Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- User Rating: 
Summary for Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- Continuous DSLR Improvement
Notes on Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- I upgraded from the D80, which was an upgrade from the D50. Not surprisingly, the D90 is miles ahead of both cameras. The image quality is superb. For some reason I never fell in love with my D80. It seemed to struggle with proper exposure. Strangely, my D50 didn't have that problem. But the D90 appears to get the exposure correct, most of the time. I really like the ability to adjust color saturation in-camera. The auto focus is excellent and the very fast frame rate in burst mode is great for sports shooting. The LCD screen is one of the main improvements. It is very large and bright. I'm not going to review the video mode - I didn't buy the camera for that reason. I liked the D50, tolerated the D80, but love the D90. Isn't technology progress great?
Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- It's really really great, but not quite quite perfect.
Notes on Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- Look, this is an outstanding camera. It really is. I think others have probably already expounded on its greatness better than I can so I will keep this review (reasonably) short.
Here are the three things that jump out at me, and I will be comparing this camera to the Canon 5D (full frame) which I used previously to this.
Sharpness: Good god this camera is sharp. To me it is noticeably better than the 5D in terms of definition, detail and sharpness. I have gone back and pulled out similar pictures taken with the 5D (5D with L series lenses) and they are not as sharp. I am a sharpness whore and a pixel peeper so trust me on this. It's amazingly sharp.
Auto Exposure: very good; but not blow me away great. It will take some getting used to and I think perhaps I will have to fine tune it more than I thought I would have to. I'm really just nitpicking here; it's not a big deal and it's not bad; again just not blow me away great right out of the box.
Low-light performance: I'm sorry, but the 3-year old 5D has it beat big time here. I know it's unfair in a certain sense since the 5D is full frame, but as I said I think this camera has it beat in sharpness which is not supposed to happen when comparing a cropped sensor to a full frame. The fact that it wins sharpness is huge. Unfortunately, the low-light performance is nothing to write home about here. It is certainly better than the D200/D80/D70/D60/D50 (all previous Nikons I have used) but noticeably worse than the 5D. I'm not sure if Nikon was marketing this camera as a good low-light performer like the D3 and the D700 (I don't pay much attention to the marketing stuff) so this might not be a detraction but I just thought I would mention it since people care about low-light performance more and more these days. Of course also I am speaking from the standpoint of someone who has to market/sell most of my pictures. I rarely take pictures for fun unfortunately. I am quite sure that for anyone not using the low-light feature for professional work intending to be sold, it will be more than fine. Frankly it will even be fine for some professional work at ISO 400-800 but nowhere near the level of competence of the D700/D3.
Bottom line, in most situations this camera is superior to the 5D which really is saying a lot since the price is half and the sensor is cropped. At the end of the day, however, if low-light performance is key to you then I would recommend the Nikon FF D700/D3 or the Canon full frame offerings such as the 5D.
I haven't used the video feature yet (and probably won't for a while since I bought this to take pictures) so I don't have anything to report there.
Ergonomics are great and battery life is awesome.
Overall after shooting a few thousand pictures with it my rating would be 92/100. Again please take any of my seemingly negative opinions as what they are--my attempt to be thorough because I know some people want to know the finer points of some of these issues. I do not have a negative opinion of this awesome camera by any means.
Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- The perfect camera?
Notes on Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- Just wow. This is my second Nikon DSLR and a big step up from my fine D-70s. The D-90 is about the same size and weight which is important if you're holding this camera throughout a busy day. The focus is fast and accurate in most cases. The d-lighting is a nice feature for compressing highly dynamic lighting. Shooting 4.5 frames per second is wonderful. The rear screen is sharp and bright. The ability to shoot 720P video is nice but is limited by a lack of automatic focus. The resulting video is very sharp as the DSLR's lens are bigger than anything short of a professional video camera. Nice for an occasional video but not a full replacement.
Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- Nikon D90- such a wonderful camera
Notes on Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- I too have a Nikon D40, and wouldn't trade it for it anything, but is keepig me from being the more creative person I am, as I can be a really CREATIVE PERSON if I have something that will help me do such. At one time I had wanted the Nikon N90s that was along the same price range, but found myself without the money, NOT THIS TIME, YES-SIR-EEE. I'M NOT ABOUT TO LET THIS ONE SLIP BY ME
I am currently waiting on the D90 from One Call, and should have it on 11-4-08, I'LL UPDATE THEN, MY LIKES AND DISLIKES ABOUT THE CAMERA
Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- INCREDIBLE
Notes on Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- This is a brilliant camera. I am only an amateur, but in my opinion, this is the best value DSLR out there. I chose it over the D300, Canon EOS40D and Olympus E3 (I played with all of them before deciding). Very easy to get great images. It's low light performance is worth it's weight in gold too. No more nasty brightly lit, squinty faces! Sure it takes videos, which is a fun diversion, but it's the image quality that is expecially outstanding. Lots of choices for lenses too, but one I'd definitely recommend is the Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens($110 BARGAIN of the century).
