Something to keep you entertained while waiting for the announcement: Nikon D90 Gold (bling-bling)

37 Comments

1. dr4gon
   Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:05 pm | Permalink

   I remember seeing something like this for a Sony A700 a while back.

   It’s interesting how the D90′s gold plated stickers are more than the D300 and 5DII!

2. Ola
   Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:16 pm | Permalink

   At what market are those GOLD versions aimed?
   They could not sell a single one in the north European countries, would you guess it would work in YOUR (the blog reader) country?

   • Cache
     Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:26 pm | Permalink

     NO. Definitely.

3. ^_^
   Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:17 pm | Permalink

   wtf

4. theo
   Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:17 pm | Permalink

   grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
   nightmare!
   just don´t!

5. Craig
   Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:24 pm | Permalink

   That is the most hideous thing I’ve seen in quite some time.

6. inc
   Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:25 pm | Permalink

   ugly like hell

   • broadbean
     Posted July 29, 2009 at 10:56 pm | Permalink

     +1!!

7. DNHJR
   Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:28 pm | Permalink

   Now all I need is a gold tooth and some big gold chains and i’m set.

8. Cache
   Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:29 pm | Permalink

   However, I saw several lens coat on BH Camera website which looks pretty decent. Wondering someone will make similar “body coats”.

9. MW
   Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:30 pm | Permalink

   I wonder if it is expensive. ~_~

10. Zev Eisenberg
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:33 pm | Permalink

    It’s OK that the gold plating says, “steal me,” because it goes on to say, “I’m rich enough that I can afford to have my camera stolen.”

11. Lardinio
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:36 pm | Permalink

    WHY? That is disgusting. By all means, do it to a Coolpix or something ie something I won’t buy, but this is not for the DSLR community.

12. Tangfish
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:39 pm | Permalink

    Besides being ugly, it says “Don’t steal that guy’s D90, steal *mine*!” to me.

    • NYer :]
      Posted July 30, 2009 at 5:46 am | Permalink

      winner!!

13. seba316
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:43 pm | Permalink

    UGLY, CHEESY…

14. Gra
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:45 pm | Permalink

    lol…

    Would be fantastic in full, bright sunlight…

    I can see it now…

    New Nikon D90 with HD Video, AND built in reflectors…

    And no Japanese made product is complete without a turbo and ground effects spoilers…obviously, they’ve been photoshopped out…

15. Anonymous
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:49 pm | Permalink

    All that gold and still no manual video controls………

16. Zorro
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:50 pm | Permalink

    Image quality would be improved though.

17. darlsd
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 7:56 pm | Permalink

    looks like an action figure.

18. RobertD
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 8:12 pm | Permalink

    It reminds me of the “gold plated” grills in the Lincoln Town Cars a few years ago. Yeck!

19. FabioC
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 8:15 pm | Permalink

    That’s fugly! Where is the D90 firmware upgrade? I wonder if that was literally just a “rumor”.

20. Anonymous
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 8:18 pm | Permalink

    Gold on plastic. Wow! Impressive.

    • NikoDoby
      Posted July 29, 2009 at 8:45 pm | Permalink

      Hey my car has plenty of gold and plastic! I don’t see why that’s wrong

21. Zenndott
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 8:30 pm | Permalink

    Some of the yakuza in Japan drive around in Benzes with similar trim. To each his own, but to me the the gold-plating transforms “sleek basic-black” into “taudry joke.”

22. NikoDoby
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 8:44 pm | Permalink

    Ahh yeah! That Shhhh…. is TIGHT YO!

    • NikoDoby
      Posted July 29, 2009 at 8:50 pm | Permalink

      In Yo FACE White Leica Limited Edition M8!
      In YO FACE!

23. JoeyC
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 9:51 pm | Permalink

    Admin, you’re the bomb for posting this.

24. [NR] admin
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 9:51 pm | Permalink

    aahhh nobody likes the golden D90 – with the current recession this is not such a bad idea

25. Chris
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 10:03 pm | Permalink

    I guess there are still those in the world who have too much money….

26. EL
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 10:52 pm | Permalink

    check this out,it’s made in korea

    http://www.gariz.com/index.php?doc=cart/list.php&ca_id=s170&def=2

27. Dweeb
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:16 pm | Permalink

    Absolutely hideous. Like gold Leicas and Hasselblads bound to appeal to third world billionaires. But a D90?

28. David Johnson
    Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:32 pm | Permalink

    Nikon should studiously avoid gilding their DSLRs. Actually I believe it seriously reduces value

29. menos
    Posted July 30, 2009 at 12:14 am | Permalink

    …disgusting

30. QP
    Posted July 30, 2009 at 1:54 am | Permalink

    Hey, I was just looking for this stuff to boost the re-sale value of my D300 so I can get the D300s! (wink wink)

31. Richard Gillin
    Posted July 30, 2009 at 8:22 am | Permalink

    Must be a new MTV show “Pimp my DSLR” – perhaps presented by that not-quite-so-famour rapper Xposure?

32. pulu
    Posted July 31, 2009 at 9:33 am | Permalink

    all that bling and they’re mounting a sigma lens? wtf!?