Nikon Travelite V 8-24X25 CF

Nikon D90 - My Next 'Last' Camera

Advantages: Movies, LiveView, 12.3 mpixels, build quality, excellent lens range
Disadvantages: Still quite bulky for casual use. Expensive if that's all you want it for

, having us all holding digital cameras at arms length just where they can shake most, and leave us most vulnerable to a mugging! Shooting movies is quite a novelty for DSLR owners, and to be honest since I?ve never really used my camcorder much, I don?t suppose I?ll use this feature much either. Why it is that perfectly competent photographers assume that the transition to movie will be a doddle is beyond me. I?ve persevered with it over the years and to be honest, my results are the equivalent of Ovaltine laced with a double brandy when it comes to keeping an audience awake. As you can imagine, at 720-lines definition and 24 frames/second, it uses up storage at an alarming rate compared to stills ? even my 8gbyte SD card only allows for 5 minutes at that level of definition. Also, you have to focus manually, since filming renders ...

BNibbles 04.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Nikon D90

My experience of the Nikon D90 as an amateur photographer.

Advantages: Excellent picture quality, lots of useful features, well designed controls, great kit lens
Disadvantages: More expensive than some other DSLRs, quite big and heavy, limited movie mode

How I made my choice I recently bought the D90 to upgrade from my Olympus 560UZ bridge camera, so this is my first foray into DSLR photography. Most people starting in DSLR photography will opt for the cheaper D40, or the D60, D70 and D80. I am not particularly rich, and in the end chose the D90 because I didn't want to grow out of the smaller DSLR and have to buy a new body quickly. I have found that the prices of Nikon DSLRs haven't decreased significantly over the last 3 years, so I decided (maybe wrongly) that this option would save me money in the long run. I found that it is very important to go into a shop and hold the camera in your hands before making a choice. All the photography shop assistants said that the Canon series was just as good as the Nikons, but I discounted them because I didn't get on with the feel ...

potoroo99 15.09.2009 (22.09.2009) · Read full review
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Nikon Action VII 8x40 cf - Highly Recommend

Advantages: Optical quality and build excellent
Disadvantages: Being very fussy no neck strap on case

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SCARFFO 21.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Nikon Action VII 8X40 CF