Nikon Digital SLR Camera D90 Specifications

Type

 

 

 

 

Type

Single-lens reflex digital camera

 

 

 

Lens mount

Nikon F mount (with AF coupling and AF contacts)

 

 

 

Effective picture angle

Approx. 1.5 x lens focal length (Nikon DX format)

 

 

 

 

 

Effective pixels

 

 

 

 

Effective pixels

12.3 million

 

 

 

 

 

Image sensor

 

 

 

 

Image sensor

23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor

 

 

 

Total pixels

12.9 million

 

 

 

Dust-reduction system

Image Sensor Cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX 2 required)

 

 

 

 

 

Storage

 

 

 

 

Image size (pixels)

4,288 x 2,848 [L], 3,216 x 2,136 [M], 2,144 x 1,424 [S]

 

 

 

File format

• NEF (RAW)

 

 

 

 

• JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic

 

 

 

(approx. 1:16) compression

 

 

 

• NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats

 

 

Picture Control System

Can be selected from Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape; storage

 

 

 

 

for up to nine custom Picture Controls

 

 

Media

SD memory cards, SDHC compliant

 

 

 

File system

DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0, DPOF (Digital Print Order Format), Exif 2.21

 

 

 

 

(Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras), PictBridge

 

 

 

 

Viewfinder

 

 

 

 

Viewfinder

Eye-level pentaprism single-lens reflex viewfinder

 

 

 

Frame coverage

Approx. 96% horizontal and 96% vertical

 

 

 

Magnification

Approx. 0.94 x (50mm f/1.4 lens at infinity; -1.0 m-1)

 

 

 

Eyepoint

19.5 mm (-1.0 m-1)

 

 

 

Diopter adjustment

-2 to +1 m-1

 

 

 

Focusing screen

Type B BriteView Clear Matte screen Mark II with focus frame (framing grid can be

 

 

 

 

displayed)

 

 

Reflex mirror

Quick-return type

 

 

 

Depth-of-field preview

When depth-of-field preview button is pressed, lens aperture is stopped down to value

 

 

 

 

selected by user (A and M modes) or by camera (other modes)

 

 

Lens aperture

Instant return, electronically controlled

 

 

 

 

 

Lens

 

 

 

 

Compatible lenses

Refer to page 14

 

 

 

 

 

Shutter

 

 

 

 

Type

Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter

 

 

 

Speed

1/4,000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, Bulb

 

 

Flash sync speed

X = 1/200 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 s or slower

 

 

 

 

Release

 

 

 

 

Release mode

Single-frame, continuous low speed, continuous high speed, self-timer, delayed remote,

 

 

 

 

quick-response

 

 

Frame advance rate

Continuous high speed: up to 4.5 fps, continuous low speed: 1-4 fps

 

 

 

Self-timer

Can be selected from 2, 5, 10 and 20 s duration

 

 

 

 

Exposure

 

 

 

 

Metering

TTL exposure metering using 420-pixel RGB sensor

 

 

 

Metering method

• Matrix: 3D color matrix metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other

 

 

 

 

CPU lenses)

 

 

 

Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 6-, 8- or 10-mm circle in center of frame

 

 

 

• Spot: Meters 3.5-mm circle (about 2% of frame) centered on selected focus point

 

 

Range

• Matrix or center-weighted metering: 0-20 EV

 

 

 

(ISO 100 equivalent,

• Spot metering: 2-20 EV

 

 

f/1.4 lens, 20°C/68°F)

 

 

 

 

Exposure meter coupling

CPU

 

 

 

Exposure modes

Auto modes (auto, auto [flash off]), Advanced Scene Modes (Portrait, Landscape, Sports,

 

 

 

 

Close-up, Night Portrait), programmed auto with flexible program (P), shutter-priority auto

 

 

 

(S), aperture-priority auto (A), manual (M)

 

 

Exposure compensation

±5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV

 

 

 

Exposure bracketing

2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV

 

 

 

Exposure lock

Luminosity locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button

 

 

 

ISO sensitivity

ISO 200 to 3200 in steps of 1/3 EV, can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.7 or 1 EV (ISO 100

 

 

 

(Recommended Exposure Index)

equivalent) below ISO 200, or to approx. 0.3, 0.7 or 1 EV (ISO 6400 equivalent) over ISO

 

 

 

3200, ISO sensitivity auto control available

 

 

Active D-Lighting

Can be selected from Auto, Extra high, High, Normal, Low or off

 

 

 

Active D-Lighting bracketing

2 frames

 

 

 

 

Focus

 

 

 

 

Autofocus

Nikon Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus module with TTL phase detection, 11 focus points

 

 

 

 

(including 1 cross-type sensor) and AF-assist illuminator (range approx. 0.5-3 m/1 ft. 8in.

 

 

 

-9 ft. 10 in.)

