I am far from being a professional photographer, but I take it as seriously as possible while still referring, as a hobby. I take pictures mostly of people at events and many of my grand-son without flash in low light.

I was with a Nikon D40x for 1 year and reached my limit early with this camera. The Nikon D40x has very nice image quality, but the camera interface is not a serious shooter who wants one button or a quick access to settings line of fire such as the mode of white balance shot any, the metering mode, etc. I also felt very limited by the D40x not with a motor in-body focus, I do not use lenses were AF-I/AF-S ( lenses are not top-thinking engine).

The Nikon D40x limitations were severe enough that I should consider purchasing a Canon 40D until the Nikon D90 appeared just in time.

PROS :

1. Fantastic set of separate buttons on the camera settings like ISO, white balance, measuring, autofocus, image quality, shooting mode, etc.
2. Two command dials
3. High resolution 920K pixel LCD screen (like the Nikon D300)
4. 12.3 megapixel CMOS sensor
5. Low noise high ISO capability (for low light conditions) I can shoot ISO 1600 with good image quality with this camera while I was on my D40x to shoot with ISO 400 and obtain acceptable IQ . I’ll even ISO 3200, with results often very useful!
6. Top Separate LCD also displays a high resolution screen back to show the parameters continuously shooting
7. Electric in-hand to target the use of non-Nikon AF-I / S lenses, including lenses wonderful and inexpensive First enable as Nikkor 50mm 1.8 (~ $ 100 lens!)
8. Burst mode at 4.5 fps
9. Small in size but larger than the D40/D40x/D60, there is still much smaller in the hand than the D300 / D3
10. 720p 24fps movie capability with MPEG incredible talent, depth of field that I did not get to use with my Sony camcorder high-def.
11. Eleven autofocus (not as nice as the 51 points on the D300, but substantially better than my D40x with its 3 points)
12. GPS option
13. HDMI Output
14. Very many options to adjust the camera settings and adapts to your style of shooting shooting
15. Fantastic image quality right out-of-box if you do not want to, not finishing
16. Terrific build quality
17. Above the notch ergonomic device (but it is a very personal opinion, which is different for each drawer)

CONS :

1. “Rolling shutter” phenomenon while recording video: The D90 CMOS sensor has the same problem as other CMO video recorders when recording video. If you move the camera, especially horizontally, you get a frozen “or” stretching effect “, where the image varies significantly. It is beautiful, the 720p video features that look very strong, but there is no replacement for a video camera. If you use a tripod, and do not do quick zooms / pans, the video quality is excellent. Without a tripod, but you can watch a video nausea wobbly. Sound is also Monoaural.
2. 1 / 200 flash synch: Not a problem for me, but there could be for you.
3. No weather phenomenon sealing: This D300/D3 located on Nikon and even found the same kind of low-priced product from other companies
4. The buffer fills up after about 8 continuous RAW + JPG (Fine) records. This number varies according to shooting parameters you choose. If you fire first JPG seems to be the buffer to allow a large number of continuous shots, but I have not quantified only for jpg.

TIPS :

1. Get the Nikon ViewNX free software from Nikon’s site as the 1st Stage of your workflow. Before you can check your RAW images that you make to process Nikon RAW CaptureNX2 additional processing or just export to JPG for a JPG or TIFF / TIFF editor such as PhotoShop.
2. Recommend buying the Nikon CaptureNX2. This is a RAW converter (if you’re shooting in RAW) that the camera settings properly for export to JPG or TIFF. Capture NX2 is not as smooth as Adobe products and Capture NX2 requires a relatively powerful computer, or it will run pretty slow on a PC 3 years old.
3. If you plan to use JPEG files to increase outside the camera, the sharpness of the standard 3 or 4. Nikon uses a very conservative sharpening default setting. Nikon has also decided to change the default JPEG images in the upper end D3/D700/D300 cameras produce images that correspond to neutral. Therefore, the D90 images, unless the D40/D40x/D60/D80 is punchy, you can also turn the camera saturation and contrast.

The Nikon D90 has all the features that need to interface serious and even professional photographers with a wonderful image quality.

