CamerasOnly - Digital Photography Blog: August 2008

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Pre-Order the Nikon D90 Digital SLR

The Nikon D90 SLR digital camera is available for pre-order now at Ritz Camera.

This new DSLR comes with a multitude of improvements, new features and the latest, most-advanced Nikon technology in an atractive, well-built package. It features:

- High-resolution 12.3 Megapixel DX-format CMOS image processor.

- Video recording: Capture 720p compressed video with or without sound

- Live View, allowing photographers to view and compose images in the LCD viewer before the shot is taken

- A large, bright, 3-inch, hi-res (approx. 920,000 pixel) LCD screen with a 170-degree viewing angle

- 11-point autofocus and scene recognition technology

- Fast shooting: 0.15ms power up; 65ms shutter lag, and continuous still frame shooting at 4.5 frames per second

- Extremely low light (ISO 3200) sensitivity

- In-camera image editing

This top-of-the-line digital camera is gives the Nikon D300 a run for its money, and that DSLR sells for almost twice as much.

The Nikon D90 will be shipping very soon, so get your order in early. Although many lenses and accessories are available for the Nikon D90, the camera itself comes in two flavors: Nikon D90 body only & the Nikon D90 with an AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Lens.