• Some interface improvements
• Also an ISO tweak.
• Improvement in the d-movie compression blue channel’s compression is too high), there will be a compression rate selector within the menu

Although there’s nothing that done about the Jello Video thing, sorry to hear about that but It’s a hardware problem, that will stay be there even in the next couple of generations of SLR with video capabilities.

As you can see this new Firmware for the Nikon D90 doesn’t improve things a whole lot but a new firmware release so soon after the release shows that Nikon is taking care of the Nikon D90 owners.

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“digital single lens reflex (SLR) camera that redefines the creative boundaries of digital photography allowing photographers to easily create stunning still images and High Definition (HD) movie clips with sound”

Among the new features that the press release highlights are:

“Borrowed from Nikon’s professional line of digital cameras, the D90 is the most affordable camera to include Nikon’s Scene Recognition System and adds newly-developed advanced Face Detection technology”

According to some reviews this feature, takes the process of taking semi professional pictures a step beyond in quality and effectiveness. All this features were included in more professional models before so Nikon is counting on the increase of interest in semi professional photography by household users.

Ever since the first DLSR showed up in the scene everybody has wondered why they were not able to record video, some purists likes it that way but in this case Nikon again is betting on the average family user with an increased interest in photography including this feature as the breakthrough characteristic of this model.

Nikon D90 movie capabilities

“For the first time in digital SLR photography, Nikon introduces the addition of the D-Movie mode, allowing consumers to create their own HD movie clips (1280 x 720) with sound from their D-SLR camera. Photographers will appreciate the cinematic qualities that come from the 24fps frame rate, which matches theatrical film,”

Apart from That the Nikon D90 also includes some fancy tweaks that for sure will spark the creativeness of the most unimaginative user:

• New Distortion Control: Adjusts the annoying lens aberration
• Straighten picture: This feature helps to correct linear inclination of an image for straight horizons and landscapes, no more crooked photos
• Fisheye Effect: In camera filter produces optical effects similar to a fisheye lens.

Nikon’s official D90 page

And soon in this pages.

Software and Firmware for the Nikon D90

• Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Standard Edition
• Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Select Edition
• Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Complete Edition
• Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Express Edition
• Camera Control Pro 2
• Capture NX 2