Comments on: Nikon D90: another price increase (UK) and LV bug

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:28:05 +0000

Jessops in the UK are selling the D90 with kit lens for £739 which is £60 cheaper.

Argos is selling it for £743 and currys do a price match + an extra 10% the difference.

Prices are going down.

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/Digital%20SLRs/products/Nikon/D90%20%2018-105mm%20VR%20Lens%20Kit-75332/Show.html

By: George

George — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:46:46 +0000

HELLO! If I’m in live view and change my exposure I sure would like to know what I changed it to. When I’m looking thru the view finder it updates when I change the shutter speed.

PS live view can be handy when your on a tripod and/or your using manual focus since you can zoom into 1:1 on the LCD

By: alan

alan — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:02:17 +0000

are you going to shoot still with RED? or are you switching from photography to videography?

Dmovie was meant to be an “extra feature”. D90 wasn’t meant to a camcorder.

remember all of those who had doubts about AF on lens? or the zoom lens? remember when they sucked and the zeiss, leica folks didn’t jump on board quick enough….they’ve got pwned and that’s why an assload of the market is shooting either a Nikon or Canon?

Stop bitching and moaning and let the Nikon folks do their job.

By: CV

CV — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:58:56 +0000

You want them to skin themselves?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:10:27 +0000

Um, it’s not really what I’d call a bug. It’s just how the implementation of LV works.

And it’s certainly not what is being described in the admin’s original post.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:01:49 +0000

You can buy all the new kit that you want to, that in itself has no bearing on your quality as a ‘great photographer’. It just makes you a gadget geek.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:00:27 +0000

Prices don’t go up, they typically go down as the model becomes older. The D700 has all I need (even in the future), as such I’m waiting for the price to drop because of model age or the rebound of sterling. Sterling is now rising as appetite for risk returns to the global bond and equity markets, this can be seen by the pounds recent advance against the dollar and yen (17th April 09).

If Nikon keep raising their prices as a result of currency movements then Canon will massively eat into their margins.

Finally, I have enough cash in my account to easily afford a D3x, however I’m not going to as it is priced too highly and does not offer value for money. A D700 is well within my limits, yet I will not be buying one until the price comes down.

As I said, I’m quite happy with my D50 for the moment, I do not need to chase the latest camera in order to take ‘better pictures’. Better pictures come from creativity and practice primarily.

By: zack

zack — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:40:44 +0000

In my opinion NIkon just killed D90 with this release. D90 was never a professional camera and was a hit cuz of movie mode. Now with d5000 having almost exact features and much better LCD (in manipulative terms) D90 almost became obsolete over night. Similar to D300.

By: zack

zack — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:35:33 +0000

They’re increasing the price and can’t release the firmware upgrade for it? Everyone knows Dmovie has so many flaws which are software related. Well, if they don’t do it, I’ll sell all my gear and switch to RED. One thing is to make a mistake and the other is to skin people during a recession.

By: CV

CV — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:03:02 +0000

Logical. Central banks are printing money like crazy. More money = less value per unit, so prices expressed in fiat paper currency will go up. If you say “I won’t buy untill the price drops” then you can wait forever…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:08:53 +0000

Er, how is that a bug ? It seems it works fine but doesn’t give you live info. That’s not a bug. If that was a bug then shutter lag would be a bug too.

There’s nothing wrong – it just isn’t a perfect camera.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:00:46 +0000

Mine’s fine too. There are a LOT of online idiots at dpreview and it seems one or two at Nikon Support IF IF IF that post is genuine.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:56:37 +0000

I think anyone who buys a D90 will be pleased. A few £ $ etc here or there doesn’t make much difference when you actually get to own and use one.

I hope you enjoy it !

By: alex

alex — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:55:52 +0000

but movie mode sticks to the settings available when you enter LV.
so maybe a user with time to check the manual could tell us if it isn’t already specified. maybe the locked displayed value is about movie mode alone, so you’d know which one is available when you hit record button. maybe not the smartest way of displaying a pair of settings but who knows.

i don’t own a d90 so if i talk nonsense sorry. but i remember the crowd of users when d90 was released that didn’t know you could lock exposure for video.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:31:19 +0000

What was your name again Nikon what?

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:53:58 +0000

see below the comment from Ken D for details on this bug

By: funny

funny — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:52:12 +0000

CNN isn’t any better fact wise. cnn is also rummor mill

By: Ken D

Ken D — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:21:47 +0000

Why don’t I care? Because I have not yet found a use for either live view or movie mode. Both are either cumbersome to use or not well implemented. I have no objection to them being built in (maybe one day I might use one or the other) but for now I use the D90 as an SLR was intended to be used.

By: PJR

PJR — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:19:57 +0000

Give me a break. Just because someone is a “real working photographer” doesn’t mean that they have endless amounts of money. While many professionals go after the best gear possible, they too are trying to save on costs. That’s how business works.

By: Ken D

Ken D — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:05:24 +0000

I have a D90. In P mode, the shutter speed and aperture _displayed_ on the LCD does not change after LV activation when moving from light to dark subject, but the shutter speed and aperture _used_ is correct for the subject. After the shot, the shutter speed and aperture _displayed_ is updated for where the camera is pointing at the time and is again frozen until the next shot is taken. Exposure is always correct though.

In S mode, _displayed_ aperture is locked at the value metered when LV activated. Aperture _used_ is correct. Displayed value updated after shot.

In A mode,_displayed_ shutter speed is locked at the value metered when LV activated. Shutter speed _used_ is correct. Displayed vaue updated after shot.

So there is a bug. It affects the _display_ of shutter speed and aperture settings but actual exposure is always correct.

Do I care about it? Nope.