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Nikon D3000

The long awaited update to the excellent but aging Nikon D40 is the new Nikon D3000 and it’s finally hitting the shops. It looks very much like the D5000 however it has more in common with the D60 when it comes to features. That said, there are several areas of vast improvement, one being the impressive autofocus on the D3000. It uses an 11-area TTL sensor that behaves quite well under low light and with moving objects. There’s even a 3D Tracking option. The standard 18-55 kit lens doesn’t show off the autofocus system’s capabilities to their full extent, but the potential is there for when you try higher spec lenses.

The Nikon D3000 features 10-megapixel DX-format sensor, ISO 100-3200 sensitivity and a large 3″ LCD screen. All this is packed in a neat 485g camera body that handles well, quite alike the rest of the Nikon range.

On the downside, Nikon are still not including Live View in their entry-level modells, unlike competitors like Canon’s EOS 1000D. It also lacks some specialist features like exposure bracketing, lens control dials and depth-of-field preview, however these are not that important for most photographers.

In conclusion, Nikon does not surprise us but builds on previous models to make D3000 a very good reliable bit of kit that can satisfy the needs of enthusiasts.

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Nikon Coolpix P90

Buy Nikon P90

Outstanding 12.1 megapixel camera with super-zoom. Nikon P90’s 24x zoom lens with 26 mm wide-angle capability lets you capture impressive wide-angle and super-telephoto shots, and you can focus from infinity to as close as 1 cm in Macro mode.  The large 3-inch vari-angle LCD monitor on the Nikon Coolpix P90 can be tilted through 180 degrees to allow for easy viewing from the hip or from above. Advanced exposure modes offer greater control over your photography and you can enhance the vibrancy of images taken under difficult conditions with the powerful Quick Retouch function. The Nikon P90 – unbeatable compositional freedom.

Mark Pekelharing, Product Manager Consumer Products at Nikon Europe: “This camera demonstrates Nikon’s devotion to camera enthusiasts. The amazingly powerful 24x zoom, 3.0-inch LCD screen with vari-angle tilt function, vibration reduction, and high sensitivity make the Nikon Coolpix P90 a no-compromise bridge between a compact camera and a D-SLR.”

Nikon P90 with 3-inch vari-angle LCD monitor

The generous 3-inch vari-angle LCD monitor with anti-reflection coating can be tilted up by as much as 90 degrees, or down by as much as 45 degrees.

Nikon Coolpix P90 Key Features

• Nikkor wideangle 24x zoom lens with super-telephoto capability. (35mm equivalent: 26 - 624mm.)
• 12 megapixel resolution.
• Smart portrait system:  advanced automatic features for perfect portraits. Smile Mode takes the shot when your chosen subject smiles. Blink Warning alerts you when someone had their eyes closed.
• Advanced Face Priority AutoFocus with in-camera Red-eye Fix lets you quickly detect and focus accurately on up to 12 faces in the frame, and corrects red eye.
• 4x anti-blur automatically counters blurred images in four different ways. Sensor-shift Vibration Reduction reduces the effect of camera shake. High ISO (up to 6400) light sensitivity reduces the risk of blurred images with fast-moving subjects or in low-light. Motion detection compensates for camera and subject movement. Best Shot Selector automatically selects the sharpest of up to 10 sequential shots.
• Exposure Modes for greater creative control. Programmed Auto (P), Shutter-priority Auto (S), Aperture-priority Auto (A) and Manual (M).
• High-speed continuous shooting with pre-shooting cache: shoot up to 45 continuous shots at 15 fps. Nikon Coolpix P90 gives you the option to press the shutter halfway and record the moments that take place before you press the shutter fully, so that you never have to worry about being a second too late again.

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