Planning on buying Nikon D90. Should I wait till a newer model replaces it?
I know that the Nikon D90 is over two years old now on the market. I'm thinking about replacing my Nikon D3000 for a higher scale camera. The D90 is in the price range that I want to spend in, and has the things I want. But should I wait before buying to replace the D3000? When will the D90 be replaced?
What exactly is wrong with what you have now? Are you not getting good photos from it? If so, you're not going to improve anything by getting a "better" camera.
If you're doing fine, you'll get more from getting a new lens.
Arguably the D7000 replaces the D90. I own the D90 and would buy it again today. I have had it for two years and still have not fully exploited all of its capability. Have you considered stepping up one more level to the D300s? Another possibility is to buy an excellent lens, like the
AF Fisheye-NIKKOR 16mm f/2.8D
AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G
AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G
AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4D IF-ED
AF-S DX NIKKOR 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED
AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
AF Zoom-NIKKOR 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
AF-S VR Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
NIKKOR 50mm f/1.2
PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED
Glass lasts forever, I don't replace electronics (the camera body) until it doesn't do something that I want to do.
As others have said, if you want to replace your camera, you must ask yourself (and answer) what improvements you require? Why is a D3000 inadequate for your purposes? What would you personally gain by upgrading? Since you don't mention any of these insights in your question, it's next to impossible to address an upgrade.
And as mentioned, the D7000 arguably is the "upgrade" to the D90. Similar feature set. Hope this helps!
Chris at http://www.chrisaram.com
I think you should buy Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera
* 12.3-megapixel DX-format CMOS imaging sensor
* 5.8x AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens included
* D-Movie Mode; Cinematic 24fps HD with sound
* 3-inch super-density 920, 000-dot color LCD monitor
* Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards