Hopefully I'll have a chance to go out tomorrow and shoot with it. Looking at it and it's features, it seems like a great companion to my D300.
So I got my D90 today
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Great news! I got my D90 (and 16-85) as well.
How sweet it is!!!!
Enjoy
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Congrats Gentoo. Time to start saving for that D700 lol.
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Someone has been lucky, isn’t he?
We all hope D90 will serve you well as it should.Posted 4 years ago # -
gentoo - I'm happy with Your happiness, can't wait to see some new bird pictures taken with it!
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gentoo - I was soo happy with Your happiness that I actually got my this camera today (got a really good deal), and so far I can say AF speed is acceptable, IQ is great. Will take it on a longer test this weekend and share my experience.
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Should we rename the forum to Nikon D90 forum?
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Congrats D90 owners! I've bought my D90 upon release and have snapped over 10,000 shots and lots of family videos. It's a truly remarkable camera. The D90 is the perfect outdoor day-tripper for me (using the 18-200mm VR) which does everything and is easy to carry and is a low burden on the shoulder/neck.
Other things that made me really happy with the D90:
- Battery life is awesome - hammers all day long (Nikon says 850 clicks with flash!).
- The built-in flash is excellent (compared to other built-in flashes). Used as CLS master is a real bonus!
- The picture control modes really brings the photos to life. Eg. Vivid mode properly shows nice rich colors.
- The video quality is much better than P&S videos - but needs time to get the hang of it (manual focus etc).
- Fast frame rate - 4.5 fps - I shot racing cars going are a corner - all came out clear.
- AF Motor - now you can buy a cheap 50mm f1.8 and it works really good for indoor portraits!
- Another thing thing overlooked is the LCD screen - it is amazing quality! + having a top mono LCD saves battery and time.
- SD Cards! Cheaper to buy and easier to transfer images to laptop's built-in card reader.
- The build quality and grip is excellent - never dropped it (touch wood!)
- Its easy to cuddle under my pillow at night - just kidding! =).I am so pleased to choose Nikon - they are leaps ahead of the competition in terms of design and ergonomics.
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I've gotten used to the AF. All I had to do is set it differently than what I might use on my D300. This is now the camera I take to work with me as I like carrying it around in my pack.
check this out:
http://www.pbase.com/shonn/image/112555646
This was with my trusty 70-200mm2.8 which is all I need at work. Yes the bird is wild but fairly tame. Tow things I need to fix, one is I need capture NX2 so I can use RAW with it. The other is I cannot get the videos to play or upload in photobuckets video uplaod. I don't really work with video so I'm sure there's something simple I overlooked.
adamz:
congrats on your acquisition too :)Posted 4 years ago # -
Gentoo - thats a very nice and sharp bird image. It also pays to have a decent lens. Is the 70-200 harder to hold still on the D90 compared with a D300/700 body? Or is your 70-200 a VR lens?
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It's a VR lens. As far as being harder, I'd say it's just different. I tend to adapt my grip to whatever I'm using at the time. For example, on the D300 I tend to shoot with my middle finger but on the D90 I use my index finger. Both feel equally comfortable to me perhaps because I have dexterous long fingers.
Video is another matter. That may require some to be finger contortionist!
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I found with video, that a larger focus ring is better for fine tuning the focus. For example, the 24-70 has a better focusing ring because it is a much larger lens than the kit lens and therefore better to control.
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The 70-200 is a big lens too. It's just the combination of zooming and focusing will take some getting used to. I really want the 24-70 as well.
Any idea how to get the videos to be recognized by video players and photobucket so I can share them?
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I just had a look and it seems OK to just upload the AVI file straight from the D90.
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Hmm must be some other issue I'm having then.
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more feedback on my d90
- it's visibly smaller than d200, and therefore if You have big hands it doesn't fits as good - balances better with shorter lenses - 24-70 - perfect combo, with 70-200+tc it needs grip (at least for me)
- IQ in high iso is really good - at least two stops from my d200
- smaller file size, on d200 I got 15mb files, now with higher resolution I got only 10mb - I guess that d90 by default compresses the image (anyone know a way to turn off the compression)
- less number of buttons - it's really ain't a problem as You can customize some of them to suite Your needs
- as for videos I don't have any problems with opening them on macso far, really nice walk around camera, good as a second body, as for handling d200 is much better, IQ quite similar on base ISO, much better once You cross iso 800, AF speed very similar
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I figured out my video issue. I wasn't copying it correctly. lol
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