Product Features

* DX 12.3 megapixel CMOS sensor image format
Housing * lens sold separately
* D-Movie Mode; Cinematic 24fps HD with sound
* 3-inch super-density 920,000-dot color LCD monitor
* Capture images to SD / SDHC (not included)

Technical Details

* Color: Black
* Image Sensor Format: DX
* Image Sensor: CMOS
* The sensor size: 15.8 x 23.6mm
* Total pixels: 12.9 megapixels
* Effective Pixels: 12.3 megapixels
* Image Zone (DX format): Large: 4288 x 2848, Medium: 3216 x 2136; small: 2144 x 1424
* Shooting speed in continuous, full resolution: 4.5 fps
* Options shooting continued: CH: Up to 4.5 frames per second CL: Up to 4 frames per second
* Size of the LCD screen: 3 inches diagonal
* LCD Type: Super Density
* Screen resolution: 920,000 pixels
Angle of view: 170 degrees wide viewing angle
* Setting Screen: 7 brightness levels
* Shutter Type: Vertical, electronically controlled focal plane trip
* More low shutter speed: 30 seconds in increments of 1 / 3 1 / 2, 1 EV
* Increased shutter speed: 1 / 4000 seconds in increments of 1 / 3 1 / 2, 1 ER
* Bulb shutter setting: Yes
* Standard ISO Lowest: 200 in increments of 1 / 3 1 / 2, 1 EV
* Highest level of ISO: 3200 in 1 / 3, 1 / 2, 1 EV
* The lowest expanded ISO sensitivity: Lo-1 (ISO 100)
* Highest Expanded ISO sensitivity: Hi-1 (ISO 6400 equivalent)
* Advanced ISO Sensitivity: Lo-1 (ISO 100) in increments of 1 / 3 1 / 2, 1 ER, Hi-1 (equivalent to ISO 6400) in increments of 1 / 3 1 / 2, 1 EV
* Storage media: SD, SDHC
* Storage System: JPEG: JPEG baseline-rule may be selected from Size priority and Optimal quality, AVI
* File System: Compliant with DCF 2.0, DPOF, Exif 2.21
* Exposure modes: Programmed Auto (P) with program shift, the automatic opening (S), Aperture-priority Auto (A), Manual (M), Auto
* Advanced Scene Modes: Portrait, Landscape, Close Up, Sports, Night portrait
* Metering: 420-pixel RGB sensor 3D Color Matrix Metering II, center, spot
* Measuring range): 1: 0 to 20 EV (Matrix or center-weighted, 2: 2 to 20 EV (spot metering at ISO 100, f/1.4 lens)
* Exposure Meter Coupling: CPU
* Exposure compensation: + / -5 EV in increments of 1 / 3 1 / 2, 1
* Exposure Lock: Yes
* Exposure bracketing: Yes, 2 or 3 frames in increments of 1 / 3, 1 / 2 2 / 3, 1 or 2 EV
* Trigger: Single (S), Continuous low speed (CL) for 1 to 4 frames per second, Live View (LV), self-timer, Continuous high speed (CH) with 4.5 fps
* Mode: HD 1280 x 720 @ 24 fps, VGA 640 x 424 @ 24 fps, QVGA 320 x 216 24 fps at
* White Balance: Cloudy, Shade, Fluorescent, Incandescent, Flash, Preset, Fine Tune by Kelvin temperature setting of color, Auto, Auto (TTL white balance with 420-pixel RGB sensor), 7 manual modes with fine tuning
* White Balance: Yes, 2 or 3 exposures in increments of 1, 2 or 3
* D-Lighting Bracketing: 2 Claims
* Playback Functions: Full, Zoom, Slideshow, Pictmotion, histogram, data from shooting, display lighting, the automatic rotation of images, sound playback playback D-Movie, Thumbnail (4, 9, 72 segments), calendar
* Interface: High-speed USB NTSC HDMI
* Lens mount: Nikon F mount
* Compatible lenses: DX Nikkor AF-DG AF Nikkor AF Nikkor, AL-S Nikkor, AI Nikkor CPU can not (supported features vary)
* Angle of View: 1.5
* Viewfinder Frame Coverage: Approximately 96 percent
Viewfinder’s exit pupil: 19.5
* SLR: Quick-return type
* Viewfinder Magnification: Approximately 0.94x
* Depth of field control: Yes
* System Autofocus: Nikon Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus module with TTL phase detection, 11 focus points (including 1 cons-type sensor) and AF-assist illuminator (range 0.5 to 3 meters )
* Focus modes: Single-servo AF (S), Continuous-servo (C), Manual (M) with electronic rangefinder Autofocus Live View (face priority, wide area, normal)
* Focus Lock: Yes
* Picture Control: Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, 9 settings defined by the user, Portrait, Landscape
* In-camera editing of images: Trim, D-Lighting, color balance, image overlay, filter effects, monochrome, color balance, NEF (RAW), faster editing, adjust, control distortion
* Built-in Flash: Yes
* External Flash Shoe: Yes
* Nikon’s Creative Lighting System Compatibility: Yes
* The flash sync speed: Up to 1 / 200
* FP High Speed Sync: up to 1 / 4000
* Flash Sync Modes: Front-curtain sync (normal), Slow Sync, Rear-Curtain Sync, Red-Eye Reduction, Red-eye reduction with slow sync
* Accessory Shoe: Yes
* Self-timer: 2, 5, 10, 20 seconds
* World Time Setting: Yes
* Date, time and time to time settings: Yes
* Battery: lithium-ion –
* AC Adapter: EH-5a
* MH-18a
* Image Comment: Yes
* Battery life: 850 pictures (CIPA)
* Tripod socket: 1/4-20
* Software included software suite for CD-ROM
* Object Width: 5.2 cm
* Height of the object: 4.1 cm
* Item Depth: 3.0 cm
* Item Weight: 22 ounces
* Warranty: 1 year
* In the LCD Box: Camera, lithium-ion battery, quick charger, eyepiece stopper, rubber eyecup, USB cable, AV cable, wrist strap monitor for cover, body cap, accessory shoe cover Accessory, CD-ROM software, manual


