Showing posts with label Nikon D90. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nikon D90. Show all posts
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Nikon Releases "Distortion Control Data Upgrade" For D90 & D5000
Monday, November 8, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Nikon D90 Firmware Update
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
The Nikon D-Movie Screening Room
From Nikon's new "Nikon D-Movie Screening Room" website:
"The Nikon D90 and D5000 deliver stunning HD-quality movie clips with beautiful image quality and sound. Both accept a wide range of interchangeable NIKKOR lenses, providing outstanding optical quality allowing for a variety of cinematic perspectives. Nikon’s D-Movie function can open new channels of creativity for everyone. In the hands of a professional cinematographer, D-Movie has the power to move and inspire."
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Music Video Made Of 45,000 Photographs
Director Stitches 45,000 Photographs Into a Music Video
By Priya Ganapati
Wired
December 05, 2008
Excerpt:
"Cesar Kuriyama, a New York animator and lighting technical director, has directed a visually arresting music video using an interesting technique. Eschewing a video camera, he took 45,000 photographs with a Nikon D200 DSLR... camera and stitched them together to create the illusion of video. The music video was created for the band Fat City Reprise and premiered at their homecoming concert in Philadelphia.
"Kuriyama says he directed the talent in the video to move as best they could in slow-motion while he had his director of photography Tommy Agriodimas shoot JPG bursts with the Nikon D200... The whole video cost just about $3000 to make, says Kuriyama, "plus the endless personal hours."
"Much of the editing for the video, says Kuriyama, was done on his MacBook Pro in Final Cut Pro. He managed the photographs in iPhoto and did the effects in Eyeon Fusion.
"Kuriyama's efforts is an interesting way to circumvent the challenge that photographers face when it comes to creating high quality videos at low cost. Compact digital cameras, which have had video-recording capabilities for years, offer disappointing image quality. High-end video and movie cameras are bulky and can be very expensive. But the $2700 21-megapixel Canon 5D Mark II capable of 1080p HD video and the $1300 12-megapixel Nikon D90, which can record 720p HD video could change the game. The two cameras deliver very high quality video and still images and could help photographers move to a single camera for their needs."
Fat City Reprise - Long Gone
By Cesar Kuriyama
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Vincent Laforet Takes Canon 5D For A Spin
If you've been wondering what Canon's new 5D Mark II is capable of -- especially the high definition 1080p video the camera can shoot -- Vincent Laforet has created a video called "Reverie" that takes the camera for a spin. Of special note is how high the ISO is set on these images (1600 and higher!) and the mouth-watering, feature film-look depth-of-field effects Laforet is getting from the lenses he is using. Canon's 5D outguns Nikon's D90, which also has the ability to shoot high definition video (albeit only 720p, not 1080p). But the 5D costs $1700.00 more -- $2700.00, versus $1000.00.
Click here to view a short movie.
Click here to see some sample images.
Click here to visit Vincent Laforet's blog.
Canon's 5D Mark II Home Page.
Nikon's D90 Home Page.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Wow!!! Video On Nikon's D90
Before I began working as a professional photographer, I worked as a professional videographer. Nikon's new D90 has me drooling. Why? Nikon describes its "wow" features like this: "A new idea for D-SLRs, the D90 offers a movie function, allowing you to shoot movies in three different motion JPEG formats: 320 x 216 pixels, 640 x 424 pixels and 1,280 x 720 pixels. Now you can capture life’s moving moments with added drama by using many of Nikon’s NIKKOR lenses, including the AF DX Fisheye 10.5mm f/2.8G ED and the Micro-NIKKOR lenses. The shallow depth of field can give your movies a more creative and emotional impact. An additional benefit is the D90 image sensor, which is much larger than a typical camcorder for higher image quality and exceptional high ISO performance during low-light shooting."
While these features sound glorious, the D80 has some serious weaknesses:
• Autofocus is not available when recording movies.
• Matrix metering is used regardless of the metering method selected.
• There is apparently no input for external microphones, meaning the sound captured by the D90 will be very limited, at best. It also records in mono, not stereo.
• The camera reportedly only allows 5 minutes of shooting time in the 1,280 x 720 pixel mode because the sensor has to cool down (it is supposed to get 20 minutes when shooting at lower resolutions).
Bottomline: When it comes to video, this camera may have enormous appeal to people who want to use it for short, creative shooting -- and who want to have a camera in their bag that can shoot quick videos. I can imagine using it to capture unexpected moments, especially in low light situations where most video cameras are largely useless without lights, and perhaps making short video clips for posting on the Net.
Nikon has posted a few sample videos that were shot on this camera. Click here to see what the D90 can do.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
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