The shutterbugs have their hawk-eye on Nikon’s upcoming D90 Digital SLR. Earlier this month, an image of the D90 did the rounds of the Internet. Yesterday Nikon Rumors leaked official Nikon D90 pictures and specifications. Mind you, these specifications and images are 100% legit. An important feature is the 12.3 megapixel sensor, that’s powerful enough to capture 4.5 frames per second.

The D90 body and buttons make it look like a refreshed version of D80 with a slightly changed thumbgrip. Users can expect good sound quality from the included video recording mode. The ISO range 200-3200 offered with additional single modes of low at 100 and high at 6400. It remains to be seen if the highest ISO mode of 6400 will increase the noise level.

White balance can be adjusted using the 420 pixel RGB matrix View Finder LCD, which also sports a LiveView button so that movies can be recorded on the default aperture. It’s also speculated that D90 will have HDMI output and GPS.

In this higher megapixel race, what professional photographers really prefer is lesser noise and fast workflow with huge images which would require least possible touch-ups.

Specifications