Testing the Nikon D90

Posted on October 5, 2008 by LuiGi | Share |

Last week, I had the opportunity to test the new Nikon D90, focusing on its new featured film mode. Here are some rough footages (no effects added in post production). Our goal was to show that this camera with the help of a nice selection of optics (14, 17-200, 85 & 400 mm) is able to shoot some quality material. All clips are in 1280-800 resolution, so just beneath the full HD norm (Nikon’s #1 competitor, Canon, is already able to shoot in HD).

Thanks to Den, Eric P, Lefto & Thibault.

More videos on Laid Back’s Vimeo profile soon.


Published by LuiGi - Louis "LuiGi" Van De Leest is a dj, drummer and beatmaker within the MonkeyRobot duo (ex-Infiniskills).
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16 Responses to “Testing the Nikon D90”

  1. Frank, on October 5th, 2008 at 5:13 pm Said:

    That. Is. Amazing.

    Makes my D60
    look like a disposable,

    What program was used
    for editing?

  2. Dee, on October 6th, 2008 at 12:14 pm Said:

    wow, looks real nice, i just wish that i´d have the money to go get it :)…

  3. LuiGi, on October 6th, 2008 at 3:23 pm Said:

    @ Frank

    I used Final Cut Pro for the editing. It’s all about the images, not about the software I used

    cheers

    L

  4. Gilles, on October 7th, 2008 at 11:43 pm Said:

    nice mood & shots! but take care while makin fast left right pans, it makes a really dirty “wobble” effect that truly sucks.

  5. eric, on October 8th, 2008 at 5:23 pm Said:

    HD version is coming

  6. Sean, on October 24th, 2008 at 2:33 am Said:

    Did you capture the video footage directly to FCP? If not , with what program did you get those great images?

  7. LuiGi, on October 24th, 2008 at 12:38 pm Said:

    Yes , I captured the images straight to Final Cut Pro.

  8. Sean, on October 25th, 2008 at 1:10 am Said:

    Im not having any luck directly importing footage into fcp. I can’t get the log and capture to find any device. I tried using prores hd 24p default settings.

  9. Dee, on October 26th, 2008 at 8:53 pm Said:

    damn i keep going back to this video too much, next time i need a camera i have to get that one ! is that Eric P in the vid as the carpenter :O

  10. eric, on October 27th, 2008 at 3:13 pm Said:

    No that’s my bro,i ain’t no lumberjack. :- )
    I tried a couple of time,..but after 5min my arms start feeling numb.

  11. LuiGi, on October 27th, 2008 at 3:19 pm Said:

    @ sean

    You just get the clips from your sd card, and import them in final cut! I didn’t use the log & capture option in FC.

  12. marco, on November 20th, 2008 at 1:28 am Said:

    nice clip!
    wich version of final cut do you use and wich codec?

  13. eric, on November 20th, 2008 at 11:20 am Said:

    codec is h264.

  14. Dee, on November 20th, 2008 at 8:18 pm Said:

    “No that’s my bro,i ain’t no lumberjack. :- )
    I tried a couple of time,..but after 5min my arms start feeling numb.”

    haha sorry man, the dude flashed so fast and the first thing that came to my mind then was that i had seen a picture of you and i thought it might of been you haha sorry

  15. quentin, on January 3rd, 2009 at 7:54 am Said:

    I’m curious about some of the set up you used -

    what lens and lens setting/camera settings on the D90
    did you use?

    in FCP - you just used File -> Import
    moved to timeline - rendered it -
    then how did you export it -
    Quicktime movie or other export type?

    thanks

  16. LuiGi, on January 3rd, 2009 at 8:40 pm Said:

    @ quentin

    Optics I used are described in the text below the video. Settings on the camera are all set manually, make sure that the auto lightning is set off, other wise you’ll get that pumping diafragma effect when you’re moving the camera.

    In FCP, just file-import, editing, rendering and playout as a quicktime. Make sure you’re compression is set to H264, when rendering you’re project.

    L

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