Nikon D90 Early Pictures + Specs
Photography Bay has a shot of a posssible Nikon D90. It looks good to me, but I’ve been fooled before- there are some really good PP guys out there.
They’re also reporting the following specs:
* 14 bit A/D conversion (compared to 12 bit currently);
* live view;
* the EXPEED image processor;
* self-cleaning sensor;
* 3? LCD (up from 2.5?) with higher resolution; and/or
* 5 fps (up from 3);
The Following Are Guesses:
Notice that it doesn’t mention movies- but looking at the picture, it’s got a microphone grill over the D90 logo. There’s no reason at all to put the mic grill in the front if it’s for recording memos with a shot like on the Dx series, so I’m guessing it’s to record sound with movies (duh).
We’re also seeing a Manual / AF switch on the body, why? Because it’ll be able to use the screw-drive lenses like the 50mm f/1.x and 85mm f/1.x and older lenses– you don’t need that switch on the AFS lenses!
Interestingly, this might also mean that we will NOT be seeing 50mm and 80mm AFS Nano primes - but that’s a toss-up.
There also appears to be a GPS plug-in port, rather than integrated, which continues to be baffling given that the P&S cameras have GPS built-in now.
I continue to think it’s amusing that people are reporting that cameras have the eXpeed chipset in them.
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