D5000 on Nikon 's Sweden web site

I reckon the reason they did this is cause they strongly feel there is nothing worong with the D90 footage. Its crisp, sharp high bitrate with smooth non-jello footage and simplistic auto features simply cannot be improved upon.

But seriously,
Sometimes these companies release a second similar model with subtle differences thinking it will cause the consumer to struggle between which nikon to buy, as opposed to which brandname to buy - canon or nikon. Manfrotto/bogen are notorius for this with their 50 million legs.

I mean a lower quality lcd screen that pivots. This is ridiculous.
 
grifter09 said:
I reckon the reason they did this is cause they strongly feel there is nothing worong with the D90 footage. Its crisp, sharp high bitrate with smooth non-jello footage and simplistic auto features simply cannot be improved upon.

But seriously,
Sometimes these companies release a second similar model with subtle differences thinking it will cause the consumer to struggle between which nikon to buy, as opposed to which brandname to buy - canon or nikon. Manfrotto/bogen are notorius for this with their 50 million legs.

I mean a lower quality lcd screen that pivots. This is ridiculous.
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C'mon mate just admit it....feet portraiture is really popular in ireland

Don't forget it has silent shooting mode! A must have for all you peepers
 
yslee said:
No way the D90 is getting replaced so shortly. It's barely a year old! Nikon's usual product cycle is 2 years.
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its not so much I think they will get rid of it, more I think the new video technology is going to push the D90 lower down the line. The gap being filled by a full HD model probably the D400 that has been rumoured.

And at the very least from this new release we can guarantee that any new DSLR or most of them will have a video function and it should be as good or better than the 5D. This new camera is clearly there to compete with the latest Canons offering. I think they have a much bigger project coming in the next few months, I'll put money on it.

i just hope Jello isn't so bad on their next DSLR.
 
pveal said:
Oh, you didn't hear? The reason for the reports of the sudden d90 stock shortage is due to the fact that the official Nikon international d90 freight transporter jet bound from Tokyo to the consumers was blasted from the sky last night by a North Korean surface to DSLR missile destroying the freighter and its cargo of 5 million D90s. Some reports suggested that some d90s spontaneously upgraded themselves whilst plummeting earthward, one such mutant landed in a South Korean fishing vessel in the east sea but was immediatley traced by gps (came with the upgrade) and destroyed by laser satellite...well according to nikon rumours anyway.
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I know this story didn't come from Nikon Rumours, its not far fetched enough.
 
yslee said:
Whoops, missed this one.

The Zuiko 12-60 is meant for standard 4/3s. I suppose if you don't mind manual focusing it'll be just fine (and I think quite a few here will).
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Olympus has been releasing firmware updates to their Four-Thirds so that they will can do contrast-detection AF. They've already released updates for their major lenses and these FT lenses do AF without problem on the G1, and they are expected to release a good deal of updates when Olympus finally releases their own µFT camera this summer.

Also, we are talking about video, only the "HD" video lenses will actually do AF within video anyways; not all µFT lenses will be video lenses. Manual focus is a given unless we are talking about the two lenses that have so far been set for release.

yslee said:
The 20/1.7 is more or less a standard lenes though. Not really wide angle.
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The point was, the construction of the lens has a short focal length (20mm) and has a fast aperture relative to that focal length, it is an indication that lenses of these type are ideal for the system for reasons I have given in the previous post. If you look at the lens it doesn't use severe retrofocal optical schemes to achieve that focal length/aperture. And I've also stated "its the start", meaning its an indication of things to come, meaning we should see wider and faster µFT lenses.
 
Olympus hasn't been giving any gurantees on the updates though, last I heard.

There's more than 1 HD lens? I thought it was just the 14-140.

Normal lenses, due to their simplicity, are easy to make into thin lenses. Pentax and Nikon have had a few, and those were designed for 35mm film photography purposes. Cosina has a 40/2. Can't remember if Olympus had one in their Zuiko days. I'm sure I missed some lenses from other brands. Now if Panasonic releases a 12/2.8 pancake... Mmmm!
 
yslee said:
Olympus hasn't been giving any gurantees on the updates though, last I heard.

There's more than 1 HD lens? I thought it was just the 14-140.
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Olympus has been steadily releasing updates to their lenses, in fact, the Zuiko Digital 70-300mm was updated just a few weeks ago to support contrast detection AF. Right now, of course, there is only single µFT camera, the Panasonic G1, so the pace hasn't been particularly fast, but its rumored that the Zuiko 14-35mm f/2.0 will be next on the list.

In an interview with DPreview, I remember Olympus stating that they plan on updating most of their lenses, however some of the older lenses can't be upgraded.

I think you're right that there is only one 'HD' lens, I remember there being a timetable released by Panasonic with another HD lens planned, but I might be wrong.

yslee said:
Normal lenses, due to their simplicity, are easy to make into thin lenses. Pentax and Nikon have had a few, and those were designed for 35mm film photography purposes. Cosina has a 40/2. Can't remember if Olympus had one in their Zuiko days. I'm sure I missed some lenses from other brands. Now if Panasonic releases a 12/2.8 pancake... Mmmm!
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Voigtländer has the 40mm f/1.4 Nokton, which can be mounted on the GH-1 with an adapter (granted at 80mm equiv.); which BTW are also an affordable lens (~$380). They also have the slightly less affordable, non-normal, 35mm f/1.2 (which is $899). Judging by the construction, 20mm f/1.7 also looks to be in the small affordable category. Hopefully we'll see it in the $300-500 range.

Personally I'm hoping for a 12mm f/1.4, to match up against Canon's EF 24mm f/1.4L and the Summilux 24mm f/1.4(a $6k lens). Its certainly possible on the µFT system with a 20mm FFD combined with a retrofocal optical design.

We still haven't seen Olympus' µFT lenses, and they have been historically a lot more dedicated to the FT-format then Panasonic; which have had only a sparse lens offering- hopefully we'll see some nice fast lenses.

These µFT cameras with fast/wide-lenses would be perfect for photojournalist that need a small capable body and increasingly are needing video. I was hoping Panasonic would release it in a rangefinder body instead of the generic G-1 body style, but maybe with the DMC-L1/Leica Digilux 3 successor...?

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(these aren't real BTW)
 
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It's almost creepy how Canon and Nikon both have come out with identical cheaper models of their existing cameras...

Nikon D90 to Nikon D60X (D5000)

Canon 5DII to Canon 500D

No improvements, just newer and for under a grand...

Weird.
 
They probably have all the parts. It is easy to change the assembly line and punch out a few million of these cameras. It is a win win for them. We just have to wait for the R&D people to get the next camera going.

Chamber005 said:
It's almost creepy how Canon and Nikon both have come out with identical cheaper models of their existing cameras...

Nikon D90 to Nikon D60X (D5000)

Canon 5DII to Canon 500D

No improvements, just newer and for under a grand...

Weird.
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