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I prefer Single-point mode for its greater acquisition speed and accuracy. Choosing a different point is as easy as using the eight-way controller disk on the back. Either look through the viewfinder as you press the controller, or activate the Info screen on the rear of the Nikon D For some reason the top Status display doesn't show where the point is going.

Overall, in good light the Nikon D's focus acquisition is pretty fast in Single-point mode, but noticeably slower in multi-point modes. The lab measured 0. That's also true in the Nikon DS, so it's not a surprise. The new mm lens also slews pretty slowly. It's quiet, but not lighting fast. I got varying results in different light, as expected. Shutter sound. The Nikon D has a very fast shutter sound, with a short viewfinder blackout time, which is helpful for keeping in touch with your subject when shooting action or portraits.

If you know someone who's never any trouble, but always seems to apologize as if they are, you'll get an idea of how demure the Nikon D is when you trip the shutter. While that can be mildly annoying in a person, it's just right in a camera; it should get out of the way as soon as possible while drawing little attention to itself so you can plan your next shot.

It's a little louder from the front than it is from the back, so you're making a little more noise than you think, but it gives the camera just the right personality. Live view. You activate Live view mode with the same lever that debuted on the D It surrounds the Movie start button, which is appropriate since you must be in Live view mode to start a Movie recording.

It's in just the right position, and it works just as it should too, unlike Nikon's early efforts at Live view, which were activated on the Drive mode dial, then required a first press on the shutter button to enter Live view, with a followup press to take a picture. I thought the Nikon D did pretty well in low light at such high res. ISO was set to Auto. See also the p video here.

While shooting a roomful of kids having a paper snowball fight, I found that the chaos was a little too much for stills. Switching to video helped me capture a bit more of the madness, but I forgot that I could live focus as they fought, remembering only at the end. It wouldn't have mattered much, though, because the distances changed rapidly and the action was fierce.

Because they're kids, most of whom aren't mine, I won't show you that, but I can show you the video I shot on the street in low light. I think it's pretty good, considering that it's likely captured at ISO 6, Dual cards. When the DS included dual cards--an SD and a CF card, I wondered whether this somewhat obvious convenience might trickle down to consumer models. Though they left out the CF option, the D does indeed include two SD card slots, a choice that's just right for the kind of shooter likely to be attracted to the camera.

By default, the second card serves as a overflow if you fill the first card. The camera automatically starts saving to the second card. If you're concerned about losing files, you can start backing up as you capture, saving the same image to both cards consecutively; not a bad idea on an important shoot.

You can even reserve one of the cards to serve as a repository for your movies, while saving stills to the other. Regardless how you configure them, it makes a whole lot of sense in these days of large file sizes for stills and videos to already have an extra card in the camera. On a long shoot in the default overflow mode, it worked flawlessly, rolling over to the second card when the first was filled. Function button. Spot metering would also be a good Function button setting for more precise metering when the default metering option isn't cutting it.

High-speed shooting. One shortcoming of previous non-pro Nikon SLRs was the inability to shoot at a fast frame rate when the bit depth was set to But that is no longer a problem with the Nikon D Set your bit depth and fire away at six frames per second. You can also shoot at bit if you want smaller file sizes, but you gain no speed advantage. Six frames-per-second is pretty fast, not bad for shooting sports and other action.

It's not as significant as eight frames per second, but it's still respectable, and a long way from the standard three frames per second on entry-level models. Dynamic range. I tried to take shots with a fairly wide dynamic range so you can see how well the D handles shadow detail. The men and paintings inside the store have good detail, but the sign out front is blown.

I'm not sure I mind so much. The shadows get quite deep in the second shot, but detail is still good and the window frame isn't blown. I seldom use flash as it is, but I was discouraged from using the flash on the Nikon D because it tended to either overexpose and wash out images, or its exposure was inconsistent.

