Mike Kobal continues to impress with his movies taken with the D90 and now D5000. He’s good enough that I’m starting to wonder why he bothers with cameras and doesn’t just get a dedicated video camera.

Take a look.

SILENTIUM EST AUREUM Nikon D90 + Lensbaby from Mike Kobal on Vimeo.

A D90 user films some porsches racing and yes, there appears to be some jello. Guess you’ll have to be very careful how you film things if you want to avoid the delicious fruity gel:
Jello:

No Jello- static shot:

Ok, she ain’t a dedicated HD video camera, but she actually does pretty well against real video-only cameras if you don’t wobble the camera too much while you’re shooting.

If you can get past the ads between every page, you’ll eventually come to the conclusion- and keep in mind, these are video dorks, not stills-dork (like me):

Comparing the Nikon D90 to HD camcorders may be unfair, but, being the first of its kind, its the only product we could put it up against. The Canon EOS 5D Mark II, the second SLR to record video, has impressive specs—a 1920 x 1080 video quality, stereo microphone input, and an H.264 video compression codec. The question will be, would you rather pay $999.95 ($1299.95 with the lens) to play around with video on the Nikon D90, or shell out $1700 more to get your hands on the Canon? Then, of course, you need to question whether a first generation product is ever a good investment. Stay skeptical.

Nikon D90 Review

dpReview has checked out the D90 and gives you a 37 page review! They give a nice comparison to the d80, and overall appear to like it. Surprise.

Do you like really blurry shots of equipment taken by amateurs with point and shoots? Really?

Well tell me this- do you like close-up shots of the intimate of kit lenses? Really? Ok, well here you go (Engadget):

Nikon D90 unboxing and nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6g kit lens

Nikon D90 movies are getting out and we’re starting to see how they handle real-world situations, and I don’t mean during earthquakes! But viewing the footage below, you’d think that house was made out of jello and St. Andreas was happy that day.

If you  have a D90, I’m guessing that you’re going to want to use a tripod and I’m also very curious as to how quickly moving subjects are going to show up.

If this “jello” effect is common, then movie mode isn’t going to be too useful.

I’ve read that Canon has similar problems, I’ll try and get some examples for you.

If you’re interested, here’re some shots of the D90 and kit-lens being shown in the store.

Not very interesting- appears to have been shot with a camera phone…