I have had my D50 for nearly two years now and I am starting to find it limiting and have been waiting for a revised D80 from Nikon. Finally Nikon launched the D90, the rumours have been rolling off the shelfs for months now and now we have conformation. All the reported stats are true..
- 12.3 megapixels
- D-movie function (it outputs 1280×720, .avi, HD720p)
- High ISO/low-noise performance
- 4.5 frames per second
- 3 inch LCD with Live View
- GPS tagging (with add on)
For the full list for features view it on Nikons site here
Serious Sensor
The 12.3 megapixels CMOS is said to be the same as the D300 which is a sweet sensor. Moving to this would be a 6.3 megapixel upgrade from my D50, which is a lot of pixels that I can’t wait to utilize because the camera uses the same sensor as the D300 you can bet it can shoot at ridiculous ISO’s. Another great advantage is the ability to shoot at 4.5fps meaning you can really capture movement.
View the Video
The D-movie mode is a break through for DSLR’s. I don’t think it was hard to implement as most point and shoots have a video mode. It did take its time to get to a DSLR but finally we can shoot some sweet HD video on our DSLR’s rather than buying another camera, if you want to see some of the video have a look here. The built in HDMI port makes it easy to show the video on your TV. Also as you may have noticed a new thing in most DSLR’s is the live view feature allowing you to preview the shot on the LCD, this can help when you are trying to be discreet when taking a picture.
Other things I am look forward to
There are a couple of other features I can’t wait to use and one is the geotagging add on that just plugs into the side and add your position to the images meta data. Shooting RAW is great but sometime I want to shoot both RAW and JPEG this is another benefit of the D90 over the D50, when you are shooting both RAW and JPEG you need space and on my D50 I can’t use an SDHC but in the D90 you can.
Nikon gave the D90 to the Chase Javis a pro photographer he did a post here and you can view his some shots and a video about how they used it here. Chase and his crew spent a few weeks playing with the D90 everything he has to say is positive. I have finally found a camera that I am as obsessed with as I am Apple. Sorry I have to now leave while I go buy my D90.
Every Tuesday I try to publish one of my photo that you could uses a desktop background. The images are large enough to be used on a 30″ display. Enjoy the images and I would be grateful for any feedback.
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The White Balance is one thing people don’t talk about when you are shooting is how important white balance is. When you are shooting often all you are thing about is the Aperture and the Shutter speed. White balance can become a problem when you are shooting Jpg because it is permanently embedded into the image but if you are shooting raw you can change it at a later date. I have some examples out of my D50 that show how important white balance can be…
As you can see just the slightest change can make a huge difference. Most cameras have an Auto White balance setting and that is what most people use but just like the aperture and shutter speed you some time want to set it yourself to achieve a certain effect. So when you are shooting and the colour of you images is slightly off try having a look at your white balance and change it to see if you get better results.
Every Tuesday I try to publish one of my photo that you could uses a desktop background. The images are large enough to be used on a 30″ display. Enjoy the images and I would be grateful for any feedback.
Just click here to Download it
See the Archives Here
Just to let you know if you had not already noticed the “more coming soon!” on the goodies page has been replaced with a goodie and a few teasers. The one goodie you can all go and download now is my first free wordpress theme. I developed it from scratch it took about 2 weeks to get it “perfect”. The one problem when you design something is that it is never perfect, there will be updates to it. Don’t forget to check if you have the newest version. I believe it to be a high quality theme and hope you will love it.
Straight Corner
Its name is Straight Corner, named because it has curved and right angle corners (I know it really does not make that much sense). The CSS is not valid because it makes use of special functions in Webkit based browsers (i.e. Safari) and Geko based browsers (i.e. Firefox) that allow it to have rounded corners.So before I ramble on about that stuff here is a list of some of the features.
- The blog content, sidebar and footer have rounded corners in and Mozzila based browser and and Webkit based browser.
- It has two dynamic sidebars one as a sidebar and one as a footer
- Add your own header by just replacing the header.jpg in the images folder
- Admin comments are highlighted
- It has been tested in IE6, IE7, Firefox 2, Firefox 3, Safari 3, Opera
I hope you enjoy the theme and if there is anything that you are interested in don’t be shy just shoot me and email. Here is a demo link DEMO and here is the download link Straight Corner.
