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...first camera manufacturers to see the future of photography was digital. In 1988, the Japanese imaging giant developed the world's first fully digital still camera; 10 years ago Fujifilm held 30% of the digicam market. But that dominant position proved difficult to defend against competitors such as Nikon, Olympus and Canon. Today, Fujifilm is one of the industry's also-rans, with just a 6.7% market share...
Like any photo shoot, we did a lot of different stuff. But it was just Farrah and myself. It was before the days where you had to have stylists and hair and makeup and background art directors and assistants. It was just me and Farrah and my Nikon, at the home she shared with Lee Majors, a house on Mulholland Drive overlooking Hollywood, with a beautiful view...
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...
Like most professional photographers, Kupcake has a lens for every occasion. He slipped a shallow-focus 85-mm 1.4 Zeiss onto the Nikon body, and we watched through the 3-in. (8 cm) LCD screen as he shot some dazzling video of a bowl of bananas. One of the remarkable things about the D90 is 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...
...course, this is still version 1.0 of what's bound to be a long line of cameras from Nikon, Canon and others that will also shoot video. The D90 does have its limitations. At HD quality, you can shoot for only about five minutes before the image sensor overheats. (You can step down the quality and get 20 minutes of shooting time.) You'll need at least an 8-GB SD card for video, since five minutes of HD can chew up a full 600 MB of space. Likewise, autofocus doesn't work after you start shooting; that means...