Nikon D90: The First Digital SLR Camera With HD Video

Hot on the heels of the new Canon EOS 50D comes the Nikon D90, which manages to cannibalise features from its professional line-up as well as claim the honour of being the first digital SLR with HD video recording capabilities. It’s a 12.1MP camera that can shoot continuously at up 4.5 frames-per-second. The camera powers up very fast in just 0.15 seconds and shooting lag is just 65ms. The new HD video party trick, called D-Movie Mode, allows snappers to capture 720p video in Motion JPEG format at 24fps with sound. The camera has low noise ISO sensitivity from 200 to 3200 and there’s a 3in 920,000-dot LCD display with 170-degree viewing angle. Other key features include built-in image sensor cleaning, 11-point AF system with face priority and fast auto-focus, one-button Live View, 5 scene modes, in-camera image editing and GPS geo-tagging. It’s not as highly specified as the Canon EOS 50D but then it is cheaper, with a US price tag of around £500. There’s also a new lens, the AF-S DX Zoom-NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, and the kit price is around £650. Obviously, those prices will inflate the closer it gets to the UK but, it also means that the existing D80 will be getting a serious price cut bargain hunters.-Martin Lynch [Nikon] photo camera photography

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