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p.2 #1 · Nikon D90... Thom's been busy!

Jerry Baxter wrote:
Todd Adamson wrote:
Wow, video. I can finally leave my cell phone at home now.

yep

Apple will be coming out with --- iCAMERA
A full frame 12MP 6" LCD screen with iTOUCH

funny thing is, apple junkies would be all over that like white on rice.

Aug 06, 2008 at 03:44 PM

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p.2 #2 · Nikon D90... Thom's been busy!

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Video? It will be interesting to see how the following problems will be solved:
1) battery drain, given that the sensor and LCD will have to be on all the time
2) how much dust the sensor will attract after staying exposed for half an hour
3) what kind of sensor they will be using. The video is still lots of still frames, I doubt the shutter will be opening/closing to do the capturing otherwise a 100,000 frame shutter will last about an hour and a bit. If they leave the shutter open and use an electronic shutter then that kind of puts us back to D70 terittory. The D70 might be a great camera but the only thing that bugs me is that the electronic shutter blooms badly when shooting into the sun, just like small P&S cameras that record video.

If they go the CMOS route- with a D300 like sensor, then the battery life will be improved considerably. I'm thinking if thereis indeed video, it won't be feature length, rather, a couple of minutes or so. Or maybe a separate, low-res sensor for video only.

Aug 06, 2008 at 03:44 PM

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p.2 #3 · Nikon D90... Thom's been busy!

Well, I knew this was coming, but my D80 arrived today anyway! I can only hope that a) the D90 doesn't get released until at least early December, and/or b) it's significantly more expensive than what I paid for my D80. That way I'll feel good about my timing. Anyway, the only updated feature I think I'd really care about is Live View (only for zooming in on focus points during MF mode).

Aug 07, 2008 at 12:56 AM

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p.2 #4 · Nikon D90... Thom's been busy!

if these specs are true, people in the market for an SLR are sure to be spending alot more than they expected and photokina hasnt even begun yet

Aug 07, 2008 at 09:16 PM

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p.2 #5 · Nikon D90... Thom's been busy!

Jerry Baxter wrote:
Todd Adamson wrote:
Wow, video. I can finally leave my cell phone at home now.

yep

Apple will be coming out with --- iCAMERA
A full frame 12MP 6" LCD screen with iTOUCH

any reference for such comment/statement?

(please email me directly: linathael at macbidouille dot com)

regarding the video quality available from a D90 sensor. It will most likely be of much lower quality than the current digital camcorder, even the entry-level model.
However, this can be a marketing point for Nikon, while not being a true useful feature for most photographs.
Think about having 480p quality video, while HD is finally entering mass market with HD TV with full HD 1080p becoming kind of affordable for lot of consumers. Camcorder able to record natively into this definition format are also available, but for sure not for entry-level for this consumer electronic device.

So, I might wait to see the real features of the D90 before purchasing a D300. I know that many of you are/will be claiming it is like comparing orange and Apple, but new lenses are as much desirable than a new body, I am so in love with the 70-300 VR, giving me reasons for investing more into lenses than body.... 16-85 VR, 105 Micro, etc...

so back to the topic, video will more a gadget than a true usable function for generating HD video quality

Aug 11, 2008 at 12:18 PM

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p.2 #6 · Nikon D90... Thom's been busy!

The idea of shooting 30fps video at HD resolution through Nikkor glass is intriguing in and of itself -- if that's what's on offer of course.

Edited on Aug 11, 2008 at 02:34 PM

Aug 11, 2008 at 02:34 PM

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p.2 #7 · Nikon D90... Thom's been busy!

musicandlight wrote:
The idea of shooting 30fps video at HD resolution through Nikkor glass is intriguing in and of itself -- if that's what's on offer of course.
as I mentioned it before, it can most likely not provide such video quality, it would perform better than most HD camcorder curretnly available on the consumer electronic market.

Aug 11, 2008 at 02:50 PM


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