Lisa, I did not get the D90 for video, just happened to discover it. but yeah, aperture priority and manual aperture selection was a plus (before the canon firmware upgrade). there is no point comparing the 5dmk2 with the d90 esp now, the 5dmk2 is far superior. I also like the way the canon handles still grabs at full sensor resolution during active movie mode, unlike the d90 it does not slap the mirror back down and up again, just the shutter gets activated...Chris, I did a short clip and it is awesome, just put the camera in M mode, the shutterspeed and aperture appear at the bottom of the live view, you can also select the iso, use the lcd screen to judge exposure and shoot. what a relief. don't forget to put the lcd preferences to movie mode otherwise manual mode does not work...