D90 Owners Thread - Anything D90 related

[p1tse]

I use a 18-200 VR on my D90, love it !

i've just got the 18-200vr and still waiting to try it out in proper daylight

the 18-200vr is quite heavy on the d90 though

 

[Yardbent]

i've just got the 18-200vr and still waiting to try it out in proper daylight

the 18-200vr is quite heavy on the d90 though

I have the 18-55 plus 55-200VR so would stick with those - unless there's a valid reason to change ?............

 

[Yardbent]

- if you know that you need the added features then go for it, but I have to say it sounds like you don't. , ....D40...and only when you are hitting the barrier stops of its ability should you consider upgrading.

good solid advice - thanks - I'll stay with what I have.............

just having read so MANY rave posts about the D90...I wondered...

 

[larryslord]

As a Xmas bonus for the work this year my boss took us out today for a House of Fraser shopping experience.

When we got there he said " I understand you are in the market for a new camera but they don't do them here so why dont you pop along to Jessops and get yourself sorted and I will put a chunk towards it".

So thx to the boss I am the proud owner of a D90 which will replace my D60 which I have been really pleased with but have found slightly limiting taken sports pictures in low light.

Have just ordered the Thom Hogan guide & can't wait to get playing.

 

[355858]

larry that will be the lens you have not the d90

 

[leaky5]

larry that will be the lens you have not the d90

I think Larry maybe thinking the higher ISO capability of the D90 will help him there.

 

[Dman]

I think Larry maybe thinking the higher ISO capability of the D90 will help him there.

Indeed, the high ISO of the D90 isn't fantastic but it's a world away from the D60 as I found when I took the same path.

 

[jomike]

Indeed, the high ISO of the D90 isn't fantastic but it's a world away from the D60 as I found when I took the same path.

You're pretty hard to please, Dman!

While the D90 is not up to full frame high ISO capability, as far as crop sensors go it it right up there.

D90, Tamron 90mm macro, ISO3200

 

[Fuuudge]

Thats 3200, wow. If I used 3200 on my D60 it would look horrible. Luckily I'm getting my D90 tomorrow from a fellow TP member

Did you use any noise control software, jomike?

 

[jomike]

Thats 3200, wow. If I used 3200 on my D60 it would look horrible. Luckily I'm getting my D90 tomorrow from a fellow TP member

Did you use any noise control software, jomike?

It was shot in raw and processed in Lightroom2. I think I used some noise reduction, but can't really remember.

 

[larryslord]

larry that will be the lens you have not the d90

Hi 355858.

Yes faster glass will definately help and I will be in the market in the New Year.

I just couldn't afford Nikon glass that would autofocus on the D60 and am expecting the D90 to open up a lot more doors at an affordable price.

I enjoy National Hunt horse racing but I have found on the standard dull winters day the D60 just wouldn't allow me the shutter speed I hoped for and the ability to crank up the ISO and afford faster glass could be just the ticket.

Thx for your contribution and to the others who have contributed to the thread since my post

 

[Fuuudge]

Just got my D90 the other day from a fellow TPer, so different to the D60. First thing I noticed was the extra weight and size, although in no way is the a bad thing as it makes the camera more comfortable to hold and adds an over all solid feel. So many more options and things to control as well, I actually had to pick up the manual a few times and have now decided to read it cover to cover , the first manual I've ever read.

 

[Dman]

You're pretty hard to please, Dman!

While the D90 is not up to full frame high ISO capability, as far as crop sensors go it it right up there.

D90, Tamron 90mm macro, ISO3200

My main experience of fairly high ISO hasn't been great, using a f/2.8 at my sons school play I got a hell of a lot of noise at 1600 with the D90.

 

[Fuuudge]

My main experience of fairly high ISO hasn't been great, using a f/2.8 at my sons school play I got a hell of a lot of noise at 1600 with the D90.

I read some where on TP about adjusting the exposure compensation, to over expose I think , and then correcting it with your application. I have yet to google this but it may be worth checking out.

