Comments on: Nikon D90 video test.

By: Documentally

Documentally — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:35:23 +0000

Hi, M-A.. check the credits on the end.

By: M-A

M-A — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:00:08 +0000

sorry… who sings i meant.

By: M-A

M-A — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:59:32 +0000

Hi. Thanks for sharing. BTW, who signs ? Great song ! Please tell me.

By: rashbre

rashbre — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:45:58 +0000

I have one of these D90s and am pleasantly surprised with the picture quality.

Like you, I’ve had a play with the video and as you imply, its almost filmic in the way it needs to operate -distance/focus/aperture etc. The effects like depth of field are fun and I suppose I’ll have to try a tripod to get a sense of the real HDfullness available. I’ve found any pan & tilt can get a bit choppy but I wonder if its something to do with the lens stabiliser/VR.

As a snappy P&S video, I suspect my little Panasonic LX5(?) is an easier bet albeit without the cool DoF.

The thing that really surprised me was the metering/exposure tolerance compared with my somewhat older D80. The challenge with the D80 was getting skies and shadows to look good at the same time and the D90 seems to do a better job.

I haven’t read much about this in any reviews, but I wonder if they’ve twiddled some of the camera technology to achieve this?

I guess with the HDV addition, the two or three pager reviews tend to concentrate on this ‘obvious’ change, but I do think as a lightweight SLR its been improved too.

By: Documentally

Documentally — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:08:43 +0000

Hehe.. Sorry Ben, I forgot if you said “No way man.. I don’t want everybody to know I chose huge tassels for my bathroom!” Or “No man.. that’s cool, give me a shout out.”

I have amended the post.

By: Ben Read

Ben Read — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:50:20 +0000

I don’t know, he comes to my house, films all of it, including the holy white altar of the Thomas Crapper and I don’t even get a shout-out…

Typical bloody blogger.

By: Rupert

Rupert — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:01:52 +0000

Really great review – and swift. Didn’t you only get this yesterday?? Thanks.
And your clips look lovely, too. Only you would think of pulling focus on the toilet bowl. Reminded me of some heavy nights.
Pity about the sound. But, like you say, this is just the beginning.
I just linked to this review at the Yahoo videoblogging group.

By: Laura Kidd

Laura Kidd — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:54:30 +0000

Some lovely shots there Christian, showing once again there can be beauty everywhere…even the (Thomas) crapper! Being able to shoot video with all those lenses at your disposal opens up a whole new world, I look forward to more developments in the field and more images from you.

By: Jikan

Jikan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:30:39 +0000

havent had time to read all that yet ( getting kids off to nursery/eating porridge, drinking coffee….) but the film was pretty damn good. I’d need/want something with auto focus though.

By: Julian Tait

Julian Tait — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:50:25 +0000

Although it is not a DSLR, then again no camera is when shooting video the Casio Exilim EX-F1 is a remarkable camera. Allowing HD1080i video recording using an H264 codec. What is more remarkable about this camera is that you can capture at 512×384 at 300fps to 336×96 @1200fps. This is one amazing camera ideal for all those Serge Leone type effects. It also has a pre-shot frame buffer, those people who are used to recording audio will be aware of pre-record buffers. But the camera is shooting before you even press the shutter, Amazing I did an editorial on this http://tinyurl.com/4lhmcp for Zonezero.co back in November