Well, on New Year Eve, I got to play with Jenny's D90. It was a marvel of technology. The look and feel is very similar to my D80 so I had no trouble using the camera. It felt right. Many things about the D90 are the same as the D80. However, what really stood out what the new CMOS sensor. I was astounded by the clarity of pictures taken at ISO 1600. At ISO 1600, pictures taken with the D80 look like crap -- awfully grainy to be of any use except for documentary web pictures. The D90 on the other hand captured what looked like on the big LCD very clear images with very little noise. Qualitatively, I'd say the D90's ISO 1600 is equivalent to my D80's ISO 800. There is clearly a huge gap in system performance.
Well, I hope to see some of the pictures taken last night with the D90 soon!
Happy New Year!
P.S. Despite a camera's lackluster performance in low light conditions, one has to know how to work with its limitations. As we were walking back to the parking lot, I braced myself against pole and took a shot of the CN Tower from the CBC plaza (I think that's what it's called??) with my D80.
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