 

 

Detection range

-1 to +19 EV (ISO 100 equivalent, 20°C/68°F)

 

 

 

Lens servo

• Autofocus: Single-servo AF (S), Continuous-servo AF (C), Auto-servo AF (A), Predictive

 

 

 

 

focus tracking automatically activated according to subject status in single- and

 

 

 

continuous-servo AF

 

 

 

• Manual (M): Electronic rangefinder supported

 

 

Focus point

Can be selected from 11 focus points

 

 

 

AF-area modes

Single-point AF, dynamic-area AF, auto-area AF, 3D-tracking (11 points) AF

 

 

 

Focus lock

Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (Single-servo AF) or by

 

 

 

 

pressing AE-L/AF-L button

 

 

Flash

 

 

 

Built-in flash

Auto, Portrait, Close-up, Night Portrait modes: Auto flash with auto pop-up

 

 

 

 

P, S, A, M: Manual pop-up with button release

 

 

 

Guide number

• At ISO 200: Approx. 17/56, 18/59 with manual flash

 

 

 

(m/ft.) at 20°C/68°F

• At ISO 100 equivalent: Approx. 12/39, 13/43 with manual flash

 

 

 

Flash control

• TTL: i-TTL balanced fill-flash and standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR using 420-pixel

 

 

 

 

RGB sensor are available with built-in flash, SB-900, SB-800, SB-600 or SB-400

 

 

 

 

• Auto aperture: Available with SB-900, SB-800 and CPU lenses

 

 

 

 

Non-TTL auto: Supported flash units include SB-900, SB-800, SB-28, SB-27 or SB-22s

 

 

 

 

Range-priority manual: Available with SB-900 and SB-800

 

 

 

Flash modes

Front curtain sync, slow sync, rear-curtain sync, red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction

 

 

 

 

with slow sync

 

 

 

Flash compensation

-3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV

 

 

Flash bracketing

2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV

 

 

Flash-ready indicator

Lights when built-in flash or SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, SB-400, SB-80DX, SB-28DX or

 

 

 

 

SB-50DX is fully charged; blinks for 3 s after flash is fired at full output in i-TTL or auto

 

 

 

 

aperture modes

 

 

 

Accessory shoe

Standard ISO 518 hot-shoe contact with safety lock

 

 

 

Nikon Creative

Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with built-in flash, SB-900, SB-800 or SU-800 as

 

 

 

Lighting System (CLS)

commander and SB-900, SB-800, SB-600 or SB-R200 as remotes;

 

 

 

 

Auto FP High-Speed Sync and modeling illumination supported with all CLS-compatible

 

 

 

 

flash units except SB-400; Flash Color Information Communication and FV lock supported

 

 

 

 

with all CLS-compatible flash units

 

 

 

White balance

 

 

 

White balance

Auto (TTL white-balance with main image sensor and 420-pixel RGB sensor); 12 manual

 

 

 

 

modes with fine-tuning; color temperature setting; preset manual white balance

 

 

 

White balance bracketing

2 or 3 frames in steps of 1, 2 or 3

 

 

 

Live View

 

 

 

AF modes

Face priority AF, wide area AF, normal area AF

 

 

 

Focus

Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when

 

 

 

 

face priority AF is selected)

 

 

 

Movie

 

 

 

Image size (pixels)

1,280 x 720/24 fps, 640 x 424/24 fps, 320 x 216/24 fps

 

 

File format

AVI

 

 

Compression format

Motion-JPEG, with monaural sound

 

 

 

Monitor

 

 

 

LCD monitor

3-in., approx. 920k-dot (VGA), low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD with 170° viewing

 

 

 

 

angle, approx. 100% frame coverage, and brightness adjustment

 

 

 

Playback

 

 

 

Playback function

Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9 or 72 images or calendar) playback with playback zoom,

 

 

 

 

movie playback, Pictmotion, slide show, histogram display, highlights, auto image

 

 

 

 

rotation, and image comment (up to 36 characters)

 

 

 

Interface

 

 

 

USB

Hi-Speed USB

 

 

Audio video output

Can be selected from NTSC and PAL; simultaneous playback from both the audio video

 

 

 

 

output and on the LCD monitor available

 

 

 

HDMI output

HDMI connector; camera monitor turns off when HDMI cable is connected

 

 

Accessory terminal

• Remote Cord MC-DC2 (Optional)

 

 

 

 

• GPS Unit GP-1 (Optional)

 

 

 

Supported languages

 

 

 

Supported languages

Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German,

 

 

 

 

Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish

 

 

 

Power source

 

 

 

Battery

One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e

 

 

Battery pack

Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D80 (optional) with one or two Rechargeable Li-ion Battery

 

 

 

 

EN-EL3e, or six R6/AA-size alkaline, Ni-MH, lithium or nickel-manganese batteries

 

 

 

 

(Battery Holder MS-D200 is required when using R6/AA-size batteries.)

 

 

AC adapter

AC Adapter EH-5a (optional)

 

 

 

Tripod socket

 

 

 

Tripod socket

1/4 in. (ISO 1222)

 

 

 

Dimensions/Weight

 

 

 

Dimensions (W x H x D)

Approx. 132 x 103 x 77 mm/5.2 x 4.1 x 3.0 in.

 

 

Weight

Approx. 620 g/1 lb. 6 oz. without battery, memory card, body cap or monitor cover

 

 

 

Operating environment

 

 

 

Temperature

0-40°C/32-104°F

 

 

Humidity

Less than 85% (no condensation)

Accessories

Supplied accessories Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e, Quick Charger MH-18a, Eyepiece Cap DK-5,

(may differ by country or area) Rubber Eyecup DK-21, USB Cable UC-E4, Audio Video Cable EG-D2, Camera Strap AN-DC1, LCD Monitor Cover BM-10, Body Cap, Accessory Shoe Cover BS-1, Software Suite CD-ROM

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