Description Manufacturer

Fusing 12.3-megapixel image quality inherited from the award-winning D300 with groundbreaking features, the D90 is breathtaking, low quality of the sound image further progress in the EXPEED image processing. Split-response of the second shutter and continuous shooting at up to 4.5 frames per second is in a sense, rapid action and precise moments perfectly, while Nikon exclusive Scene Recognition System to accelerate the 11-area autofocus performance balance detection thinner and white.

The D90 delivers the control passionate photographers demand, use, comprehensive exposure functions and the intelligence of 3D Color Matrix Metering II Amazing results for life on a 3-inch, 920,000 – from dot color LCD monitor and provides accurate assessment of the images live on the composition and reading see the brilliance of the D90 in film quality 24 fps HD D-Movie mode.

Nikon D90 DX Digital SLR Highlights

Nikon digital SLR picture quality

The D90 DX has a newly developed technology-format CMOS image sensor directly inherited from the D300, Nikon DX-format flagship. With 12.3 effective megapixels and extremely high signal to noise, the D90 offers outperform low-noise images with detail and tonal gradation information that your expectations, while Nikon Integrated Dust Reduction System works just like free-degrading dust particles from the sensor optical low-pass filter.

Complete the Nikon EXPEED technology is implemented to bring the best out of the rich data of 12.3-megapixel sensor. The result – color, detail and high-speed processing by the innovative D300 inspired. Engine image processing D90 produces high-resolution images with remarkable speed, allowing for better high speed burst mode. EXPEED also contributes to the exceptional performance of other powerful features, including Live View and new Face Detection System.

The D90 captures images up to 4.5 per second. Accurate 11-point autofocus is now even faster and more intelligent system by Nikon’s exclusive Scene Recognition supports. The unique Nikon 420-pixel 3D Color Matrix Metering II system, now enhanced by technology EXPEED image processing, the exhibition provides extraordinary accuracy – immediately evident to the display of images on the D90 super-density 3-inch 920,000-dot color LCD monitor.

New D-Movie Mode Features 720p HD quality film

A new idea for digital SLR, the D90 offers a movie function, so that watching movies in three different motion JPEG formats: 320 x 216 pixels, 640 x 424 pixels and 1280 x 720 pixels. Now you can capture moving moments of life with the added drama by using many of Nikon’s NIKKOR lenses, including the AF DX Fisheye 10.5mm f/2.8G ED and the Micro-Nikkor. The shallow depth of field can give your film a creative and emotional impact. Another advantage is the image sensor of the D90, which is much larger than a typical camcorder for better picture quality and high sensitivity in shots in low light.

