Nikon D90 vs Sony A3000

Nikon D90 advantages over Sony A3000

• Lens selection
  Excellent vs Good
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Bigger pixels
  ~ 5.50 vs 4.25 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• Fast startup
  ~0.30 vs 2.2 sec
  Faster startup lets you catch the moment
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  850 vs 470 shots
  Capture more photos
• More telephoto lens reach
  158 mm vs 83 mm
  Capture objects farther away with the kit lens
• Top deck display
  Yes vs No
  Check settings with a screen on top of the camera
• HDMI out
  HDMI out vs None
  Use HDMI output to monitor or review video
• Higher-res screen
  307k vs 77k pixels
  More detail on the screen lets you judge focus and composition
• More viewfinder magnification
  0.63x vs 0.47x
  Get a bigger view of the scene through the eye-level viewfinder
• Faster JPEG shooting
  4.5 fps vs 3.5 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  Unlimited vs 11 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)