Digital Camera Reviews - Customer reviews - Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens

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Name: Bob
Location: Brandon, SD United States
Date: 2009-03-13
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Nikon D90 "Perfect"
Comment: I love this camera!!!! I upgraded from a Nikon D70 to the new D90. The D90 has a much larger and brighter LCD view screen that is great for viewing photos after you have taken the shot as well as for viewing in the "Live" mode such as when you are shooting video. I love the fact that this camera shoots HD video as well as photos. I found the quality of the video to be excellent. It is also very easy to use.

About the only negative I can think of is the fact that when you are shooting in video mode, the auto focus doesn't work if you zoom in or out. If you zoom, you have to use manual focus control, which is something of a pain. However, I think I can overcome this by editing the video clips later in Photoshop Premiere or Corel Video Studio Pro.

Altogether I am extremely pleased with this camera and it's performance. The selling point, for me, was the fact that it included the ability to shoot HD video. I am primarily a still photo photographer, but I found the ability to have HD video in the same camera I use for still photography to be the perfect solution for me. (If you shoot video as your primary mode, this may not be your cup of tea, however.) Video clips are limited to 5 minute clips, I think, based on the cameras manual. This is not a problem for me, however, since I shoot video in small clips anyway, and then edit the clips using video software. That may not work if you are looking for videos in larger than 5 minute segments.

Several video resolution options are available, depending on your reason for shooting video. If you don't need HD video, lower resolutions may be selected on the cameras menu. This model uses SD memory cards, which have come down significantly in price recently. I purchased both an 8 Gig and a 16 Gig SD card, both of which give me plenty of memory for both still and video shooting.

If you are looking for a quality camera to use primarily as a still photo camera, but want the ability to shoot video as well (with the 5 minute limitation), this would be an excellent choice. I love the camera!

Name: Frantisek Dano
Location: Naples, FL
Date: 2009-04-01
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Five star camera for advanced amateurs
Comment: An excellent piece of technology. The package with 18-105mm lens is a very good start. I use the factory settings for almost 95% of shooting. Images are pretty. I retouch them in Photoshop (a digital camera and Photoshop are inseparable) - using the curve tool, which is BTW inevitable even with very expensive cameras. When you put your images on the web, you won't see the difference between pro cameras and D90. You can set three sizes. I use the largest: 4288 x 2848. Enough even for a smaller poster in very good quality. The camera's controls are very easy to learn. Even an absolute amateur can shoot good images the very first day. It is my new hobby and pet. Highly recommended. Fero

Name: Anton N. Lenke
Location: CA
Date: 2009-06-08
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Thrilled.
Comment: I was in the market for a "mid-level" DSLR as my second slr, and I have to say that I'm absolutely thrilled with this camera. For me, it was either Canon or Nikon, and I just decided to go with the Nikon after testing several and reading reviews. After reading the reviews, I was a little concerned about some of the reviews with malfunctions, but, after two months, I haven't had the slightest problem, and the picture quality is fantastic. I chose the D90 over the D5000 because I didn't like the flip screen (something to break off or go wrong, and I'd read reviews about the D5000's difficult readability in bright light with the LCD. I love the balanced weight of this camera with the lens, I bought a Hoya multicoated UV filter for scratches and have loved the pictures it's produced thus far. I can't tell you the costs and benefits as much as the others, but this camera has been quiet, quick, and efficient, and produced brilliant photos for my money. For me, there are a ton of features, some of which I may never use, but the bottom line is for me, looking through the viewfinder and getting a crisp, clean shot is what it comes to, and I'm so pleased I got this combo.

Name: Amanda Coffey
Location: Denton, TX USA
Date: 2009-08-26
Customer Rating: -

Summary: What an amazing camera. Great pics.
Comment: This is an amazing camera. It takes such a good pictures and it can make an ameteur/beginner produce better pictures then they should.

I love all the controls that you have when taking the pictures. easy to use.

When in "auto" mode, it is as easy as the point & shoot camera. It is fast to boot up, fast shutter so that you don't miss any moment.

I was able to produce a good picture in the dark using the "manual" mode with no flash. It can actuall capture great details.

The lens has a good range if you only going to have one lense. I'm planning on buying a zoom lens, perhaps the 70-300mm vr. But so far this range is good for now.

I am trully amazed with this camera, and swear by Nikon products.

I recomend this over the Nikon D-5000. It has more controls, Feels more solid in your hands (have the D-5000 also to play with)
It maybe more camera than what you need, but you'll be happy that you have the option to do more with it.

Name: J. Sarna
Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Date: 2009-09-11
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Almost Perfect
Comment: Just go ahead and buy this camera if you are even thinking about it and wondering whether it will do what you want it to do. It seems to be a great combination of automatic features and advanced amateur/professional decisionmaking and far better than some others that I've seen.

My only gripe is that the menus are a little cryptic or perhaps overloaded with information at times. But I've been adding some of my most frequent menu items to my own custom menu and that is helping quite a bit.

The only other gripe that I have is that there it is so easy to take lots of photos "on the fly" that there are sometimes so many great photos to review it can take far longer than with a camera of lesser quality. As a professional photographer once told me, "film is cheap, memories are dear." Well, pixels are even cheaper.

I have been a Nikon user since my first Nikon F borrowed from my father in 1973 and this is the first digital SLR that I've used after finally giving up film SLRs and having my fill of Nikon's various point-and-shoot digitals. It has been an absolute pleasure.

Oh, one more thing to worry about. The camera is so easy to use and takes such great pictures that you will want to take it with you everywhere and use it all the time. After a while, your family will get annoyed that you keep taking photos of everything and they may threaten to toss you, and the camera, overboard. NOTE: This result may not happen to every user, but don't say you were not warned.

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