Your SLR is now a camcorder August 27, 2008
Posted by tcbp in : News & Rumors , trackback
Nikon has again pushed the boundaries of what features an SLR can and should have by adding HD movie recording capabilities (up to 1280×720 at 24fps) to an SLR. This successor to the D80 sits in between Canon’s XSi, 40D and 50D in some ways, but as mentioned offers up one feature none of them can match in any capacity. The D90 will sell for $1000 or $1300 with the newly announced 18-105 VR kit lens.
I’ll let DPreview carry the load of telling you the gory details on this new body and lens:
The kit lens sounds like quite a nice range for the starting photographer, and is a great sounding kit with the D90.
I’m very curious to see the performance of the movie mode in this camera. I personally don’t find movie mode a very big selling point or differentiating feature for myself, but I still suspect it could come in handy at times. Interesting quirks of the D90’s HD mode include a 5 minute max recording time for a clip 720p (20 minutes in other modes) and no AF during movie mode.
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