1) 12MP - Kind of like the street racer's rule: "You can't beat cubic inches".
The D70's crops very quickly ran out of pixels. Not so with the D90 crops.

2) The three inch display screen - Unlike the D70 screen, its actually usable outdoors. You must see one of these displays.

3) Better focus ability - Better than the D70 but they held back a bit from the D300's
screen full of focus points.

4) Multiple (up to 3, with compensation) - Nice feature. But I was hoping for time lasp.

1) Adobe doesn't have an ACR for it yet. Is this because Nikon tries to sell more of its poor software by not using any RAW standard and making everyone else scramble to catch up?

2) Live View - This would be a very nice feature if the mirror would stay up when an exposure is made. Maybe Nikon wanted to save something for the D90S.

3) D-Movie - Well if I put the 50mm F1.4 on it, set it on the tripod, manual focus, and
push the 'OK' button, the resulting MPEG is viewable and it would be fun to play with 'pulling focus' but then I would need to go under a hood outside.

4) Strap - For your 1000 USD you get a 4 USD camera strap without swivels.

5) Viewfinder - After 25 years, the F3HP still has a better viewfinder.

This is a step up from our very old (for a DSLR) D70 with 15K clicks on its odometer. So far, I like the DSLR improvements. I'm not sure how often I will use the video.

Similar Products Used:

Canon F1, Nikon: S2, F3HP, D70, and D200