Several test shots around the office don't show the effect much, but most of my personal candid shots are overexposed at the default settings. Once I dialed it back a bit by pressing the Flash Pop-up button on the left of the prism housing, which also serves as the FE Compensation button, I got better results some of which I still had to dial back or increase exposure depending on the subject--which is to be expected.

They're much more powerful, can put the light right where you want it, and they seem to be better controlled. As part of the Creative Lighting System, the pop-up flash can remote control two groups of flashes placed strategically around a subject, and you can include or exclude the on-camera flash from the equation.

Christmas snow. The sun had already set about 25 minutes before this photograph to give you an idea of the light level, which is a lot dimmer than you see here.

I'm glad I had the D for this moment. Low light. Nikon's claim to fame in recent years is its stellar low-light performance, and the Nikon D does not disappoint. We got snow on Christmas day here in the South, so when my wife placed my one-year-old daughter on the counter to watch the snow fall after the Sun had set, I grabbed the Nikon D My daughter moves a lot, the kitchen counter was in my way, and the light level was very low, but so beautifully even I had to keep trying.

I shot it a little wider than I would have to keep the lens at a faster focal length, and the best shot was somewhat crooked, so all I've posted here is a pretty hefty crop, processed through Nikon Capture NX 2. It makes a great 8x Where the left side of her cheek had yellow and purple splotches in the prints even after processing in my usual fashion, the Capture NX 2 image doesn't.

I'm no expert in Capture NX, and I'm sure even a frequent user of NX 2 could get more from the image; but the point of shooting RAW is to get more from your images, especially in low light, and it's clear that I did so here. There's no getting around it: if you have a capable camera, you're going to need a relatively complex menu to control it.

I find it a little blinding at times, with so many words my mind gets a little lost. It makes sense, it's just a lot to remember to get where you need to be.

It's important to find a place in your camera bag for the Nikon D Manual, and plan a little extra time to read it the day before a shoot to make sure you understand more complex items like the Creative Lighting System. It's a page manual, which speaks to the complexity of the menu system and the impressive capability of the Nikon D itself. I found myself hard-pressed to find much more to write about the Nikon D, mostly because it works so well.

Nikon has a well-refined control scheme that now better integrates video into the experience, such that I was able to switch between the two very naturally. Still, it's hard to beat seeing almost everything you're going to capture. I found autofocus to be a little slower than I'm used to in the multi-point modes, but speed rises well enough when I lock autofocus to a single point. Looking through my photographs, I got more hits than misses. I think for people pictures I'd do better letting the camera pick the AF points, as many of my shots are well-focused on the center point, which is often on the shirt, but not on the face.

I usually pre-focus on the face, then recompose, but that didn't seem to work as well as usual. Regardless, the Nikon D was a pleasure to use and really makes great images. I recommend it to anyone looking for a high-quality SLR that will help them grow as a photographer. Recent advances in sensor technology have made ISO 1, look a lot more like ISO , but there are still cameras whose quality starts to fall apart at this setting.

It's arguable that ISO 3, is the new 1,, so we've included those crops as well. In the market, the Nikon D's chief rival is the Canon 60D, with its megapixel sensor. But its noise-suppression engine is a little too aggressive with the red leaf swatch, obscuring most detail. The left one handles metering in the P, A, S and M modes and provides a quick way to format cards when held down simultaneously with the Delete button.

The right button accesses exposure compensation and can be used to reset the camera defaults if held down while the Quality button is pressed. The base plate carries the battery compartment, which fits into the grip moulding. A standard, metal-lined tripod socket is located centrally in the base plate in line with the optical axis of the sensor. To the rear of the battery compartment is a rectangular rubber cover, which lifts off to enable the optional MB-D11 battery pack to be fitted.

Two lift-up rubber covers on the left side panel protect the interface ports. Maximum clip length is restricted to 20 minutes, regardless of the frame size and frame rate. A countdown timer is displayed roughly 30 seconds before movie recording ends automatically. Recording will also cease is the mode dial is rotated or the lens is removed.

