Nikon D90 - 720P Movie Mode on a DSLR

Today Nikon announced a new prosumer DSLR body, priced at $999 (available for pre-order today, shipping late September), which brings a totally new feature with it - 720P movie mode. Aside from the cool new "D-Movie" mode, the D90 is an incremental upgrade from the D80. It packs a 12.3MP CMOS sensor (vs 10.2MP CCD), Dust Removal System, Larger Screen w/ Higher Resolution (same as D3), Live View, ISO 100-6400 (vs 100-3200), AF improvements, and more of the usual updates.

The news of a movie mode on a DSLR is pretty exciting - it's something most of us photographers thought would never really happen. It will be very interesting to see how the market reacts, and I'd love to see some actual 720P footage to check out the quality of the video.

Here's a demo of the movie mode:

And here's another movie by Chase Jarvis, professional photographer - he and his staff of assistants got a handful of Nikon D90s about a month ago. I spoke with one of his staff and they confirmed that about 50% of this movie was shot in 720P, the other half was shot with HD video cameras. Can you tell which is which?

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1 - Posted by Brian on August 28, 2008 - 2:03 am

"Can you tell which is which?"

No... because it's all scaled down and compressed :-P

2 - Posted by Kurtis on August 28, 2008 - 3:08 am

Twas a trick question. :P

Or was it? Dun dun dun....

And what are you doing up so late? Don't you have school in the morning? Don't forget your lunchbox! And don't be shy, you'll make friends in no time! :-D

3 - Posted by Brian on August 28, 2008 - 9:41 am

I will destroy you.

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