The D90 is a digital single-lens reflex camera model announced by Nikon on August 27, 2008. It is a "prosumer" model (cross between professional and consumer) meant as a replacement for the Nikon D80. It is also available with the newly announced Nikkor AF-S DX 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR kit lens.
Some of the improvements the D90 offers over the D80 include 12.3 megapixel resolution and live view capability. The D90 is also notable for being the first DSLR to offer video recording, with the ability to record HD 720p videos, with mono sound, at 24 frames per second (for up to 5 minutes or 20 minutes for smaller videos).
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How to know whether your camera is brand new? Best to do this test before you make payment.
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1. For brand new camera, the very first time you switch on your camera, it should ask you to set the language, region, date and time.
2. Even if you reset the camera, the language, region, date and time will remain un-reset. So best way to guess it is brand new camera, is by seeing those screens.
How to detect Dead/Hot Pixel on your sensor? Best to do this test before you make payment.
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1. Put your Lens Cap on.
2. Set to Manual focus.
3. Disable AutoISO. Manually set ISO to 3200.
4. Take a photo.
5. View the image from your camera. Zoom in a little.
6. Try to spot blue/red/green dots. If it is there. Congratulations! You have got Dead/Hot Pixel.
What to do if you have Dead/Hot Pixel on your sensor?
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Option 1:- 1. Send to Nikon Service Centre. They will remap it for you. This process might take up to 10 days.
2. Remapping doesn't guarantee to solve the problem permanently. The Dead/Hot Pixel might appear again in the future.
Option 2:- 1. Live with it. It is only a few pixel out of the millions of pixel.
2. Take photos in NEF (Nikon RAW).
3. Use Adobe LightRoom / Nikon Capture NX to process the photo from NEF (Nikon RAW) into JPEG. Both the software will auto remove the Dead/Hot Pixel when export NEF (Nikon RAW) to JPEG. No need to do any settings. Basically, just import NEF (Nikon RAW) -> export to JPEG. Dead/Hot pixel will be removed automatically in the JPEG.
4. Wait until your warranty is about to be over. Send it for remapping and cleaning.
How to detect Dust on your sensor? Best to do this test before you make payment.
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1. Set to Manual focus.
2. Disable AutoISO. Manually set ISO to 200.
3. Set to A mode. Set Apperture to F22 or greater.
4. Find a plain white & bright surface (eg. Blank A4 Paper, Wall, Sky, etc).
5. Zoom in and take a photo.
6. View the image from your camera. Zoom in a little.
7. Try to spot dots. If it is there. Congratulations! You have got Dust.
How to remove Dust from your sensor?
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Option 1:- 1. Live with it, if the Dust is not obvious in all the images.
2. You can ignore it or use post processing to remove the dots manually.
Option 2:- 1. The Dust gets too many, and you are tired of post processing, so...
2. Send to Nikon Service Centre. They will clean it for you.
Option 3:- 1. You get tired of going to Nikon Service Centre all the time, so...
2. Clean it yourself. This can be risky if you do not have the right tools and know what you are doing.
3. Below are some good info on how you can remove Dust from your sensor:-
5. Find the entry 'Total Number of Shutter Releases for Camera'. The value represents the shutter count.
Which SDHC memory card should you go for?
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For 8GB, Nikon D90 can take up to 539 NEF (Nikon RAW) files. For 16GB, Nikon D90 can take up to 1114 NEF (Nikon RAW) files.
If you plan to take in JPEG mode, the number of files will be more than double the amount of NEF (Nikon RAW) files. That is really a lot for normal day2day shooting or short trip.
So what is recommended? My personal opinion is go for 8GB, SDHC (30MB/s edition). Take note of the logo on the SDHC memory card. Don't be confused by 30MB/s Edition and 20MB/s Edition.
Now, let's say you need more capacity / have more money? Should you go for 16GB? A lot of people would advise that you should not put all the eggs in one basket. Same advise can be applied here. It would be advisable to have multiple SDHC memory card rather than 1 big capacity. This is just in case it got corrupted, not all photos are lost and you still have another SDHC memory card with you to use.
It would also be recommended to format your SDHC memory card (from your camera) every time after you have access it from a computer.
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SanDisk Extreme 3 SDHC 30MB/s memory cards : SanDisk set a new speed record of 30 megabytes per second for Secure Digital flash memory cards with the introduction of the SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition line of SDHC flash memory cards. The new SanDisk flash memory cards, expected to be available worldwide in September in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB capacities, are designed to deliver peak performance when used with the new digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, Nikon D90. The Nikon D90 Digital SLR is the industry’s first DSLR camera to support SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC cards at increased performance.
