Nikon has come up with the upgraded version of its previous D80 with 10 megapixels by 12.3 megapixel Nikon D90. It delivers as excellent the result as its predecessor D80.

Specs:

• Product type: Digital camera – SLR
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• Dimensions: 5.2” x 3” x 4.1”
• Weight: 1.4 lbs
• Body material: Plastic , Aluminum alloy
• Resolution: 12.3 megapixels
• Color support
• Optical Sensor Type: CMOS
• Total pixels: 12,900,000 pixels
• Effective Sensor Resolution: 12,300,000 pixels
• Field of View Crop Factor: 1.5
• Sensor Dust Reduction
• Light Sensitivity: ISO 100-6400
• Shooting modes: Frame movie mode
• Shooting programs: Close-up , Landscape , Portrait mode , Night portrait
• Special effects: Vivid , Neutral , Portrait , Landscape , Monochrome , Custom Effect
• Optical image stabilizer
• Image stabilizer features: Optical stabilization helps prevent blurry pictures, especially for handheld cameras at slow shutter speeds or when using high optical zoom
• Maximum shutter speed: 1/4000 sec
• Minimum shutter speed: 30 sec
• X-sync speed: 1/200 sec
• Exposure metering: Spot , Center-weighted , 3D color matrix II
• Exposure modes: Bulb,  Manual,  Program,  Automatic,  Shutter-priority,  Aperture-priority,  I-TTL program flash
• Exposure range: EV 0-20 ( ISO 100 )
• Face detection
• White balance: Custom , Presets , Automatic
• White balance presets: Flash , Shade , Sunlight , Fluorescent , Incandescent
• White balance bracketing
• Digital video format: AVI
• Still image format: JPEG,  NEF (RAW),  RAW + JPEG
• Video capture: AVI - 1280 x 720 , AVI - 640 x 424 , AVI - 320 x 216
• SD memory card
• Image storage: 4288 x 2848 , 3216 x 2136 , 2144 x 1424
• Pop-up camera flash
• Flash modes: Slow synchro,  Rear curtain sync,  Red-eye reduction
• Red eye reduction
• Lens type: Zoom lens - 18 mm - 105 mm - F/3.5-5.6 G Nikon AF-S DX ED VR
• Focal length: 18 mm - 105 mm
• Manual and automatic focus adjustment
• Optical zoom: 5.8 x
• Hot shoe flash terminal
• Additional features: DPOF support , Direct print , Face detection , Cropping an image , Histogram display , LCD live view mode , PictBridge support , USB 2.0 compatibility , Digital image rotation , Digital noise reduction , Highlight point display , In-camera RAW processing , Face-priority AF function , Display brightness control , Camera orientation detection , Depth-of-field preview button
• Display: LCD display - TFT active matrix - 3 in – Color
• Built in microphone
• Included accessories: Eyecup , Body cap , Neck strap , Eyepiece cover , LCD display cover
• Price: $1,139.00 - $1,299.99 (subject to variation according to time and location)

Features:

It is a heavy camera, with a sturdy feel when is held in hands. Size is similar to that of the forerunner D80. Improved shutter durability and dust prevention system are additional nice features. LCD is covered not by glass but by polymer. It is comfortable to hold and shooting with this camera in hand is pretty easy. Controls are not much of a problem for those who have a prior experience of shooting with a Nikon DSLR.

Though the video quality is nice, there are certain limitations attached to it like exposure is fixed for the length of the clip, it has monaural sound, one can only focus manually while shooting, and HD clips are capped at 5 minutes because of file-system limitations. Enhanced performance can be noticed easily. For its price, it offers high rate performance with quick speed and excellent photo quality.

Unique Selling Points:

• High class performance
• Nice view finder
• Sturdy body
• Excellent photo quality
• Video capture capability

Limitations:

• Adequate kit lens
• Poor HDMI output implementation

For its price, this is a very nice camera that odes not only offer still image capture, but is capable of video capture, too. Plus, you will get high quality performance.

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