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tonight for the first time in anger i put the d90 to good use on the wee lads christmas panto. Taking pictures mainly , but where he was involved i took some video.
firstly you'll notice that the mic is exactly where you would comfortably grip the camera in normal picture taking mode, so straight away i'm more aware of where im resting my hand and holding the camera unnaturally, so more shake than normal straight away. portions of the video have muffled sound where i forgot not to hold the camera normally. No auto focus is also a big drawback and along with the extra camera shake my zooming attempts looks pretty ropey. Couple that with trying to focus using the rear screen(not my cup of tea either!!)
Also the hall was well lit with flourescent lighting, so white balance was easlily adjusted to suit, but i had quite bad horizontal banding scrolling up the rear screen and on looking at the video its present on that too. I'm not sure whether the banding is a trait of the D90 or DSLR video, or if i have a bad one ? if its perfectly normal, then Nikon need their arses kicked for not compensating for flourescent lighting.
Anyways, i love my D90 to bits and wouldn't part with it for anything less than a d300s
, but from my findings, don't hand hold, don't use under flourescent lighting and dont zoom.
Probably pretty good using some funky lenses in pre arranged circumstances, under incandescent or natural light, on a tripod and without zooming (probably take a while to get the hang of zooming and focusing!)
thanks for listening !!
firstly you'll notice that the mic is exactly where you would comfortably grip the camera in normal picture taking mode, so straight away i'm more aware of where im resting my hand and holding the camera unnaturally, so more shake than normal straight away. portions of the video have muffled sound where i forgot not to hold the camera normally. No auto focus is also a big drawback and along with the extra camera shake my zooming attempts looks pretty ropey. Couple that with trying to focus using the rear screen(not my cup of tea either!!)
Also the hall was well lit with flourescent lighting, so white balance was easlily adjusted to suit, but i had quite bad horizontal banding scrolling up the rear screen and on looking at the video its present on that too. I'm not sure whether the banding is a trait of the D90 or DSLR video, or if i have a bad one ? if its perfectly normal, then Nikon need their arses kicked for not compensating for flourescent lighting.
Anyways, i love my D90 to bits and wouldn't part with it for anything less than a d300s
, but from my findings, don't hand hold, don't use under flourescent lighting and dont zoom.Probably pretty good using some funky lenses in pre arranged circumstances, under incandescent or natural light, on a tripod and without zooming (probably take a while to get the hang of zooming and focusing!)
thanks for listening !!
