Nikon D90 w/18-55mm VR New

The Nikon D90 is a new 12.3-megapixel DX-format camera. The Nikon D90 features Scene Recognition System that contributes to faster 11-area autofocus performance, finer white balance detection and more. 

The new Nikon D90 provide the power to capture fast action and precise moments perfectly! Stunning results come to life on a 3-inch 920,000-dot color LCD monitor, providing accurate image review, Live View composition and brilliant playback of the D90's cinematic-quality 24-fps HD D-Movie mode.

The Nikon D90 features 12.3 effective megapixels that provides outstanding resolution, delivering images with extraordinarily defined detail and expanded enlargement capacity. The extremely wide sensitivity range of ISO 200 to 3200 delivers incredibly low-noise characteristics throughout. Furthermore, sensitivity can be increased to Hi 1 (ISO 6400 equivalent) and decreased to Lo 1 (ISO 100 equivalent) to expand shooting versatility. The camera also employs the Image Sensor Cleaning function that works to free image-degrading dust particles from the sensor's optical low-pass filter.

Nikon's comprehensive digital image-processing EXPEED technology is optimized for the D90 to realize the high-quality, high-speed image processing capability. EXPEED also contributes to the outstanding performance of other powerful features such as Live View and the new Face Detection System.

In a world first for D-SLRs, the D90 offers a movie function, allowing you to shoot 320 x 216 pixels, 640 x 424 pixels or HD720p (1,280 x 720 pixels) movies at the professional smoothness of 24 frames per second in motion JPEG format. The D90's sensor, which is much larger than the sensor of a typical camcorder, ensures higher image quality and exceptional low-noise, high ISO sensitivity performance, even during movie shooting. Capturing creative movie clips or the drama of life's moving moments is further enhanced by the wide selection of incredibly sharp NIKKOR interchangeable lenses that are available, from fisheye to wide-angle to super-telephoto. And Micro NIKKOR lenses bring the magic of extreme close-up imagery to movie making.

The D90 precisely reads the color and brightness information of each scene from the 420-pixel RGB sensor, and applies this to auto focus, auto exposure and auto white balance. The D90 also recognizes human faces using the new Face Detection System, data which is incorporated during calculation, resulting in faces with newfound definition and accuracy as well as enabling face priority AF in Live View mode and immediate zoom into people's faces in playback zoom.

One press of the Live View button activates the D90's Live View mode, delivering a bright, crisp image to the 3-in., approx. 920k-dot color LCD and allowing comfortable shooting without looking through the viewfinder. There are three contrast-detect AF modes that let you focus on any point in the frame: Face priority AF automatically detects up to five faces and focuses on that calculated to be the closest. Wide area AF offers a large AF area suitable for handheld shooting, and normal area AF provides focus with pinpoint accuracy when using a tripod. And when Nikon VR (Vibration Reduction) lenses are in use, photographers will enjoy the benefit of a VR-smoothed image, even in Live View mode.

Nikon's Picture Control System enables users to customize the look and mood of images. Six original setting options are available Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait and Landscape for easy customization of image preferences.

The D90's Active D-Lighting accurately restores details in the shadows and highlighted areas, which are often lost in high-contrast lighting situations, by localizing tone control while shooting. There are four levels, including the new "Extra High." Active D-Lighting can be used manually or set to Auto mode. It is also possible to bracket your pictures, allowing the capture of one image with Active D-Lighting and one without.

Thanks to the Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus module, the D90's 11-point AF system offers fast and precise autofocus coverage across the frame with the most sensitive AF sensor operating from the center. In addition, the D90 features versatile AF-area modes to handle most shooting situations: Single-point AF is recommended for stationary subjects, dynamic-area AF for moving subjects, auto-area AF for spontaneous shooting and 3D-tracking (11 points) AF for when you want to change the composition after focusing on your subject.

The D90 has a precise eye-level pentaprism viewfinder with approx. 96% (centered) frame coverage and an easy-to-view 19.5 mm eyepoint (at -1.0 m-1). The built-in 16-frame superimposed grid display can be activated to assist in the creation of better-balanced compositions.

The D90 features Advanced Scene Modes: Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports and Night Portrait. These modes not only adjust exposure and image processing, but also judge the optimum Active D-Lighting and Picture Control settings to obtain the best results. The D90 also recognizes if VR (Vibration Reduction) is on or off and minimizes noise even in dimly lit scenes.

The D90's designers incorporated a wide variety of image editing functions, making it easy for users to enhance images within the camera. The D90 introduces several new retouch options: Distortion Control adjusts lens aberration, Straighten corrects inclination of the image, while Fisheye produces optical effects similar to a fisheye lens.

Accurate exposures rely on precise shutters and the D90's electronically timed shutter mechanism was specifically engineered for long, accurate service. To ensure this, D90 shutters, assembled in D90 bodies, underwent exhaustive 100,000 shutter-release cycle testing.

Nikon D90 details: 

Sensor:  

• 12.3 million effective pixels
• 23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS (DX format) 

Image sizes:  

• 4,288 x 2,848 (12 MP)
• 3,216 x 2,136
• 2,144 x 1,424 

Sensor cleaning: 

• Image Sensor Cleaning
• Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX 2 software required)
 
Autofocus:  

• 11 area TTL
• Nikon Multi-CAM1000 

Lens servo:  

• Single-servo AF (AF-S)
• Continuous-servo AF (AF-C)
• Automatic AF-S/AF-C (AF-A)
• 3D Tracking AF (11 points)
• Manual focus (M) 

Sensitivity: 

• ISO 200 - 3200
• ISO 100-6400 with boost 

Built-in flash: Guide number 17 (ISO 200)  

Active D-lighting: Can be selected from Auto, Extra high, High, Normal, Low, or Off 

Continuous: 

• 4.5 fps
• 23 / 6 frames (JPEG / RAW) 

White balance:  

• Auto
• 6 presets
• Kelvin color temperature
• Manual preset (immediate or from photo)
 
Image presets:  

• Standard
• Neutral
• Vivid
• Monochrome
• Landscape
• Portrait
• Storage for up to nine custom Picture Controls 

Viewfinder Frame coverage: approx. 96% 

LCD monitor:  

• 3.0" TFT LCD
• 920,000 pixel TFT (RGB x 3 colors)
• 170 degree viewing angle
• Removable protective cover  

Dimensions: 132 x 103 x 77 mm (5.2 x 4.1 x 3.0 in) 

Weight: 

• No battery: 620 g (1.4 lb)
• With battery: 703 g (1.6 lb)  
 
Image processing engine:  

• Expeed
• 12 bit 

In-camera retouching:  

• D-Lighting
• Red-eye reduction
• Trimming
• Monochrome & filter effects
• Color balance
• Small picture
• Image overlay
• NEF (RAW) processing
• Quick retouch
• Straighten
• Distortion control
• fisheye 

Movie mode: Yes 

Live View: Yes 

Others:  

• Scene Recognition System
• Face Detection
• Calendar Display
• New information display on main LCD
• Vignetting control in-camera 

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