Nikon D3 First Impressions from Luminous Landscape
This article is from Luminous Landscape by James Russell. This is really good hands on review of Nikon D3, specially its coming from Canon oriented site. Looks like Nikon D3 is going to be a legendary camera. so far we cannot find any problem with this camera. Key points from this article:
JPEG Image quality - I had never shot a job on jpegs so I thought I would shoot a few frames, say nice camera and hand it back. I was wrong. I shot a few frames as a test, shot a few more, and over 7,000 frames later didn’t put the camera down until NPS asked for it back.
Auto Exposure Performance - I NEVER shoot on auto exposure. In fact I don’t think I have even used auto exposure on the Contax or Canons more than once, but since Nikon handed me this camera set on Auto I just thought I would see what happens, and it was dead on perfect, almost to the point I couldn’t trick it unless I was in extreme 5 stop backlight.
Amazing viewfinder - The viewfinder is beyond huge and makes my Contax look like a point and shoot. Using a 300 mm 2.8 I did some testing of manual focus and hit it 9 times out of 10, which compares to the D2x and its cropped format where I can only hit manual focus about 50% of the time.
Excellent LCD - The LCD really is amazing (amazing is as understatement), and the closest I’ve seen to a good computer screen.
Intuitive Menu System - The menu system is intuitive. It’s easy to find the functions, set color, tone, and noise reduction. Compared to the system of the D2x, or any camera I’ve used, it is the easiest system I’ve worked.
Low Noise - The noise of the D3 at high iso is about 2 to 3 stops better than the previous D2x. Not like the Canon 1Ds2 where it’s somewhat noise free but softer. It seems the Nikon looks a little sharper, but when noise does show (and it takes about ISO 2,000 before it really appears) it is more film-like.
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