Taylor Barrett wrote:
Wow. He seems confident. If what he says is true, I'll probably trade my D300 in for one. I love the D300 but if my experience with the D200 vs D80 stays true here, the D90 will be more than enough for my meager abilities.
That would be a big old backwards move.. you'd lose your big viewfinder, weather-sealing, 51pt AF.. just off the top of my head.
panos.v wrote:
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. ...Show more →
1, Maybe MB-D10 can help? Oh, maybe that could help MB-D10 sales. People might not be shooting continously for an hour. The resulting video after editing might be, say, 3 hours long, but that does not means people need to take a 3 hr long video clip.
2, Don't worry too much at this point. Ain't cameras in movie industry doing similar things? If they don't change lens, there ain't that much dust. If they change lens.... the sensor will shake suppose dust will be gone.
3, D70 have electronic shutter yet it has machanical shutter. (yes the sensor bloom drove me nuts), let's hope it is completely rely on machanical one when doing photos.
I don't shoot video, but i think using a DSLR to do video would be quite interesting. People could choose the lens they want, tele, macro, fast f 1.4 lens etc... they can manual focus ... then every video clips will be out of focus first and then focus on the subjects... just like in movie
if my experience with the D200 vs D80 stays true here, the D90 will be more than enough for my meager abilities
i'm interested in a D90 too, not really about the video, but because i want a good DX camera for causal use. I do plan on getting a FX body (D700 sized not something like D3) but I could wait a little bit. I hope D90 will allow me to adjust focus for indivual lens like the higher models.
A friend at work inquired about my camera because they wanted a new one to take quality pictures with on vacations with their grand children. He asked if it took video and when i told him no he was instantly disinterested. This is the target I think they would be pursuing with his feature.
And it would be kinda neat but I would not go out and get one just for it, but i think a lot of people would be swayed by it in the general public...
Neat. As soon as my wife hears about this, her D40x is history. It's always nice to be able to capture some video sometimes, and having that built-in to the DSLR is a good thing for the consumer line of cameras. Hell, I wouldn't request or require such a feature for my D300, but I certainly wouldn't object if it was there, either.
panos.v wrote:
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. ...Show more →
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.
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).
Apple will be coming out with --- iCAMERA
A full frame 12MP 6" LCD screen with iTOUCH
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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
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.
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