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They're watching you. And every time you click on a website, make a cell-phone call, swipe a credit card or walk past a security camera, they take note. Stephen Baker could have easily gone for spooky in this depiction of the Numerati--his term for the computer scientists and mathematicians who sort through all the data we throw off in our daily lives, helping corporations and governments predict (and manipulate) our next move. But Baker's deep reportage goes beyond smart shopping carts that entice us to run up our grocery bills and political messages crafted...
Recently, Nikon sent me its new breakthrough D90--the first digital, single-lens-reflex camera that also shoots high-definition video. I immediately ran it over to my neighbor Kupcake Bentley, the macho photographer, to get his take...
After putting the D90 through its paces for a while, he said, "It blows away the $5,400 camera I got seven years ago." Kupcake shook his head mournfully, which he often does, though he's rarely sad. "It destroys it. It decimates...
...that you can shoot video through virtually any Nikon-compatible lens--from fish-eyes to telephotos--going all the way back to the 1960s. "You can shoot video from superwide to frickin' long--like paparazzi-style Britney Spears stuff," said Kupcake. Just try doing that on your home video camera. Oh, wait: don't--because...
...think of the D90 as a great camera that does a very cool and occasionally useful parlor trick. Perfect for shooting snippets of the kids playing soccer, not so good for shooting the entire school play. But as a still camera, its price ($999.95 without a lens, or $1,299.95 as a kit with a Nikkor 18-mm to 105-mm image-stabilization lens) is hard to beat...