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Nikon D90 Reviews Analysis

Digital camera - SLR - 12.3 Mpix - Nikon AF-S DX 18-105mm lens - optical zoom: 5.8 x - supported memory: SD, SDHC More product details

Nikon D90
alaSCORE 100

3108 reviews

November, 2009

86 / 100

184 Experts

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92 / 100

2924 Users

What people think about the Nikon D90: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 3108 reviews from across the web.

Sparking some debate among users, the Nikon D90 is good. Users recognize the photos, bright display, and user interface despite issues with the lens and viewfinder. If you can tolerate the lens and viewfinder, mark it as an option.

price

3

  • good for the price not
  • price vrii ultra
  • expensive as a vacation camera but it's easy
  • costs or waiting for new
  • sweet camera for the money
  • excellent dslr for the money
  • reasonable price
  • super camera for the money
  • great camera for the price
  • money on a more expensive
  • fantastic in this price
  • reasonable ticket price
  • expensive camera
  • camera is expensive
  • more expensive cameras
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user interface

4.5

  • like picture control
  • comfortable controls
  • like the on off switch
  • controls are very easy to
  • part of my new
  • complete control
  • effective training wheel features for newbies without
  • button to access the top
  • controls it gets even better
  • controls aren very intuitive
  • controls are easy to
  • poorly positioned buttons
  • like the control
  • outstanding iso control
  • button with useful
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features

3.5

  • nice features
  • feature rich
  • effective training wheel features for newbies without
  • unfortunate considering the sensor capabilities
  • features that the d lacks
  • innovative high performance features
  • many options
  • bonus feature that you do not
  • like the nikon d feature
  • capabilities make it easy to
  • feature to try to average
  • affordable camera with more features
  • nice to have feature
  • new flashy features are questionable
  • features such as automatic
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video quality

3.5

  • movie mode isn the greatest
  • like the video feature
  • movie mode is a nice extra
  • movie mode just comes handy without
  • movie mode is a good
  • movie mode is certainly impressive
  • movie mode was simply a so so
  • video mode has only mono sound
  • movie mode is so much fun
  • fun w the video mode
  • cool as the movie mode
  • video mode offering unique
  • video capability is awesome
  • issue in the movie mode
  • video mode isn great
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lens

3

  • slow lens
  • middling kit lens
  • benefit of whichever lens
  • new lens
  • avoid some of the lens
  • kit lens could be improved
  • good fast lens
  • lens is good
  • kit lens mm vr is sharp
  • lens is optically above average
  • available as a kit lens
  • lens which will be available
  • average for kit lenses
  • star filter on the lens
  • kit lens isn bad
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display

4.5

  • good sized screen
  • bright lcd
  • screen is superb
  • superb high resolution lcd monitor
  • lcd screen is awesome
  • lcd is very nice
  • screen is amazing
  • screen it is sometimes hard to
  • lcd are already worth the
  • superb high resolution lcd
  • lcd is also good
  • lcd panel on top
  • easier to see lcd
  • lcd is so slow
  • lcd screen and fits
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low light performance

3.5

  • good low light performance
  • better dynamic range
  • fun to take night shots
  • low light photography is amazing
  • amazing in low light
  • excellent in low light
  • poorer low light performance
  • quality videos in low light
  • low light photography a joy
  • indoor wb was worst
  • well as night shots
  • fine low light performance
  • well in low light
  • good dynamic range
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photos

4

  • great photos
  • curious how the image quality
  • image quality is very good
  • great photo quality
  • good image quality
  • great pictures
  • shots were still very good
  • photo quality is excellent
  • photos were excellent
  • excellent image quality
  • great shots
  • photos for our local real
  • dramatic difference in picture quality
  • usable images
  • able to take another picture
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iso performance

3.5

  • usable images at iso
  • great image quality up to iso
  • iso photos hold up well
  • iso noise is good
  • iso is very good
  • cant shoot and iso and get clean
  • incredible in the high iso
  • iso settings is breathtaking
  • nice is the iso
  • iso is the new
  • automatic sensitivity iso
  • excellent high iso
  • new iso
  • iso in well
  • great high iso
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focus

3

  • sharp focus
  • focusing system is kind
  • autofocus and face detection modes available
  • joy with the discrete focus
  • auto focus is very slow
  • fast autofocus
  • focusing points will have poorer
  • hard to select the desired focus
  • sound and requires manual focusing
  • slow live view focus
  • autofocus isn as sophisticated
  • focus is super fast
  • autofocus is still slow
  • like live view focus
  • auto focus but trumps
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viewfinder

2.5

  • slow especially live view
  • live view auto focus is very slow
  • slow live view which i decided not
  • slow focus in live view
  • instantaneously when using the viewfinder
  • slow live view
  • hard to access playback from live view
  • live view autofocus is still slow
  • live view is so slow
  • slow af on live view
  • live view may seem weird
  • reasonably practical live view
  • lesser live view
  • viewfinder are noticeably better
  • live view a pleasure
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menu system

3

  • quick navigation of the menu
  • menu system speak quality
  • like the menu system
  • menu system intuitive
  • menus and poorly
  • menus getting long and complex
  • menu is easy to
  • menus were fairly easy
  • open the menu
  • complicated menus
 

photo color quality

4

  • white balance are very accurate
  • great colors and tones
  • disappointing automatic white balance
  • vibrant color and sharp
  • colors are outstanding
  • color saturation is also wonderful
  • not un natural colors
  • saturation is also wonderful
  • color is incredible
  • color are nice
  • fast and colors
  • excellent color
  • nice color
  • color and sharp
  • color rich
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video mode

3.5

  • movie mode isn the greatest
  • like to record a video
  • able to take any videos
  • movie mode was simply a so so
  • video mode has only mono sound
  • movie mode is certainly impressive
  • like video
  • video with the benefit
  • movie mode just comes handy without
  • movie capabilities make it easy to
  • easy to capture those short videos
  • movie mode is so much fun
  • able to take small video
  • useless for video mode as video
  • movie mode is a nice extra
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color

4

  • color saturation is also wonderful
  • vibrant color and sharp
  • color are nice
  • colors are outstanding
  • color rich
  • not un natural colors
  • color is incredible
  • fast and colors
  • excellent color
  • nice color
  • great colors
  • amazing color
  • beautiful colors
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