 

[waspy88]

How much of a difference does the SB600 make to your photography? I am finding it really hard to catch my daughters funny poses.. The 50MM 1.8 has made a real difference I must admit!

I just wanted to know whether you guys are getting good results from the SB600, if so are there any diffusers etc you'd reccomend along with it?

I only have a 50MM 1.8 and 18-105MM kit lens. So I am really looking to expand into the good glass range after finding out the results of the 1.8! I got the D90 in Nov 2008 and only now realising the full potential. The tutorials on youtube "nikon helpline" were a god send.

Anyway here is what my 50mm 1.8 gave me..

 

[jomike]

My main experience of fairly high ISO hasn't been great, using a f/2.8 at my sons school play I got a hell of a lot of noise at 1600 with the D90.

I read some where on TP about adjusting the exposure compensation, to over expose I think , and then correcting it with your application. I have yet to google this but it may be worth checking out.

You have to nail the exposure or slightly over expose as any pushing in PP will bring out the noise. If Active D-lighting is enabled it will also bring out noise.

 

[Fuuudge]

You have to nail the exposure or slightly over expose as any pushing in PP will bring out the noise. If Active D-lighting is enabled it will also bring out noise.

I've been mucking about with some high ISO to see what I can make of it. I noticed if I use noise ninja it makes the image look quite soft, although it does provide fairly good results. I guess if you stop the lens down a bit for a sharper image, you would get away with using NN and still have an acceptably sharp image, but stopping the lens down does sacrifice shutter speed and defeats the whole point of upping the ISO


@ waspy88

I wont be getting my SB600 until mid next week and I will let you know how I get on. As for defusers I have no idea. Have you looked at the possibility of remote flash and bouncing the flash?

 

[waspy88]

Cheers fuuudge,


Dman As for the Iso issue, what lens were you using mate? The shot above is @ ISO 1600 and taken with a Ikea desk lamp by my side. Maybe the need for faster lens is in order. Though for the distance of a school play we are looking at nasty high prices!

My aim is to own a 24-70mm 2.8 and then finally a 70-200m 2.8 but thats going to cost cash..

Oh also have you got the Iso NR on? I find that without it, its pretty grainy with it fully on its too blurry so I keep it at Normal.

Its been a bit of a learning curve to get the best out of the d90. I think Nikon default image processing is less sharper than Canon, before my d90 I had a Canon 300D and I remember that being sharper by default. Though playing around with clarity in NEF brings it to the same level and better.

 

[Dman]

Cheers fuuudge,


Dman As for the Iso issue, what lens were you using mate? The shot above is @ ISO 1600 and taken with a Ikea desk lamp by my side. Maybe the need for faster lens is in order. Though for the distance of a school play we are looking at nasty high prices!

I was using a Tamron 28-75 2.8, I wasn't that far away from the action so it was the perfect choice of lens, any faster and I would have had to have used the 50 which wouldn't have given me enough reach. I'll have to do some more testing.

 

[flow]

Has anyone experienced wavy bars/lines on the lcd when shooting video?
Its only noticable when shooting indoors.

I get the impression, from looking at a couple of other sites, It may be down to the indoor light bulbs or fluorescent lighting ?

 

[Fuuudge]

Has anyone experienced wavy bars/lines on the lcd when shooting video?
Its only noticable when shooting indoors.

I get the impression, from looking at a couple of other sites, It may be down to the indoor light bulbs or fluorescent lighting ?

Yeah I get this, its a know problem when recording at high ISO. I am sure you could remove it with some fancy video editing software but to be honest, it doesn't really bother me than much.


I just got my SB600 and Tammy 17-50 in the post today, just in time for documenting some drunken people at New Year


waspy, I have taken a couple of test shots with my SB600 and I'm quite impressed by it, bouncing the flash makes a big difference to the image but I think I will still be getting a defuser for the times I can't bounce. From what I've read there isn't much difference to them, so long as you pick the right colour difuser and the one that fits your flash. I tried pulling down the little plastic flap on the top of the flashgun, hoping it would act as a difuser but it didn't.

