Groupies and the D90

As you may have heard, Nikon leaked/announced the Nikon D90 yesterday. Chase Jarvis had what looks like 3 pre-release sample for a while and loves it. That link is not really a review, but more of a 5 minutes infomercial.

Meanwhile at the ranch:

• 209 news releases on Google on the Nikon D90 as of 27-August-2008 9:15am, the day of the leak/announcement. I'd hate to see what it's going to be at the end of the day.
• 641 websites indexed by Google as of 27-August-2008 9:15am are giving their opinion on the outstanding, stupendous camera, that does it all including my morning latte. And that's only 4 hours after the announcement.

1. How many of these 641 web sites/bloggers have received a Nikon D90?
2. How many of these 641 web sites/bloggers have been in the same room as a Nikon D90?
3. How many of these 641 web sites/bloggers have seen a real Nikon D90?
4. How many of these 641 web sites/bloggers have touched a Nikon D90?
5. How many of these 641 web sites/bloggers have made photos with a Nikon D90?

How many? At least one: Chase Jarvis and everybody is rehashing the very complimentary infomercial. But in total, I think only 1, since everybody that gives their uninformed opinion points to Chase Jarvis and nobody else.

BTW, the Nikon D90 looks like an excellent camera, but:

• It's missing the VR module. The VR module should be in the camera and then we are done. Smaller lenses and will work with all lenses.
• The video mode only works with the new SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC. The video mode will not work properly or not at all with the regular SDHC class 6 cards. Regular SDHC class 6 cards only provide up to 20MB/s throughput. It also looks like the video mode is JPEG @ 6 Megapixels. Actual testing and/or reading of the detailed technical specs will reveal the truth.