D90′s Goodness
The Nikon D90′s an amazing camera for the price! I bought it for travel – my regular D300′s and D700 are just too big, heavy, expensive and conspicuous.
Click on the thumbnail to see the original image taken at 6400 ISO, F2.8, 1/10th of a second hand held (it was really dark in this cave in the Marble Mountains, Vietnam) with a 17-55/2.8, no flash. The image is straight out of the camera, all the EXIF data is intact. No, it isn’t quite near the D3/D700′s low noise levels, but then it costs just 1/3 the price!
The D90 sure has lowered the cost-of-entry for new wedding photographers entering the business. I’d say all you need to get some pretty darn good pictures is:
* A D90
* A 17-55/2.8 Lens
* An SB600 flash (the camera’s built-in flash is the backup)
* Your old SLR and lens as a backup
* A bunch of batteries for the flash, a backup battery for the D90 and some memory cards
* Your artistic eye and technical photographic knowledge (you didn’t think the camera alone would get you great pictures, did you?)
December 24th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I’m sure that camera can deliver some amazing images, especially with good glass on it! And with the gear you mentioned, yes, great results can be gotten.
I think it’s worth pointing out, though, that anyone trying to shoot a wedding with JUST that gear (even with an old SLR and one lens as backup, let alone just one speedlight, on-camera backup notwithstanding) is nuts.