 

[chris330]

Hello all. Whilst travelling through duty free in Gatwick a couple of weeks ago, I wandered into Dixons. I'd been thinking about moving from my bridge Panasonic FZ18 up to a full SLR, and had my heart set on a D90 for a while. They had the D90 with the 18-105 kit lens for £725, and I couldn't help myself. So I got to enjoy a holiday in Vegas with my new D90 :¬)

Except..... Halfway through the holiday I zoomed in on a picture and noticed I had some dead pixels, so I flicked through the pictures and the same spot on every single photo was effected. I was not a happy bunny...

So got back to Gatwick, and phoned Dixons while waiting for my baggage to come out, and they were superb. They sorted out a new exchange receipt over the phone, and agreed to meet me in arrivals to do the exchange.

As an added bonus when I opened the box, there was an extra battery, and the infra red remote control in there too, all new and boxed up. Very happy bunny again!!

I absolutely love this camera, being able to shoot with much higher ISO is brilliant. My FZ18 took fantastic pictures in day light, but as soon as you started losing light, the noise was horrendous.

I just need to decide on what bit of glass I want next. I think I'd really like either the 50mm 1.8 or maybe the 35mm but that obviously comes at a bit more of a price.

 

[robp]

I became the proud owner of a D90 at Xmas

I'd been dithering over a return to photography after a near thirty year break and have been using a Lumix compact digital for the last few months.

My interest has rapidly reignited and after much research I had set my heart on getting a D90 in about six months’ time and perhaps even trying to make a few quid from my photos.

I had gone about as far as I could on the excellent Lumix and was contemplating setting my sights lower, simply to progress onto a camera that allowed more creative control. The downside, of course, would mean that it'd take me even longer to save for the D90.

And then my wonderful wife came to my rescue and gave me a D90 for Xmas

So now I'm thoroughly enjoying making all the cock ups that such a step up in camera inspires
But hey, what a camera!!!!

Many factors made me go for the D90, not least a thorough read through this very thread when I was a lurker. So thank you all

 

[gus607]

I became the proud owner of a D90 at Xmas

I'd been dithering over a return to photography after a near thirty year break and have been using a Lumix compact digital for the last few months.

My interest has rapidly reignited and after much research I had set my heart on getting a D90 in about six months’ time and perhaps even trying to make a few quid from my photos.

I had gone about as far as I could on the excellent Lumix and was contemplating setting my sights lower, simply to progress onto a camera that allowed more creative control. The downside, of course, would mean that it'd take me even longer to save for the D90.

And then my wonderful wife came to my rescue and gave me a D90 for Xmas


So now I'm thoroughly enjoying making all the cock ups that such a step up in camera inspires
But hey, what a camera!!!!

Many factors made me go for the D90, not least a thorough read through this very thread when I was a lurker. So thank you all

Your wife is a "star" Rob, just like mine !

Enjoy the pressie !

 

[JRSS]

Sounds like wives must know a thing or two about buying cameras then, I too had a D90 hiding under the CHristmas tree with my name on it

Currently trying to digest and make sense of the owners manual!

 

[roofowler]

I bought one not so long ago to replace my D200 as a spare, that might sound odd but if you've seen the difference between the colours of a D200 and a D90 you'd understand, they are way better on the 90. The downside is the controls aren't as easy to use, like no dedicated ISO button and a push button then twiddle to change from AF-S to AF-D but overall I've been really enojoying it and in good light I'm not bothered whether I've got my D3 or the D90 in my hand. Amazing camera for the price in my opinion.

 

[Fuuudge]

You can adjust the ISO easily enought by pushing the ISO button and turning the rear dial, is that not dedicated, or is the D200 different?

 

[mikeward]

to amke changing ISO easier i have change the setting in the camera (d3 in menu) to ISO display and adjustment. this allows the rear dial to adjust the iso and current setting is displayed on the top screen instead of remaining shots (never found shot number an issue as it not exactly accurate).

