Nikon D90: Long Term Review

I take a detailed look at one of the most popular Nikon DSLR cameras, the D90. Released in 2008 this prosumer/semi pro/mid level body, offered an attractive price point for the mostly complete feature set. In a more consumer body, but keeping many of the important functions some people would find useful (DOF preview, wireless flash, larger viewfinder, lots of controls)
I show the camera in depth, and also discuss some of the potential advantages of this camera, and drawbacks. Whilst dated, it does come with an attractive price point, making it a good used purchase for someone who is interested in photography, but wants to keep the budget down to sensible levels.

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Timestamp:
00:00 - Start
00:15 - Key Features
00:27 - Body Tour/Controls
02:40 - Rear LCD
03:17 - Menus
03:44 - Viewfinder/Autofocus/Live View
04:50 - MB-D80 Vertical Grip
06:17 - Shutter Sound/Buffer
06:32 - High ISO Performance
06:58 - Sample Images/Thoughts
08:28 - Video Samples
08:46 - Problems to look for
09:55 - Pros/Cons Summary

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[MrBazReviews]

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[ghw]

I was shooting for a fundraiser for The American Cancer Society and needed a DSLR. As a decades long Nikon user, I had the lenses and the then new D90 looked to be a good body choice. A lot of years later, the camera still does what I need and I have never replaced itl

[timmaidens]

I still have mine and although I don't use it much these days I am not willing to part with it. Me and my D90 have had too many adventures for me to want to give it up. For photography I would recommend it over the 3000 & 5000 series cameras any day. Having used its big bother the D300, I always seemed to get slightly better results with the D90 unless I was shooting action.

[frncm]

I have the N90 and D90. It's a very good camera. The best part of owning this is that most of my N90 lenses work with the D90. I was recently looking at used lenses and the prices have skyrocketed.

[CG]

Very solid review Mr. Baz! Informative great pacing, 10 min flew by! If only more youtubers knew how to make quality video like this. Great job.

[omegaman]

My first dslr camera. I still have one that I use exclusively for macro work. These are still very usable and cheap.

[sopasadena]

Very nice review. I just bought a used d90 in excellent condition and really like it. I find the viewfinder much better than the d3000 and d5000 series with a much more professional feel. Even though the 12 mp is modest by today’s standards this is deceiving because the signal noise, dynamic tonal and color range rival some later models including the d5100 and d5300. This is from my review of dxo measurements. A great bargain for photos not video. Highly recommended.

[camloff]

I built my large image bank in Portugal, UK, Brasil, Egypt, by means of Nikon D90 + Nikkor glass and got prizes. It works very well after some years. In the Hurghada, crystal Red Sea my d90 was used inside a UW plastic system and it was possible to have good shots with 18 mm lens in the Giftun coral reefs and fishes. I was amazed.

[PbA]

I have one and it’s my great backup camera. I love it.

[s_t_r_a_y_e_d]

I thought I was alone in noticing my D90 overexposed by 1-stop and was overly warm, that being said I run a 1/4 Black Pro Mist now and it makes for excellent film simulation with minimal specialty editing

[gashead]

I have had one from new and it still takes great shots. Where does mirror lock up operate, is it when you use live view? I can’t remember seeing it in the menu

[nayawiradansahabat]

Helo.. Can you help me

if I insert an SD card, then I turn off the camera, the green light on the body blinking. I tried using another SD car too. What caused it?
I'm worried that the battery will run out when the camera is turned off.









[alwynsmit]

This camera was the reason I went with Nikon instead of Canon. It was either this, 40d, 50d or 60d & imho, this had the IQ. I liked the build as well. Although plastic, it was well put together & well finished. The AF system was very good, although only 11 points. Which is why I regretted choosing Nikon for what they did with the 'replacement' of the D90. Yes, I ended up selling my D90 & got a D7000. The sensor was a huge step up & the high ISO performance was slightly better. I appreciated the extras in the D7000. But that damn AF system felt like five steps back. It was unreliable & my keeper rate actually dropped going from the D90 to the D7000. Then there was the build. On paper, the D7000 was supposedly better than the D90, but my D90 held up way better than the D7000. The finish was terrible. Imagine if Nikon took the D300 & placed the D7000 sensor in that, releasing a D400 instead of the D300s copout. And then we wonder why they dropped to number 3 & Sony overtook them.

[therykles]

Hi do you have any Nikon dslr recommendation for me that is under 500 dollars? I'm doing street photography so a good autofocus on the live view mode is required as i have to shoot handheld almost all the time. I don't really care about the weight as long as it is under 1kg. I was looking at the D90 as I heard that its image quality is excellent but it has a very bad autofocus on live view mode. I currently have the X-T1 but I don't really like the color rendition on it (I don't know why so many people like it) so I'm planning to change to Nikon. I feel like I've always been in love with Nikon's color. Thus the fujifilm lenses are quite expensive so also one of the reason why I'm planning to change. I personally hate Canon's color in the cheaper models because its color is just so dark in some ways. Its not the skin, it's the atmostphere that it is dark. It makes me feels gross whenever I look at its photo. Sony is also quite expensive so I don't want it too.

[hertsman]

Nice video - thanks !...I think if you are just into stills photography then this is a bargain thesedays. I converted to micro four thirds about 18 months ago from Nikon DSLR's - I bought a Panasonic GX8 and some lenses - Although they were excellent I hankered after my Nikon cameras so I sold the GX8 and decided to just find another D90 and buy a couple of Nikon lenses...total budget was £350 and I got the D90, 35mm F1.8 DX and 16-85mm VR ... Sorted 😁

[rappler]

Nikon doesn't put a '9' on any of their digital cameras unless wholly warranted. The same logic applies to an '8', '7', or '6'. The RAWs from my D90 DX easily stand up to a D850 or Z mirrorless.

[RoyalComedyStore]

Sir can I install a microphone in Nikon D90

[greenstrat]

Working with a similar to the D90 but no video.