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August 6, 2008 2:37 PM PDT

Rumormongering: Nikon D90

by Lori Grunin

D80 done for?

(Credit: CNET)

Though he doesn't spill where he got the information, author Thom Hogan is usually a relatively reputable source of Nikon leaks rumors. The latest whisperings to come out of his mill are about the replacement for the D80. Although he mentions that Nikon's first quarter financial meeting is this week, he doesn't explicitly draw the cynical connection that my brain's making about the timing of this information.

But anyway...he claims the D90 will have a 12-megapixel sensor, shoot about 4.5 frames per second, and have a Live View mode that shoots video. Cool, if it's true. Plus a new kit lens--the 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR.

Senior Editor Lori Grunin has been covering digital imaging for two decades, but her memory's kind of sketchy on the details. You can hear about it every week on Indecent Exposure, the podcast she co-hosts with Matt Fitzgerald.
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by bowgley August 6, 2008 9:20 PM PDT
Woohoo!!! I can't wait. Been waiting to get a little more affordable upgrade to my D40 body for a while now.
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by make_or_break August 7, 2008 7:01 AM PDT
The D80 has been around for a while, so it's not exactly a surprise the Nikon would be considering and/or planning its replacement. Things seem to happen pretty quickly in the digital photography world; it's hard for any design to stick around for more than a year or two, at least without any significant pricing adjustments along the way. This ongoing grind of the march of technological gains and development more or less guarantees these sorts of product cycles.
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