When can I buy this? Will St Claus give it to me? Of course not, it's still April.
Nikon D90
Announced in late August 2008, the D90 follows a similar strategy to its predecessor, aimed at a slightly higher level than many of its rivals. The D90 offers anti-dust facilities by vibrating its low pass filter.
The big new feature for the D90 is video-recording - indeed it is the first DSLR to offer the facility. The D90's D-Movie mode captures progressive format video at 24fps in a choice of three resolutions: 320x216, 640x424 and a high definition 1280x 720 mode. Video is stores in the Motion JPEG AVI format with mono audio.
The D90 doesn't just share sensor resolution. D90 boasts 640x480 pixel resolution which allows Live View, replayed images and menu items to look highly detailed and absolutely superb.
The D90 employs a pentaprism view finder to deliver a large, bright view, and like other Nikon DSLRs, there is LCD grid lines which can be switched on and off as required. In term of autofocus, the D90 is equipped with the same Multi-CAM 1000 11-point system as its predecessor, and there is also now optional face detection in Live View.
Finally, Nikon has introduced a new kit lens for D90: the AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR. So it may be shorter than the 18-135mm commonly supplied with the D80, but it does now feature the crucial addition of Vibration Reduction to help counteract camera shake.