Faster burst mode of 4.5 fps
The D90 captures crucial moments thanks to his impressive 0.15-second start up time, 65-millisecond time delay shutter (CIPA standard) and capacity to 4.5 fps for a maximum of 100 cliches *. shoot

Low noise ISO sensitivity from 200 to 3200
The D90 gives you the freedom to turn in a remarkably broad range of lighting conditions, including the poorly lit scenes, without worrying about image noise degrading. ISO can be as high as Hi 1 (ISO 6400) is or is lowered to Lo 1 (ISO 100) will be increased.

3-inch super-density 920,000-dot color LCD monitor
The D90 3-in., Ca .. 920k-dot LCD Monitor offers unprecedented quality of image display. A wide viewing angle of 170 degrees, it is easy to concentrate after admission or during the live view and confirmed.

Built-in image sensor cleaning
Effective 4-frequency, cleaning ultrasonic sensor, dust particles free image degrading sensor optical filter lowpass.

11-AF system with Face Priority
Thank you to the Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus module, the D90 has 11 point AF system, fast and precise autofocus coverage under the AF sensor with the most significant operating center.

In addition, the D90 has versatile AF-area modes handle most shooting situations. The focus may be connected to the normal day for subject movement.

One button Live View –
With the Show Live the D90, you can without actually going through the viewfinder to shoot. Simply press the dedicated Live View button for instant access. Three AF modes, but you can see at any point of focus image.

Nikon 3D Color Matrix Metering II with Scene Recognition System
Nikon renowned 420-pixel RGB 3D Color Matrix Metering II, and with the exclusive Scene Recognition System analyzes the images, the purchase of an embedded database of over 30,000 photographic scenes, for accurate exposure unmatched.

Advance Scene Modes
If you are unsure of camera settings are simply relying on the advanced design programs. To turn the mode dial on the appropriate icon: Portrait, Landscape, Close Up, Sports or Night Portrait. Unlike conventional scene modes, the D90 automatically optimizes the exposure, image processing, Active D-Lighting and Picture Control for getting the most out of your subject. What’s more is that D90 has outstanding sound performance and accurately adjusts the camera settings if VR (Vibration Reduction) is activated or not, you can expect beautiful, crisp images even in very low light scenes.

Auto Active D-Lighting
Details in shadow and highlighted areas of your photos are often lost if the light of the strong contrast between light and dark areas of the image increases. Unique Nikon Active D-Lighting technology accurately reflect this important information in localizing tone control while shooting. Choose from four levels, including the new extra-strong. Active D-Lighting can be used manually or auto-mode is activated. It is also possible to get your photos in a bracket with D-Lighting and one without.

Durable, high precision shutter
Reliability is not a luxury – it’sa necessity. Therefore Nikon D90 subject led to several mechanisms grueling 100,000 cycle tests with the shutter of the camera in the fully assembled device.

Built-in pop-up flash
The flash control Nikon D90 with i-TTL, known for flash exposures accurate and balanced. The flash has 18mm lens coverage and functions as a wireless commander, controlling up to two independent groups of an unlimited number of remote flashes, and offers incredible creative lighting control – on site or in studio .

Editing on the camera image
Freedom of creativity is apparent exclusive image editing camera with a fisheye effect, straightening and Distortion Control as well as D-Lighting, Red-Eye Reduction, Image Overlay, Monochrome and more.

HDMI Compatible
Because you can rotate the images and movies with the D90 over HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface Transfer) with the digital A / V standard signal. Mini-HDMI connector is used.

GPS Geo-tagging
The GP 1 GPS unit option allows automatic geo-tagging real time.

Product

Fusing 12.3-megapixel image quality inherited from the award-winning D300 with groundbreaking features, the D90? Breathtaking, low-quality sound image is more advanced EXPEED image processing. Split-response of the second shutter and continuous shooting at up to 4.5 fps capture offers the opportunity for rapid action and precise moments perfectly, while Nikon? Exclusive Scene Recognition System to accelerate the 11-area autofocus performance, the white balance detection thinner and more. The D90 delivers the control passionate photographers demand, use, comprehensive exposure functions and the intelligence of 3D Color Matrix Metering II Amazing results for life on a 3-inch, 920,000 – from dot color LCD monitor and provides accurate assessment of images, s Live View composition and brilliant playback of the D90? Quality film and 24 fps HD D-Movie mode.