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The Landmark Nikon D90. Best Camera Ever!

Over ten year old now the D90 is still widely used everywhere. And why not it's just that good of a camera. You can still get them online for a bargain. I myself finally sold mine and upgraded. I still miss my D90 and always kick myself for letting it go! But as long as D90 people new and old are still visiting and using this blogs D90 information it will continue to live on.

Always feel free to email me any D90 content you think would be helpful to other. I'll post it here!

Yosemite With My Trusty D90 - Finally!

Finally got to spend a day in Yosemite park with my D90. I only had time for about 80 photos and really only got a couple I liked. Being rushed is not good! My next trip will be much better planned for photo opportunity's. This place is amazing and I cant wait to spend more time here with my good ol' Nikon D90. Here's a couple shoots!


Half Dome with a touch of HDR. Tamron 17-50mm 2.8, Hoya Polarizer ƒ/7, 1/200, 22m

Tunnel View. Tamron 17-50mm 2.8, Hoya Polarizer, ƒ/13.0, 1/500. 46mm.

New Nikon D90 Firmware Update, Still Supported 2014!

Nikon just released a new distortion firmware for the Nikon D90! Always makes me feel good to know Nikon still supports the D90 even if I don't update...

Firmware

Support for distortion control data Ver. L: 2.000 and later has been added.
Camera firmware must be updated before distortion control data can be updated to Ver. L: 2.000 or later

Nikon D90 Shot's from the Cascade's!

Cascade Mountain's Shot from Cle Elum, Wa.


I recently spent a few days in Cle Elum Washington visiting family. This is such a beautiful place with snow capped cathedral mountain's, rivers, and wildlife. Here are a few pictures of my favorites and how they were shot.

 

The first photo above was taken around 5:30pm with the Tamron 17-55 from a freeway overpass just outside of town. Shot at f9 1/125 50mm ISO 400 RAW. Edited in elements 10. This is my current screensaver!
 

Cooper Lake Falls

 

Image 2, Cooper Falls. This was a hard one to get too. There are no trial signs or markings along the logging road to Cooper Lake to make it easy to find. We used a guys directions from an online posting and after some time we found our way down to the falls. Well worth it as you can see. There was no way to get my tripod out in the middle to get a full-on shoot so I got as far out on a rock as possible and set the tripod up to get the shot. Shot in manual with shutter set to bulb and aperture set to f32 trying to avoid any blowouts. Tamron 17-55mm 2.8, shutter 0.6, ISO 200 17mm on tripod and polarizer used as usual. Edited with elements and HDR added in DynamicPhoto.

 

Cle Elum River at Salmon La Sac



Image 3 Cle Elum River. Nothing special here but for some reason I just like this. Hand held with the tammy and a splash of HDR added. Aperture priority, F10, 1/60, with polarizer.

 

 

Tiny Mountain Wildflower



Image 4, Tiny Mountain Wildflower. Woke up to a beautiful morning on the river and snapped on the Tamron 90mm macro lens to see what I could find before breakfast. This little tiny wildflower caught my attention. It was the only one I could see or find. It was just there with one other like it. Being so close to the ground I went hand held and down on my belly to capture. Aperture priority, 90mm, 1/20, flash.

 

Best Campsite Ever!

 

Image 5, Best Campsite Ever. Along the river under snow capped cathedral mountains and now one else for miles. Does it get any better then this? So I pretty much staged this whole shot by putting the lantern in the tent for the glow and got the fire blazing. I then set the D90 up on the tripod. Manual setting, shutter set to bulb, f/4, 17mm, 25 sec, ISO 200.

 

Thanks for stopping by and looking.....

Helpfull Nikon D90 Apps.

Here's a couple of recent apps released that seem to be useful. Nikon Setup Guides looks to be only available on android which I don't have.

Nikon Setup Guide

 

I've downloaded Nikon Lenses and its very cool. Instant lens information and reviews by guys like Ken Rockwell, Brian Tobay, Tom Hogan, and more.

Nikon Lenses

New Sigma 18-35mm 1.8 DC HSM For The D90 - First Constant Zoom 1.8 Lens Ever!

Wow, I just found out about this new lens and after reading some reviews I'd love to try it. At only $799 for a ultra fast zoom lens I'm sure its going to be must have for a lot of people. Time to upgrade the old Tamron 17-55 2.8? Anyway let us D90 owners hear from you if you get one.

Here's a Good Review on CNET

$799 at Amazon!

