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I have a Nikon D50 which I have been very pleased with over the past few years, however I am getting itchy for an upgrade and wondered if anyone has bought the new D90 yet?
Whist the features of the D90 all look very good and the initial reviews seem positive, I also wondering whether I should look at the D80 - this is now officially been superceeded by the D90, but it does mean that it is quite a bargain at the moment (around £400 for the body vs £699 for the D90 body!).
I suppose the D90 will start to come down in price once availability improves, but the D80 will soon run out and not be available at all!
I enjoy travel and landscapes, but also would like to do some more macro work. Currently I have the Tamron 18-250 lens which is a great all purpose lens (which I intend to transfer to the new camera - if I get one).
My brother has the D80 and I like the way that a lot more of the cameras settings are available via dedicated buttons rather than searching through the menu screens (as you do on the D50), I also like the larger LCD, the brighter viewfinder, the depth of field preview and the grid-line overlay.
As for budget - I don't really have one (my wife would say ZERO!), but certainly no more that the D90 - assuming I can get a good price for the D50 (seem to have some value - £100 + when selling on ebay).
No reason really - but attached are a couple of pictures of my van in the French Alps this summer
Am on iphone so will keep it brief, but I have to suggest the Fuji S5 pro...it's a nikon camera with a Fuji badge, it's only £500 brand new, and it will give my d3 a run for it's money with regards to image quality, the important bit . Should be in every landscape photographers arsenal. I am getting one too due to it's Market leading dynamic range.
Other than image quality, it won't touch the D90. It's nowhere near as feature ruck or fast. Takes better photos though
Dibs, I bought a D50 and quickly upgraded to the D80 as I found the controls frustrating so much easier and logical on the D80. Also a nicer sized camera to hold and adjust in the hand, even though I have quite small hands I found the D50 a bit fiddly. The D80 has been a joy and I am not gonna be replacing it for some time, despite drooling over the D90.
The D90 appeals because of the live view and it looks really great, more mp and some other nice features too. I can't decide you budget but I'm sure you would love either, depends whether you can live with 'last year's model'
Ruth
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I took delivery of the D90 a week ago. For years, I've continued to use medium format alongside a Nikon prosumer (Coolpix 8800) digital camera. So, the DSLR side of things has been absent from my kit because the medium format is so big, I wanted the digital to be smaller for different tasks.
So, why the D90? Well, the 8800 got damaged, so in the short-term I bought a Panasonic Lumix TZ5 compact, which is just the job for many areas of my photography. It's video capability is also excellent from a still camera. I should have mentioned I also have much heavy-duty video gear, but sometimes I just want a quick clip on a digital camera, probably to email someone or for use on a website.
Anyhow, I'd only been reading recently the discussions as to why it wasn't possible to have video on a DSLR, and even if it were possible, wouldn't it be just a gimic for the 'serious' photographer? It came as quite a surprise when the D90 was due out with just such an 'impossible' feature, just weeks later.
Sitting in my kit bag under the bed are old analogue Nikon SLRs, still in great condition, but probably worthless. The lenses, however, I wanted to put to use once more and with the D90 I could do just that.
So, it was just a meeting of my separate roads, at the same time, which made me buy the D90, my first DSLR.
First impressions? The handling is superb - but then I've got big hands and sausage fingers, so it's ideal, without being heavy. In fact the choice of lens will largely decide the weight. I opted for the D90 kit which adds the 18-105mm lens. That combination remains light.
However, if I stick on one of my older analogue lenses - and I should mention they work just fine, though they can't use the VR (vibration reduction) feature of the D90 - the balance isn't as sweet as with the tailor-made 18-105.
The live view feature means little to me because I've recently been using the compact Lumix TZ5, which also has a 3" display. Because I've entered the DSLR market quite late, I hadn't appreciated that the 'normal' viewfinder is still the main way to compose a picture and that some purists still think the LCD display is not 'real' photography.
Hey, I've been used to the Nikon 8800's flip-out screen, so I think all digital cameras should have one. I have all the purist approach I need to photography with my Mamiya 7 and its associated bits of glass, which cost up to a grand apiece, so my digital photography is more for convenience. With this in mind, I can't really compare the D90 with other DSLRs, other than the handling for me is superb, the level of control is phenomenal and the menus intuitive. The built-in flash is also better than I'm used to, with no immediate need to lower the output, due to washed out faces and harsh shadows. I find the flash results very natural on auto.
The big disappointment is the very feature which heralded the D90 - the video. I know most stills photographers won't be bothered, but it was a good reason for me buying this camera. Nikon have put together some nice clips to sell the video feature, but the real world is somewhat different. In short, the video from my weeny TZ5 is superior, despite Nikon's claim that the sheer size of the D90's CCD meant that it was better than most camcorders, never mind small digital stills cameras.
Yeah, right. Frankly the D90's results are crap and I've spent a week comparing and fiddling about. Yes, it might conform to the high-definition standard (1280x720 pixels), but the quality is poor indeed. The focus is soft, there's quite heavy compression and any sort of fast movement is hopeless. So, don't whatever you do, buy the D90 for the video feature.
The rest of the camera is a delight, but your needs might well be different to mine.
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