 

[jomike]

You can adjust the ISO easily enought by pushing the ISO button and turning the rear dial, is that not dedicated, or is the D200 different?

If you have Show ISO/Easy ISO enabled in Custom setting d3 the rear control dial adjusts ISO in A and S modes, without pushing the ISO button, and the ISO value is displayed on the top panel. In M mode you still have to push the ISO button and turn the dial.

 

[roofowler]

You can adjust the ISO easily enought by pushing the ISO button and turning the rear dial, is that not dedicated, or is the D200 different?

True, but the D200 had dedicated Qual, ISO and WB buttons on the top, they were large and I didn't need to even look where it was to press it. It's just those little things that you notice. On the 90 it's also the zoom out button and in a stack of 4 other buttons, I go to change the ISO and manage to change the WB instead!

 

[robp]

Sounds like wives must know a thing or two about buying cameras then, I too had a D90 hiding under the CHristmas tree with my name on it

Currently trying to digest and make sense of the owners manual!

Now there's a good point.
On an online writing forum I belong to members have been discussing what novels they were given for Xmas.
Blimey, who needs a novel when you have a novel-length camera manual to work through?

 

[Fuuudge]

If you have Show ISO/Easy ISO enabled in Custom setting d3 the rear control dial adjusts ISO in A and S modes, without pushing the ISO button, and the ISO value is displayed on the top panel. In M mode you still have to push the ISO button and turn the dial.

And there was me thinking I gave the manual a good read

looks like I will be trawling through all the menu options again.

True, but the D200 had dedicated Qual, ISO and WB buttons on the top, they were large and I didn't need to even look where it was to press it. It's just those little things that you notice. On the 90 it's also the zoom out button and in a stack of 4 other buttons, I go to change the ISO and manage to change the WB instead!

Ah, it doesn't bother me coming up from the D60 but I can see the nuisance if you you use the D200.

 

[DC2Z]

I'm currently thinking about selling all my Sony gear and upgrading to a D90. Lot of money invested in my Sony set up though

 

[donrev]

Well after months of deliberating on which Dslr i should purchase for the step up from the compact world, there was only one that stood out from the crowd, and that was indeed a D90.

My last camera was a Canon powershot G9 which is a so called 'bridge camera' between the compact and dslr world. This camera enabled me to learn the exposure basics before i made the big leap up. This along with plenty of books and hour after hour of researching on the net i finally felt ready.

Well i got my D90 two weeks ago and have read the manual 3 times over, yes thats 3 times! Along with the book Mastering the Nikon D90 by Darrell Young. I also bought a couple more D90 books but for me this was the best by far. If your a newcomer to the dslr world or even just want to know the in's and out's of the d90 i can highly recommend this book along with the manual to get a great grounding on the camera. Another book which I found particularly helpful was Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson.

I got quite lucky and managed to pick up the body from ebay brand new for only £450, i then added to this a Nikkor 50mm F/1.8D and a Nikkor 18-200mm VR2 to get me started and i must say im totally blown away with the results this camera can produce.

Im still tempted to buy the ebook by Thom Hogan as it gets glowing reports, but just wondered what the field guide is like that comes with it if anyone can tell me.

 

[flow]

I bought a copy of Nikon D90 for dummies & found it to be much better than the manual that came with the camera

 

[donrev]

I think the manual on its own should be used as a referance only, but its great to use along side a more in depth book. The two together and you can really get to know the camera.

 

[DC2Z]

Just bought my D90, now i just need to learn all about its funtions. Can anyone advise agood book to help along side the manual

 

[donrev]

Read my post above m8

 

[DC2Z]

Cheers I will look for it on amazon

 

[panthro]

Hi everyone, Im the owner of a new D90 with the 18-105 kit lens. Absolutely love it Was looking at a few cameras at the time, but for the price, the D90 was the winner.
Completely new to SLR photography so awaiting the arrival of some books. Will be going for a walk round my local area this weekend and will hopefully post some pictures up.
Looking for a decent telephoto to take wildlife shots as well as a macro lens and a wide angle lens.