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nikon d90 slr records HD video.

Bruce Allen said:
Good Idea... wonder if you can pipe better audio in at the same time?

The camera's only $1000 - that maybe gives you cash left over for a a Sound Devices Mic Pre...

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
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yes bruce.. on that, i'm with you.. excellent one.. felis the cat has improved since the DVXuser times..

convergent design flash XDR.. HDMI-to-SDI converter.. uncompressed 1080p out of the HDMI port.. would be such a guerilla combo..

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better than the revolutionary and heavy red one actually.. scarlet is everything you want but not a revolution since it has no a sensor 35mm sized..
 
There has to be a work around to lock the exposure so it doesn't have those little jumps.
 
It would be great if Canon would add motion capture to their higher end dSLRs. Problem is, it would cannibalize their existing video cameras. Nikon is in the perfect position because they don't have camcorders. Here's to hoping for a D4 or D400 with RAW video capture.
 
quite tough for canon

quite tough for canon

Am a canon user, i think it's quite tough for canon or sony to put this movie mode in their DSLR,,they will kill their Handycam market...hope the avi compression use on the D90 is good..crossfingers..
rediisi said:
Thanks Nikon, best thing I have heard looooong time. I unluckyly have Canon gear. Hope Canon will do same, with raw.
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Hey gays!! Few pictures from the HD movie.

Hey gays!! Few pictures from the HD movie.

Looks quite dencent to me. Still have the expor problem, hope someone find a way to lock the shutter.
 
Not really tough for canon, they aren't on an isolated island, but need to respond to the market. If they don't handle, they are off. Reducing the product line has also it's advantages for them. Did anyone notice the still mode on the HV20? They will come. I don't think that it will take a year for them. They already have it.
 
I'd be surprised if Canon sat on the fence if they saw Nikon have any kind of success. Their markets have converged for many years and as any sensible company they go where the money is. My only worry is that Nikon have brought it out without getting it right or close to right. I can see a lot of people being stand offish and the market looking at it as a gimmick and development therefore slowing up on it. I hope I'm very wrong as the form factor of slr's is a very attractive proposition in the film making world and this has always struck me as a natural evolution.

Paul
 
Check this:

http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2008/08/chase-jarvis-raw-advance-testing-nikon.html

Chase Jarvis said:

"The D-movie. HD720 video in an dSLR is really big news. It’s so cool that we’re seeing the merging of high quality still and video pictures into the same camera. Sure, for us pros, we’ve got the RED camera. But for everybody else? This is the future. People: this is an SLR that shoots killer video! It’s the merging of features that the pros are using and it’s made accessible the the amateur at a price point of $1200+ bucks. Trust me, I played with this feature at length...all of us on location did, for that matter. It's going to be a powerful tool. You can control your own depth of field so beautifully using the manual focus ring, the audio capture is solid, the high ISO capabilities in video?! Way cool... Long lenses, fisheyes, zoom lenses...versatility. I’m a BIG fan of the D-Movie."


EDIT: August 30th, in Japan, there are Nikon Digital Caravan D90 trial event at Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, sapporo, Sendai and Fukuoka; we will see so many HD test results.

http://www.nikon-image.com/jpn/event/ndc2008/

In Japan, D90 is the biggest news in photo world, and Canon just had press release 50D yesterday, it became presenter and actor Ken Watanabe's announcement of his new born grandson, wasn't exciting at all.
Canon had already lost war between 50D and D90.

Also, it targeted to low-end amateur that they are soccer moms and dad using D-movie without tripod and no aperture control will be difficult. That I read in Japanese article.
 
Do you guys think this will push manufacturers to put APS-C/Super 35-sensors into cheaper cams? In a couple of years, more and more DSLRs are going to be able to record film and do it much better than the D90. Maybe it will get harder and harder to justify a $10k price tag, and even that is cheap looking at today's offerings.

I understand the D90 is crap in every other aspect apart from the format size (and the pros that come with it), but isn't this film look ability the big wet dream of every budding DP? For the price of a decent DOF-adapter you get a D90.
 
How do you know this was shot by D90?

It says:
"蟻新型マイクロ60で撮影
絞り開放だけどF4ぐらいだったかな？"
translation:
New Ants Micro 60
aperture is full open and F-stop is 4.0

That all.
No camera infomation at all.

nothing say about Nikon D90.


parisrem said:
this video has some crazy HV20 style, or worse, rolling shutter artifacts though. Squishy image. I'm losing interest...
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chosei said:
How do you know this was shot by D90?

It says:
"蟻新型マイクロ60で撮影
絞り開放だけどF4ぐらいだったかな？"
translation:
New Ants Micro 60
aperture is full open and F-stop is 4.0

That all.
No camera infomation at all.

nothing say about Nikon D90.
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Chosei

The title on the top left of the clip and below in description says: D90 with 60mm Macro lens

Aren't you a native japanese speaker?

Michael
 
Michael,

When I saw it yesterday, there isn't saying "D90サンプル動画　maicro60mm編【虫注意】" translates "the sample of D90's moving image; micro 60mm, edit: (warning insect)."
This guy edited.

And, now it says D90, I'm honestly shocked.
Yes, I am native japanese speaker.
So, sorry, you are right, I see badly warped image.

It's bad cmos warp, I can't accept those image at all.
I totally agree with you.


Michael Bravin said:
Chosei

The title on the top left of the clip and below in description says: D90 with 60mm Macro lens

Aren't you a native japanese speaker?

Michael
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dude. that thing is sweet. it will have limitations. but it's $1000. And this is only the first gen. It has ridiculous possibilities. Imagine a bullet time rig made up of this. You could buy 20 of these for what a red, a lens adapter and a battery pack costs. That's a bullet time rig right there, that records 24 fps.... what could you do with that? You could fly this in an RC chopper with an image stablized lens. It will fit places very few other cameras can. You could carry it in your backpack all day just in case you came across B-reel you needed. Underwater housings would be a tenth of the cost that a RED rig would be.

It's not a RED, it's something else entirely different. And very exciting. There are limitations of course, but mostly I see possibilities. And I'll bet you my RED camera that Jim will be playing with one shortly, if he isn't already.
 
from on 2 channel board

from on 2 channel board

Now, they got it.

50mm/ full open
http://eyevio.jp/movie/159276
50mm/ no data
http://eyevio.jp/movie/159288
VR18-200 /no data
http://eyevio.jp/movie/159289

they went to nikon salon to try out new D-90.
they are so called notorious 2 channel gangs and the fastest informers in japan.
also they against all big media and do guerilla tactics.
So can you see the result.
It's $1000 so-so digi-still camera come with one big gimmick.

Yes, you guys are right, it's first gen.
it's a beginning.
 
Nice DOF and sensitivity, ok resolution, the rolling readout however is critical for many shots.

great addition, good price.

I personally expect the markets of still/moving cameras to mostly converge rather sooner (~5-7 years) than later (8~12 years).

I expect that the japanese companies will probably overtake most filmmaking and the price will probably be in the $$$$ range.

Another camera which should be mentioned here is the Casio Exilim pro EX-F1.

http://www.exilim.com/intl/ex_f1/
Full 1920*1080 resolution, 60i max.
Up to 1200P in lower resolutions.
6MP (or 2.8K in reds methodology) sensor.
Quicktime H264 mov recording.
HDMI out
F2.7-4.6,
f=7.3 to 87.6mm (35mm film equivalent : 36-432mm)
1/1.8 inch sensor.

Casio and Nikon dont have product conflicts.
Also one shouldnt underestimate Nokia - they can come through a backdoor.
 
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