Nikon D90 memory card Featuring a 50-percent speed boost from previous 20MB/s cards, the new SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC card makes it possible to record 39 images in continuous shooting mode at 4.5 frames per second with a file size of 6.0 MB JPEG L Fine per image. The Nikon D90 camera captures high-resolution, 12.3 megapixel still images, and it is Nikon’s first DSLR to offer movie recording capability.
Advantages & Disadvantages of taking photos in NEF (Nikon RAW)?
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Advantages:- 1. NEF (Nikon RAW) gives the flexibility and better result for post processing (eg, White Balance, Exposure, etc). If you choose to do post processing on JPEG, the output might not be as good as from NEF (Nikon RAW).
2. If you have Dead/Hot pixels, with Nikon Capture NX / Adobe LightRoom, the conversion from NEF (Nikon RAW) to JPEG will auto remove the Dead/Hot pixels (without any need of adjustment). Just import NEF (Nikon RAW) and export to JPEG.
Disadvantages:- 1. Need more storage space on your memory card.
2. Need more storage space on your computer hard drive.
3. Need some time to post process from NEF (Nikon RAW) into JPEG.
Difference between post processing with NEF (Nikon RAW) and JPEG
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Post processing using Adobe LightRoom. I only use Auto Tone for the post processing.
Post processing from NEF (Nikon RAW) -> JPEG
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RAW
JPEG (PP-ed)
You can see that much detail can be restored from NEF (Nikon RAW) -> JPEG.
Post processing from JPEG -> JPEG
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JPEG
JPEG (PP-ed)
You can see that NOT much detail can be restored from JPEG -> JPEG.
Side by Side comparison with RAW->JPEG (PP-ed) and JPEG->JPEG (PP-ed)
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RAW->JPEG (PP-ed)
JPEG->JPEG (PP-ed)
How to convert NEF (Nikon RAW) to JPEG easily?
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1. I've tried a couple of software, and I think the easiest and most user friendly program to do conversion from NEF (Nikon RAW) to JPEG is Adobe LightRoom (commercial software). LightRoom has option to batch convert NEF (Nikon RAW) to JPEG easily. It also allows batch post processing.
2. Run LightRoom.
3. Import NEF (Nikon RAW).
4. If necessary, make adjustment to the image.
5. Export to JPEG.
6. You can do adjustment to all the NEF (Nikon RAW) before exporting to JPEG at one go.
7. You can delete the NEF (Nikon RAW) files since you have the processed it into JPEG output. You can choose to keep those important NEF (Nikon RAW) files for future post processing.
How to organize the photos that you have taken?
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Create a Year then Month folder. In the Month folder, create folders based on: yyyy-mm-dd-sequence - Event (Location)
Post Processing: How to batch enhance your photos with a little HDR processing
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Before:-
After:-
01) Select the photos you want to process. Best to have it in RAW format.
02) In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Import the selected photos.
03) Select all (Ctrl + A) the photos.
04) Increase Exposure +2. Export the photos in its original format. Take note on the Custom Text, name it (+2) and the location of the photos (Same folder as original photo) -> Untitled Export.
05) Reset to Default settings.
06) Decrease Exposure -2. Export the photos in its original format. Take note on the Custom Text, name it (-2) and the location of the photos (Same folder as original photo) -> Untitled Export.
07) Reset to Default Settings.
08) Don’t change the Exposure. Export the photos in its original format. Take note on the Custom Text, name it (+0) and the location of the photos (Same folder as original photo) -> Untitled Export.
09) Remove (Alt + Backspace) the photos from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
10) In Photomatix Pro, click on Automate -> Batch Processing.
11) Check on Generate HDR image -> Settings -> Check on Force Exposure Values spacing to: 2 -> Check on In all cases.
12) Check on Tone Map with Details Enhancer. Play around with the settings or Presets -> Load Settings from Photomatix Pro (auhckw Settings).xmp. This is my general settings. You can play around with Photomatix Pro and come up with your favorite settings.
13) Select Folder from Same folder as original photo -> Untitled Export.
14) Click on Run. This will take a while. Go get a cup of coffee and take a break
15) Once done, find the enhanced photos at Same folder as original photo -> Untitled Export -> PhotomatixResults01. You can further post process the photos accordingly.
16) Done.
This post has been edited by SkyBlue99: Dec 1 2009, 10:03 PM
1st reply! Congratz on V5! sorry, me not D90 user, haha
*Added* adui, sorry, my bad any mods can remove it? a suggestion, nxt time close the thread 1st b4 u r ready, can prevent unwanted posts i even waited for some time, guess still isnt long enaf
This post has been edited by General_Nic: Dec 1 2009, 09:51 PM
1st reply! Congratz on V5! sorry, me not D90 user, haha
*Added* adui, sorry, my bad any mods can remove it? a suggestion, nxt time close the thread 1st b4 u r ready, can prevent unwanted posts i even waited for some time, guess still isnt long enaf
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