Nikon D90 Specifications Leaked - D80 Replacement

ShaolinTiger posted this at 2:46 pm on Monday, May 28, 2007 —

Amazing new news, a replacement for D80 has leaked from Nikon.

Universal Vibration Reduction (uVR)

The new D90 incorporates an optional feature called Universal Vibration Reduction (uVR). This turns all lenses into uVR lenses, and offers a 10-stop advantage.

This means a person using a 500mm lens, who would normally have to shoot at 1/500th of a second, can shoot at 2 seconds when uVR is enabled.

The new uVR system isn’t sensor based, and instead requires one of the three optional vertical battery grips (see below). In this case, the MB-D90a is required. This grip provides all the normal controls and extended battery life of a regular grip. It also holds 8 EN-EL4a batteries, along with a step-up transformer.

Memory card incompatibility solved

The D50 and D80 caused some controversy by moving Nikon’s consumer-orientated DSLR models away from CF cards. This lead many Nikon users to resort to unseemly and ungentlemanly language in the forums (expressly forbidden under the terms and conditions of the standard Nikon warranty).

In an effort to avoid such distasteful events this time around, and ensure everybody can enjoy a D90, Nikon now supports the following storage formats…

  • SD
  • CF
  • XD
  • Memory Stick
  • 3.5 inch floppy
  • 5.25 inch floppy
  • 8 inch floppy (in MB-D90b only)
  • CD/DVD (in MB-D90b only)
  • High-speed paper tape to maintain compatibility with Colossus
  • Punch cards

New built-in artistic-effect modes

In addition to the regular scene modes, Nikon have included several artistic-effect modes. You can apply these to your image in-camera. Modes include…

  • Black and white mode
  • 1960s-style fast-film grain mode
  • Nikon long-banding effect mode
  • Canon plastic skin mode
  • KM7D high ISO smearing mode
  • Sony Alpha 1.3-stop underexposure mode
  • Point and shoot artefact mode

A picture of the Nikon D90

Nikon D90

You can read the full article here:

Nikon D90 Specifications Revealed

*Disclaimer - Only camera geeks will really understand this*

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4 Comments »

Comment by Paul Tan

July 19, 2007 @ 10:57 pm


A pity got no lomo mode :P

Comment by MARTINEZ JACOBS

July 30, 2007 @ 7:31 am


WHEN WILL NIKON OFFER THE D90 TO THE CONSUMER MARKET AND AT WHAT PRICE? WHAT IS ITS COMPARISON TO THE D80 AND D200? IS THIS CAMERA TO COMPLEX FOR THE AVERAGE USER OF THE D-70, D-80 AND D-200 USERS

Comment by Casargoz

October 26, 2007 @ 5:08 pm


How many punch cards are necessary for Raw? There will be any vinyl mode for sound?
And when they put the print button, like Canon cameras?
Any news about a mercury mirror?
Is the new system Universal Vibration Reduction (uVR), SCUD like, the D90 can be used as a ballistic missile?
In this case it is possible to sell the camera outside US?

Comment by silent_reader

September 15, 2008 @ 1:32 pm


how about the price of D90? do u know that

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