Nikon D90 Distortion Control Data Firmware Update 2013

Barrel Distortion

I like the fact that the D90 still gets love from Nikon. Here's a new firmware update you can download if you choose to.

Nikon Published 02/17/2011 - Updated 03/26/2013

The Distortion Control Data firmware upgrade is available for Nikon D4, D800(E), D90, D7000, D5100, D5000, D3200, and D3100 cameras.

Distortion control data are used to correct barrel and pincushion distortion during shooting and editing. They can be loaded into cameras that support distortion control.

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The Nikon D90 and Nikon 70-300 VR Take On Indoor Basketball Game!

shutter priority - exposure 1/250 - F4.8 - 250mm - ISO 3200
 

How good would the Nikon D90 with the Nikon 70-300 f/4.5-5.6GED IF AF-S VR lens perform indoors with no flash and fast moving action? You be the judge.

I recently had chance to shoot a relatives collage basketball game at Maples Pavilion. He plays for Utah and was going to be my main subject obviously. Wishing I had the perfect indoor 2.8 telephoto zoom lens and knowing that wasn't going to happen I turned to my trusty Nikon 70-300vr lens.

At first I started in aperture mode and wide opened with my ISO set to 800. This setting was definitely not going to work very well after experiencing a few shots that were blurry and plain bad. I then said "what the heck lets go to shutter mode and bump the auto ISO up to a very rarely used 3200". I instantly started getting better shots and the 70-300vr was tracking good in continuous focus mode and getting pretty sharp shots. But you know how looking at the little LCD screen of your shoots could look nothing like that when you download them to your big computer and see your shots on your monitor. I was worried that the noise from such a high ISO would rear its ugly head once I got home and downloaded the photos. I was very surprised. I probably ended up taking over a hundred RAW shoots and Id say 75% came out good. The D90 handled the high ISO just as claimed. The 70-300vr performed very well for such tough shooting conditions and being a lens most can still afford. Now I'm not saying these shots were totally noise free at full size but they were deffenitly workable in my editor to end up pretty good shots.

Here are Some Shots with Settings.


shutter priority - exposure 1/250 - F4.5 - 90mm - ISO 3200

shutter priority - exposure 1/250 - F5.0 - 180mm - ISO 3200

shutter priority - exposure 1/200 - F5.6 - 240mm - ISO 2800

shutter priority - exposure 1/320 - F4.8 - 155mm - ISO 2800

shutter priority - exposure 1/250 - F5.6 - 260mm - ISO 3200

D90 White Balance Tip!

Here's a great D90 White Balance tip from Mark Belliveau called:

Nikon D90 Tip for Fine Tuning a Preset Manual White Balance

 

One of the most important settings for getting the look you want right out of the camera is white balance. Nikon cameras have had the ability to warm or cool a given white balance setting for some time. For example if you like warmer images you can set your white balance setting to auto with A6 (for amber 6) which will perform the usual auto white balancing then warm it up +6 in the amber direction so to speak. Of course you can accomplish the opposite if you prefer cooler images by dialing in B1 up to B6 for bluer, cooler images. All of this can be accomplished by pressing WB (white balance) button on the back of the D90 and using the command and sub-command dials to select Auto and A6.

This is great, and it can be done separately for each white balance setting (e.g. Incandescent, Fluorescent, Direct Sunlight, Flash, etc...). At first glance however it does not appear possible with the Preset Manual white balance settings, since neither command or sub-command dials alter the blue or amber component of that WB setting when the WB button is pressed. Fortunately if you choose the Preset Manual white balance setting via the menus, rather than the WB button, you can then alter the amber or blue compensation as it were.

So if you are shooting under difficult lighting, like a combination of fluorescent and incandescent, where your best bet is a Preset Manual white balance, but you still want to warm or cool it a bit, now you know how.

 

Thanks Mark! you can check out Marks Photo web site here

Nikon D90 Everything on Flicker - Join the Group

OK, I know don't ask. I have no idea why I never started a D90 Everything Blog Flickr Photo Group! But seems to me its a good idea and place for all the followers and visitors of this blog to share their D90 photos. I'd like to see all the followers pictures posted. Maybe if we get enough people to join I'll have a few contests for a prize. Anyone with a D90 how to, tutorial, or review that would like to add to the blog and photo discussion please do!

Please join the group if you would like to show off your D90 shots or start a D90 discussion....

http://www.flickr.com/groups/nikon_d90_everything/