The Nikon D3, the result of years of development and feedback from professional photographers, combines innovative Nikon technologies.
PhotographyBlog writes:
“Overall the Nikon D3 is capable of delivering some exceptional imagery, whether shooting day or night, single shot or continuous bursts, JPEG, TIFF or RAW – and images that jump out from the screen like they do are going to serve jobbing photographers well in the business of impressing busy picture editors.”
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Pocket-Lint writes:
“This is the first DSLR I have ever considered awarding a ten out of ten to in almost 17-years of camera testing and that is high praise indeed. However, the few minor niggles there are meant it did not get the top marks in the end. “
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Digital camera world sells the Nikon D3
WDH writes:
“Overall, the D3 is an extremely well-specified camera with fantastic performance across the board – in the AF system, the speed, and the superb image quality that can be achieved, even at high ISOs. In short, the D3 is as good as it gets right now and as such achieves our highest ever score. “
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ThinkCamera writes:
” The 12-24 performs extremely well and you could use it at 18mm and beyond in FX mode without appreciable vignetting; wider than that and you need to switch to DX mode. This gives the images look great, far better than you might expect from five million pixels.”
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KenRockwell writes:
” The D3 did a perfectly fine job, even if the color of the lighting didn’t cooperate…ISO 12,500 can be grainy, and ISO 25,600 is downright loaded with red dots, but still usable when you need it. ”
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PopPhoto writes:
“Our lab tests confirmed our initial reaction to the D3’s impressive fixed eye-level pentaprism viewfinder. Bright and clear, it provides a field of view that covers 100 percent of the captured scene, earning an Excellent rating. Data is easy to read, with no visible vignetting or light falloff across the image area,”
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OutbackPhoto writes:
“The Nikon D3 is a very solid and extremely responsive camera, Image quality is excellent, The D3 seems to deliver at high ISO (of course we need now to get more experience with real world photos), The LCD is very good (like with the D300), We like the dual CF card slots”
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Samples
- Sample Photos @ ImagingResource
- Sample Photos @ Photo.net
-Sample Photos @ DigitalCameraReview
- Sample Photos @ PhotographyBlog
- Sample Photos @ Pocket-Lint
- Sample Photos @ Outbackphoto
-Sample Photos @ Naturfotograf
- Sample Photos @ RobGalbraith
- Sample Photos @ Nikon USA
- Sample Photos @ Daveeinsel.com
- Sample Photos @ ImagingResource
- Sample Photos @ Nikon Global
- Sample Photos: ISO 6400 (70% crop) & ISO 25600 (70% crop)
- Sample Photos: 1 (100% crop) & 2 (100% crop)
- Sample Photos @ fengniao
- Sample Photos @ Xitek
Luminous-Landscape writes:
“For its part the full-frame Nikon D3 is a direct challenge to Canon’s 1 Series, which has dominated the pro marketplace now for more than half a decade. The 1D MKIII is right in the D3’s bore sight, and the D3 matches it or surpasses it in IQ, sensitivity, and resolution.”
Naturfotograf writes:
“Skin tones and rendition should comply with stern requirements. The resolution on its own is more than high enough to show every flaw of the model’s make-up and skin irregularities. However, the file sizes may not suffice for making extreme enlargements”
Luminous-Landscape writes:
“The D3 images captured on 13 Dec 07 weren’t the most dynamic music photos I’ve taken to date. I’m even willing to concede that the images themselves are perhaps less interesting than the lessons I’ve learned with this new photographic tool. However, it’s only with a commitment to unpaid practice that I can confidentially integrate the Nikon D3 into my professional photography.”
PhotoReview.au writes:
” Image noise was barely visible in test shots taken at ISO settings up to 2000. Beyond that point, where noise appears, it looked more like film grain than electronic interference and had no visible effect on image sharpness. Colours and sharpness were retained, right up to ISO 25,600. The graph below plots the results from our Imatest resolution tests in line widths per pixel height against the ISO settings used for the test shots.”
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Luminous-Landscape writes:
“Canon has enjoyed a deserved reputation for high image quality, especially at high ISO. But now with the D3 Nikon has upped the ante, producing a camera that appears to offer lower noise than Canon (at least against the flagship 1Ds MKIII), and higher available speeds as well.”
CNETasia writes:
“In terms of speed or image-capturing performance, the D3 is probably the fastest camera we’ve ever had the chance to use. It’s able to capture up to nine frames per second (fps) in FX (full frame) mode and 11fps in DX (1.5 crop) mode. This happens to better Canon’s sports-oriented 1D Mark III by 1fps, albeit at a different resolution.”
ImagingResource writes:
“The Nikon D3 isn’t just the flagship of the Nikon digital SLR line. It’s state of the art… Add the excellent Nikkor glass that keeps rolling out of the Nikon factories, and you’re looking at one sweet photographic system. The Nikon D3 is a five-star Dave’s Pick, and one hot digital SLR camera.”
NeoCamera writes:
“no camera is perfect for all types of photography, but the D3 with its combination of high-ISO, fast burst rate, advanced autofocus is as close as it gets for action photography. For other types of photography, it performs among the top as well.”
CNET writes:
“The bottom line: Nikon’s flagship dSLR packs a full-frame 12-megapixel sensor and is a highly versatile imaging powerhouse that lets photographers create images previously impossible to capture..”
ByThom writes:
“Certainly true for everyone up to ISO 1600. Where you’ll start to object is going to be somewhere north of there. Personally, the best ISO 3200 camera I’ve seen, bar none, and usable at 6400 with care.”
CEN writes:
“This camera looks big, feels big, and produces big images of outstanding color and detail. I should emphasize that – the color this camera captures is very accurate and even the finest of details are clearly visible with high quality optics. What that equates to is picking up more of the textures to things.”
Photo.net writes:
“For those who would like a DSLR optimized for sports, news, and wedding photography, the D3 is probably the top choice. Since the D3 can handle ISO 3200 easily and provides very acceptable 6400 results, it changes the approach to indoor and low-light photography.”
DigitalCameraReview writes:
“..the D3 is simply a state of the art, high-performance pro camera, and few of us who’ve been fortunate enough to get our hands on one would argue that it isn’t worth every penny of that lofty price tag. ”
Features:
- New large image sensor developed by Nikon; 12.1 effective megapixels
- Wide sensitivity range
- High-speed performance
- EXPEED — Nikon’s image processing concept embodied
- Picture Control System
- AF system employing high-density 51-point AF
- Scene Recognition System
- Three image areas available
- High-definition, 3-inch VGA, TFT LCD monitor with wide-viewing angle
- Two Liveview modes available
- Optical finder with 100% frame coverage and 0.7x magnification in FX format
- Superior durability
- CF card double slot
- Exclusive Wireless Transmitter WT-4 (optional)
- Active D-Lighting
- Fine adjustment function for AF
- Improved Function button feature
- HDMI output (High-Definition TV) supported
- Info display
- Digital level incorporated
- Image-management software ViewNX/Nikon Transfer inluded in the optional Software Suite CD-ROM