Join award-winning photographer Chase Jarvis, along with his well-known staff, as they take us behind the scenes for advance testing of the Nikon D90.

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Why don’t you opt for Nikkor 18-200mm or a combination of Nikkor 18-55 and 55-200mm lens instead of the 18-105mm and 70-300mm lens ?

If you can’t afford any of the combinations, just buy D90 with the kit lens and save the remaining money. Keep adding to it and when you have enough funds buy some good fast lens instead of 70-300mm now.

I understand that most reviews will name the Nikon D40 as the best choice for beginners but another factor influencing my purchase is usability over a long period of time. Thus, I will need a camera which allows me to use a variety of compatible lenses and accessories over a period of time. Also, I feel that the D40’s relatively low MP resolution will not serve me well enough for my future endeavours.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I’m currently leaning towards Sony’s as I’m comfortable with their user-friendly products and their built-in-body image stabilisers and up-and-coming range of lenses. But I am willing to hear out cases for other cameras as well as other brands i.e. Pentax, Minolta, Olympus.

Hi kicky

OK, you seem to have a budget of around one thousand dollars. And, for one thousand dollars, i suggest you get the Nikon D90. It has something none of those other models have: the ability to record videos. You may think to yourself, is this important? It might not be, but surely it will be something you are going to use. HD video, how can you ignore it?

Ignore that the Sonys have more resolution, in practice, the difference is not noticeable. Also, it’s been proven that the in-body stabilization isn’t nearly as effective as the image stabilization Incorporated into the lenses. Also, you can see the effect through the viewfinder. Also, you will find that Sony only has expensive lenses. Which isn’t very logical, because they don’t have VR, here’s Nikon’s 50mm lens, and Sony’s, so you can see the difference in price:

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-50mm-Alpha-Digital-Camera/dp/B000DZH9MY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1228574732&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-50mm-Nikkor-Digital-Cameras/dp/B00005LENO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1228574757&sr=1-1

And don’t get started with the Telephoto lenses. Trust me, the Nikon really is the best choice. Also, you will laugh at Sony’s top status LCD screens, they are very inefficient. Here’s a review of the D90:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hRTyE8FePY

http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-10-2MP-Digital-Camera-Body/dp/B000HGMX5M
http://cameras.pricegrabber.com/digital/Nikon-D3-Digital-SLR-Body-Only/m47716168.html#
http://digitalcameras.bizrate.com/nikon-d90-digital-slr-camera-body–pid879273515/compareprices.html

You guessed right it means you would have to buy a lens and flash for it. As long as they fit you could buy several different ones for different shots.

I am a huge Nikon fan, but the D90 was just prematurely forced onto the market, and will most likely have problems later on down the road.
Those problems should be covered by Nikons warranty that they give you (like a year or something) but they can also say that whatever goes wrong is "User Error".
Then you are out the money and the camera.

I think %100 on the D90
It may be expensive, but it would really suck for something to go wrong, or to have an accident with it.

For the 18-200, the warranty is not so necessary.
It is a good lens that has been around for a while now.
I do reccomend, however, that you get a uv filter to protect the front element from scratches. also, keep the cap on when not in use.
those front pieces of glass get scratched quite easily.

I was looking into "Nikon D90 DX" so help me find a better one that that!

Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera is really a good option
# Live View with contrast-detect AF, face detection
# Movie capture at up to 1280 x 720 (720p) 24 fps with mono sound
# IS0 200-3200 range (100-6400 expanded)
# 4.5 frames per second continuous shooting
# 3D tracking AF (11 point)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ENOZY4?ie=UTF8&tag=bestdeals-y-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001ENOZY4

Another good one is Canon EOS Rebel T2i 18 MP CMOS APS-C Digital SLR Camera
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_scat_3017941_ln?rh=n%3A3017941%2Ck%3Acanon+t2i&tag=bestdeals-y-20&keywords=canon+t2i&ie=UTF8&qid=1279493150&scn=3017941&h=c3832b0e698f1646eb5eb1c9fb9bf080849b4646

Note: All clips were shot indoors with indoor lighting except for the one where I used video lights on my Canon.

Conclusion: Canon T2i with this f1.8 lens ROCKS!

Editing done in Sony Vegas Pro 9.0 using basic color correction and sharpen effect.

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Building on the immense success of the Nikon D3 Professional D-SLR camera, the D700 offers pro-level performance and an extensive array of features and innovations in a comfortably nimble platform. Nikons flagship FX and DX-format cameras, the D3 and D300 respectively, established new benchmarks for Digital image quality, speed, and unmatched ISO performance. The D700 maintains this new measure with exceptional overall image quality, broad tonal range and depth, and extremely low noise throughout its native ISO range of 200 to 6400.

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*As it turned out, the budget of this video was limited, so a 400D was used and Kai’s own Nikon D70.

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