechanism, then does that mean the D90 has a completely new mechanism inside also?
OR am I in the dark and all wet? Questions questions.
I don’t think it’s a mechanic shutter, rather some electronic cut off device like in cell phones. I’m not shure however.
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you know it is real because—its got the dust on it no one ever sees until they take a photo…and no one ever bothers to clean off and retake the picture ;o)
looks real i really like the video mode and hope that the mic can be used to set off the shutter
Besides, the D90 is not supposed to be weather sealed so I don’t see the problem. As you say, if this pic is real, it’s surely from a pre production model, perhaps the definitive design will be further improved.
I must say though that even if the camera is not weather sealed, a small flap to cover the mic holes when not in use would not hurt at all.
We’ll see.
Yes, I hope that too about a Cover for the Mic, wouldn’t hurt, and could be really important, would make the camera much “weather-proof” (at least for water drops or tiny rain)
I also would appreciate VERY MUCH if the Video mode records audio in STEREO format instead of just Mono.
In that case that would need 2 mics, of course.. maybe in the other side, not shown here? I hope !!