Although I’m a big fan of the Casio EX-F1 and wrote at length last week on how major the RED announcement was, I can’t disagree with this list. The D90 hasn’t lived up to its hype, the 1D Mk III does have serious problems, the Scarlet is simply not viable as a DSLR, and the EX-F1 is a one-trick pony.
This isn’t to say that these cameras are weak — on the contrary, they’re all perfectly good cameras, they’re just not the second coming of sliced bread, as their makers wanted us to believe.
The D90 is actually a very superb camera and I havn’t seen any reviews to contradict that. As far as the video feature goes I don’t think it was ever really “hyped”, it’s just a cool feature meant to compliment the camera.
I think that the video was the hyped part – I guess i could have been more clear: the video part that everyone was all so hyped up about turned out to be pretty weak. The rest of the camera is great, but they did push the video quite a bit.
The D90 is actually a very superb camera and I havn’t seen any reviews to contradict that. As far as the video feature goes I don’t think it was ever really “hyped”, it’s just a cool feature meant to compliment the camera.
Sorry, in my last comment I didn’t mean the D90 haha. I actualy meant “mouth herpes”. They ROCK
Nikon D90 is indeed overhyped, I’ve compared main features to Canon 50D here: http://rotanovs.com/photography/canon-50d-vs-nikon-d90/