{"id":185,"date":"2008-08-27T10:19:05","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T00:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=185"},"modified":"2008-08-27T10:24:31","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T00:24:31","slug":"nikon-d90-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=185","title":{"rendered":"Nikon D90 coming soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Atkins has posted a blog<\/a> on what appears to be the new Nikon DX dSLR.<\/p>\n

Essentially the main features are:<\/p>\n

  • 12.3 megapixels – thank goodness they didn’t go to Canon’s ridiculous 15mp!<\/li>\n
  • 4.5fps<\/li>\n
  • HD quality movies – a first in dSLRs and the way of the future<\/li>\n
  • GPS geo tagging<\/li>\n
  • face recognition AF in contrast detection live preview mode – personally I think this is too premature a technology on dSLRs and thus more of a marketing gimmick than real benefit<\/li>\n
  • features derived from the D300 such as live preview, sensor cleaning, D-lighting (shadow detail enhancement), VGA HD LCD<\/li>\n

    To my mind, this is a much more sensible upgrade path than Canon’s 50D effort, but I guess only time will tell on this.<\/p>\n

    At last Nikon have an entry level digital SLR with features that I feel are critical – live preview for accurate manual focus when needed and a dust removal system, pity it still doesn’t have a CCD-shift image stabiliser as with Olympus models.<\/p>\n

    I am more looking forward to how Olympus will respond (hopefully maintain 10mp, improved noise, dynamic range, add HD movies with HDMI output, VGA LCD screen, 9 or 11 pt AF and 4-5 fps in their prosumer range), and perhaps more interestingly, how Canon responds to Nikon’s D700 with their much awaited 5D replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Bob Atkins has posted a blog on what appears to be the new Nikon DX dSLR. Essentially the main features are: 12.3 megapixels – thank goodness they didn’t go to Canon’s ridiculous 15mp! 4.5fps HD quality movies – a first in dSLRs and the way of the future GPS geo tagging face recognition AF in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,3],"tags":[21,48,47],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameras","category-photography","tag-dslr","tag-nikon","tag-nikon-d90"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t