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First video samples from the Nikon D90

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You can set a shutter speed and WB and then lock it before you roll, as far as I can tell. Remember, this is aimed at soccer moms, but I'm sure that won't stop someone from shooting a music video on it:red_bandana:
 
If it is indeed aimed at soccer mums, than this might be a show stopper:
Autofocus is not available when recording movies.
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And if you want to go beyond soccer mumming, then this might be your show stopper:
Matrix metering is used regardless of the metering method selected.
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(Both quotes from the above mentioned Nikon page.)
 
Also it shows that Nikon zooms are mostly unusable for shots in zooming mode.

BTW, I do have IMS on RED and really enjoy to use a variety manual focus still and PL cine lenses from diverse brands.
 
If you lock the exposure, matrix metering shouldn't be a problem. Or am I missing something? I mean you take your readings with the other metering modes first.
 
Same with focus, if you like to go auto. Let it autofocus, then roll.

This looks interesting, it's definitely a first generation attempt at this. I think it shows that in a few years, RED's competition is going to come more from the DSLR market than the camcorder market. I predict Canon and Nikon will be their biggest competitors, not Sony or Panasonic. But I have thought that for a while.
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
Same with focus, if you like to go auto. Let it autofocus, then roll.

This looks interesting, it's definitely a first generation attempt at this. I think it shows that in a few years, RED's competition is going to come more from the DSLR market than the camcorder market. I predict Canon and Nikon will be their biggest competitors, not Sony or Panasonic. But I have thought that for a while.
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The still and moving camera market will converge.
Sony and Panasonic will be extremly powerful players in that area.
4K 35mm sensor 60P at $$$ will be pretty normal in a decade.
Luckily RED introduced its timewarp and accelerated all this.

I only can hope that Arri finally realises the new market.

The D90 seems to suffer from massive rolling readout it seems.
 
Knowing Canon, I'm not holding my breath. The EOS mount takes most lenses with adapters, so it would be a nice platform, with Zeiss ZF etc..
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
Same with focus, if you like to go auto. Let it autofocus, then roll.

This looks interesting, it's definitely a first generation attempt at this. I think it shows that in a few years, RED's competition is going to come more from the DSLR market than the camcorder market. I predict Canon and Nikon will be their biggest competitors, not Sony or Panasonic. But I have thought that for a while.
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Well, Red One itself owes something of its genesis to DSLRs and their CMOS chips. I agree with you about Canon being competition for Red. I have been wondering for years why Canon is not stepping up to the plate in digital cinema like they should. Their offerings are paltry compared with their overall sensor technology, which is the best in the world as far as I know.

Regarding Nikon, however - aren't their CMOS sensors actually made by Sony? Someone told me that at a party or on set or something. I don't know if it's true. This person was basically saying that Sony will eventually eat Nikon's lunch in the DSLR market, because they control the sensor technology. No idea if that is true or not.
 
There are modes to lock the white balance, exposure and shutter.

Lot of tests going on at dvxuser. Rolling shutter and lack of actual 720 resolution (in their RAW scaling for video) seem to be the big issues at the moment.

Still pretty cool though.
 
Brandon said:
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=18128&page=3

sry Evin ;)

I was psyched about this until I saw the exposure spaz all over the place. I can't believe they're not letting you lock it manually :ranting2:
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Actually, the exposure can be locked by pressing the AE-lock button during the shoot. It is not really user friendly, though. It is certainly not a movie camera.

Edit:The exposure can stay locked by go in to the menu/custom setting menu/controls/assign AE-L/AF-L button then set to AE lock (hold), then you can lock the exposure.
 
Nikon D0 is probably the most advanced director's viewfinder on the market that has great possibility to use a lot of lenses (from 7 mm to 800 mm with older Nikkors) and also to make a short HD quality (720p) reference video.
 
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