Comments on: Rumor: Nikon D90 firmware upgrade coming next week

By: Roelf Wentholt

Roelf Wentholt — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:20:03 +0000

Could the Nikon D 90 be combined with Convergent Design’s Nano Flash HD recorder? Taking the signal from the HDMI output?

By: IRV

IRV — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:55:26 +0000

My question may be quite elementary but why does my D90 delay in broad sunlight. Is this a problem with my settings or do I have a bum camera? What is the best setting for testing the 4+ per second shutter speed?

By: Mac Leo

Mac Leo — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:01:15 +0000

why don’t you just read the manual. have you reformatted your card in-between?

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:28:58 +0000

they can fix some little things like AF area select with the other dial like everything else…

for those that have WB issues i have found florescent bulbs are the worse just use the PRE and store it in the D1 for your home (my home is around 2500-2800K ish i use the energy bulbs

to use PRE

select PRE with the dial then release. then hold the WB button for a few seconds, the top display will ask you to take a pic, just need a peace of white paper, hold it out in front and snap the pic….. should see “gd” or “good” in the top display.

to store to go into the menu go to D1 and select copy D0, then name D1 whatever you want.

to recall D1 select pre and spin the other dial to D1…. shoot

if you don’t want to store it you don’t have to but the next time you use PRE it will copy over the thing in D-0

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:57:17 +0000

sorry, no update for now

By: dude

dude — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:07:03 +0000

If you ever have tried to shoot a proffessional documentary or something like that, with a proffessional camcorder, you´ll learn that it´s important not to move the camera as much as you may think you can do(talking to people for ex.). Oh my god, how many times didn´t I cursed my self for all the shaking and zooming all the time, when i watched my videomaterial in the editingroom. So maby the nikon d90 isn´t that bad as you think, maby it´s not a camcorder for sports and other fast and speedy activities, but it may be a great camcorder for other kind of genres in video. It´s actually good to think and plan…alot…before you start to shoot a video…hold the camera “still” for at least 15 sec on each “picture/objective” you want to record….pardon my english.

By: Ola

Ola — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:23:42 +0000

Hi!

Is the firmware for D90 released and where can it be found?

BR
Ola

By: erwmayer

erwmayer — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:05:37 +0000

Next week, eh…? That was more than two months ago now. He who wrote that, didn’t have a clue, or just tried to get some attention… But we all believed it. That shows that there is an actual need for an update! I’d be very happy if Nikon reacted in some way and gave us a hint if they intend to fix some of the video issues. Please!

By: Big lUttz

Big lUttz — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:26:22 +0000

first you just have to get to know the d90 and how to record video the jello thing with people shaking the camera all crazy like who really record video like that come on but even when something passes in front of the lens its not a big issue just have to have the right setting on the camera im a post some links soon with the setting i came up with to make the video real good as far as the jello thing and people online shaking the camera around like fools just go back to work for canon and stop trinna make nikon look bad fools…….

By: rick

rick — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:36:04 +0000

Jim,

Thanks so much for the tip. That totally did the trick. I just started reading Thom Hogan’s D90 guide, and he mentions this detail by saying, “You absolutely must enable this function or you risk eventually losing images to duplicate file names. Why Nikon insists on their default for consumer products, I don’t know, but it’s just plain wrong.”

Thanks again.

By: Luigi

Luigi — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:32:09 +0000

Hi,
I’ve found a tricky solution for the flickering effect under 50Hz light, check it out:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=149171
I’ve ordered a D90 kit, and I’m still waiting to try it! About video jello issues and no autofocusing, honestly I think that the approach to the D90 needs to be as a real videomaker; it’s always a SLR, not a point-and-shot camera…

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:59:51 +0000

I wish they will improve AWB, add auto focus to movie mode.

By: Super Gab

Super Gab — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:01:45 +0000

Still no firmware update for the D90 ! What can we do? Wait, wait and wait again.

By: Miguel Netto

Miguel Netto — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:01:45 +0000

Can anyone help me to get the D90 manual in portuguese? Thanks

By: Robbo

Robbo — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:09:28 +0000

Here here erwmayer!
The D90 is a fab little camera, if only the compression was fixed.
I’ve had great results (on the built in screen) only to be disappointed when viewed on anything bigger. Fantastic potential if the compression could be fixed. Don’t want to jump ship to a 5D mk2
Surely Nikon would sell loads more of these to video geeks like me if it was improved a bit?
Can handle the skew and the manual focus no probs. Given the opportunity to set the ISO, aperture & SS manually (easily) would be a Godsend too?
Merry Xmas!

By: erwmayer

erwmayer — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:04:09 +0000

So… Update next week. Great. Next week could be anytime… there’s always a next week…

To me the correction of the video quality is the most important issue. Options for lower (and therefore better) compression rate would improve the value of the camera very much. It has so great technical capabilities – so it’s a shame the video quality still is ruined by the compression. Please Nikon, don’t disappoint us here!

By: seanwong

seanwong — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:42:13 +0000

I’d like to see a new firmware to correct the motion skew problem.
is it possible?

By: zack

zack — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:28:00 +0000

I think there won’t be any upgrade. Some rumors about D400 with 1080p 24fps…so Nikoin obviously left better features for a more expensive cam

By: Robert Putnam

Robert Putnam — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:58:15 +0000

You can use custom setting f3 to assign the FUNC button to AF area mode. Command dial is used to change settings. (See p. 197 of the manual.) That’s how I have my d90 set up.

By: Kiyoshi Akima

Kiyoshi Akima — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:11:39 +0000

I’d like it if I could press the AF button and turn the sub-command dial to change the AF area mode. Currently this combo isn’t used for anything, and I have to go into the menus to change the AF area mode.