Note: these frame rates are suitable for broadcast-quality recordings. Use of the H. A dedicated movie button on the Live View switch provides quick access to video recording. Although the D comes with a built-in monaural microphone, you can attach an external stereo microphone if you require stereo soundtracks.

In addition, for both the internal and external microphones, the D lets you adjust recording sensitivity to high, medium, low or auto to cope with differing recording environments. The D includes basic editing facilities that allow you to delete unwanted parts of video clips by choosing the start or end point by frame.

The D introduces a new AF system with 39 focus points, including 9 cross-type sensors around the centre of the field. Rotate the switch to swap between the AF and M modes; press the button in the AF mode and rotate the main command dial to select the focusing mode.

The front command dial sets the AF area mode. The default setting for stills is AF-A, which means the camera will automatically choose between AF-S single and AF-C continuous tracking modes and decide which of the 39 sensor points to utilise.

Face detection is engaged automatically and up to 35 people can be detected within approx. Black rectangles are displayed around the selected points to show which ones are in use. They change as the system tracks a moving subject. AF fine-tuning is a welcome addition. It also works with the auto area and 3D tracking functions in the AF system.

Plenty of customisation options are provided in the new camera. Custom Setting f3 lets you select one of 20 options to assign to the Function Fn button — including a new Viewfinder virtual horizon display that shows when the camera is tilted. You have to press the Info button to display the Info screen on the monitor then rotate the rear command dial to select the desired pre-set. Shooting Adjustments The D provides a wide variety of shooting adjustments, some of which such as exposure compensation, and bracketing, white balance adjustments, Picture Controls and Active D-Lighting are restricted to the P, A, S and M settings.

ISO sensitivity ranges from to with two extensions: Hi 0. The sub-command dial lets you set the bracketing increments between 0. Similar facilities are provided for white balance bracketing, where you can adjust the colour balance in increments on 5, 10 or 15 mired. Active D-Lighting bracketing is also available across three shots one with it de-activated. Does it deliver on that claim? Chris and Jordan did a side-by-side comparison to find out.

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Previous 1 Introduction. Nikon D Key Features The similarities between the D90 and D don't run much deeper than the surface level though - where specifications are concerned, on paper, the D at least matches and frequently surpasses the abilities of the DS in several key areas. The overall dimensions of the D are very similar to the older D90, but the heavier, magnesium alloy body shell and thicker rubber on the hand grip lend it a noticeably more 'serious' feel.

Higher resolution sensor Some controls have changed slightly the D90's 'Lv' button becomes a spring-loaded switch for example but the number of control points is the same and everything is basically in the same place.

Nikon D Nikon DS. Tags: review , nikon. Next page. We are retrieving offers for your location, please refresh the page to see the prices. View Comments Comments All Austin Jones I actually picked this camera up recently because there was a good deal. PC-dot-Com No it does not, and, you can make full spectrum or individual lens micro adjustments in the menu.

Nabeelmyousuf Hello all, How to check shutters in D? PC-dot-Com camerashuttercount. Michael 59 I recently upgraded or downgraded "depending on how you look at it" from the D to the D PC-dot-Com D is a huge upgrade in every respect.

Bas Veerkamp It took me a while to get juse to the d the ergonomics are just fine only lighter body after my d which was outdated a long time ago on which i got great foto's only the colors are very different from my old d which i liked a lot never thought about the 10 mp.

Monitor Size 3. Dimensions Width x Height x Depth 5. Weight DX-format L 4, x 3, M 3, x S 2, x 1, Timer duration electronically controlled. CPU AI. Built-in microphone, monaural Optional external stereo mini-pin jack 3. Monitor Collapse Monitor Monitor Size 3. EH-5a AC Adapter. MH Quick Charger. View all Speedlights and Flashes. View Microphones. Eyepieces and Viewfinders. View Compatible Eyepieces and Viewfinders. Remotes and Releases.