Ahhhh That New Camera Smell :) Nikon D3

[chuckice]

:D Sorry Andy...couldn't resist. :D :ivar Battery is charging but more to come.

http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228306593-M.jpg

http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228306218-M.jpg

Dual CF slots...gotta love that!!!
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228306526-M.jpg

Crappy phone cam pic...side by side w/D200 + battpack (D2X was sold for D3 so can't do side by side for that one).
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228297610-M.jpg

[ziggy53]

Oh man! You folks with your new cameras! :clap

Now, how long to charge that battery?

Congratulations and keep us posted.

[Harryb]

Enough with the D3 stuff, I'm still waiting for mine. :pissed

Give an old man a break.

[dangin]

argh!
i'm still waiting for mine. i'm #86 in line at calumet but they didn't get anywhere near that number of units last friday when they shipped. and of course nps members got first dibs...

harry, are you a nps member?

[chuckice]

Just a quick and dirty test. I really can't believe it. All shots taken with Nikkor 85/1.4 at F2. Clean up to iso3200, fairly usable at iso6400 & iso12800...ugly at iso25600. NO processing...just saved as jpg.


Original ISO200, 1/50s
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228362642-L.jpg

Crops
ISO200, 1/50s
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228358785-L.jpg

ISO400, 1/80s
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228358806-L.jpg

ISO800, 1/160s
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228358878-L.jpg

ISO1600, 1/320s
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228358922-L.jpg

ISO3200, 1/640s
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228358935-L.jpg

ISO6400, 1/1250s
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228358728-L.jpg

ISO12800, 1/2500s
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228358657-L.jpg

ISO25600, 1/5000s
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228358807-L.jpg

[JohnR]

aargh! I want one BADLY. :cry

[Harryb]

What a lousy camera. Look at that noise at ISO 25600.:yikes

If you can't produce a clean image at 25600, well I just don't know. :ivar

[chuckice]

What a lousy camera. Look at that noise at ISO 25600.:yikes

If you can't produce a clean image at 25600, well I just don't know. :ivar

Exactly...who wants mine?! :dunno

[Joves]

I wish I could justify buying one at this point. Im thinking I will just go with the D300 myself. The 12800 looks real good really and, boosting to 25K is insane.

[chuckice]

I wish I could justify buying one at this point. Im thinking I will just go with the D300 myself. The 12800 looks real good really and, boosting to 25K is insane.

Yep, iso6400 is absolutely usable best I can tell. iso12800 would be fine for small web/small news. I'll know more this week after full shooting tests with Duke basketball. I'll see what I can get away with indoors/lowlight.

[ian408]

There was a high ISO post over in the sports forum at FM. OP said no post
processing to speak of and I've gotta say, those images were great. Hardly
any noise worth mentioning.

This looks like a real winner. The D3 does.

[Moogle Pepper]

Exactly...who wants mine?! :dunno

I do I do!!

[chuckice]

I do I do!!

I just can't part with it...I :lust my D3.

[chuckice]

There was a high ISO post over in the sports forum at FM. OP said no post
processing to speak of and I've gotta say, those images were great. Hardly
any noise worth mentioning.

This looks like a real winner. The D3 does.

I was hopeful but fairly skeptical for the past 3 months. I placed my order the day it was announced since I figured it'd be at least as good as my D2X and even for just 9fps I wanted the upgrade. As the hi-iso stuff started to creep out there I was still skeptical but more and more hopeful. I'm literally in disbelief and now one of those guys that can say "I can't believe my eyes."

I've been shooting with auto-iso all AM and setting the max at 6400...my office is pretty dark and all the shots are coming in around iso3200-iso5500. They're all fantastic. It's stunning. And so far auto-iso seems much more spot on that previous bodies... :dunno I dialed in f-stop/ss and it hasn't missed an exposure yet with auto-iso.

[Moogle Pepper]

I just can't part with it...I :lust my D3.

You big tease!! :cry

[chuckice]

Here's another from yesterday btw...using auto-iso which in this case was iso5600. Just a quick shot with some crops...let me know if anyone wants to see other areas of the imaged sliced/diced:

Original, F4, 1/60. autoiso5600
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228626060-L.jpg

http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228626075-X3.jpg

http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/228626082-X3.jpg

[kygarden]

Curse you, man! LOL Have fun with that... :D

[chuckice]

Curse you, man! LOL Have fun with that... :D

http://www.snortingbullphoto.com/photos/183868116-L.jpg More to come!

[dangin]

Here's another from yesterday btw...using auto-iso which in this case was iso5600. Just a quick shot with some crops...let me know if anyone wants to see other areas of the imaged sliced/diced:

Original, F4, 1/60. autoiso5600



all i can say is
1) you're one lucky guy having gotten your d3 in already
2) your desk needs more clutter! :D

[chuckice]

all i can say is
1) you're one lucky guy having gotten your d3 in already
2) your desk needs more clutter! :D

1) Thanks! :ivar
2) I cleaned it up for the photo shoot.:D

[chuckice]

BTW - not my shot but amazing iso10,000 capture.
http://k43.pbase.com/o3/68/370768/1/89120545.eI6VJvoT.DSC_1142.JPG

[Icebear]

I used to really like my D200. Let's see. What's the guide number for an SB800 at ISO6400??

[chuckice]

I used to really like my D200. Let's see. What's the guide number for an SB800 at ISO6400??

I still love the D200...but damn...

[Van Isle]

I dunno, seems like you basically have to relearn how to shoot, what with all that fancy shmancy ISO stuff.

I'm gonna stick with my D70s until something useful comes along...

:rofl

[JaredAnderson]

I have to admit I envy you greatly. About six months ago I worked selling cameras and telling customers that Nikon most likely had a full-frame camera in the works and that we would see in the near future... all I can say is that Nikon did not disappoint.

I do have one question that did not show up in any of the reviews or forum posts that I have seen:
I love my d200 but sometimes I wish that the viewfinder was bigger and brighter like the old manual 35mm cameras... is the D3's viewfinder noticably bigger and brighter or does it still feel like it's digital and dark?

[chuckice]

I have to admit I envy you greatly. About six months ago I worked selling cameras and telling customers that Nikon most likely had a full-frame camera in the works and that we would see in the near future... all I can say is that Nikon did not disappoint.

I do have one question that did not show up in any of the reviews or forum posts that I have seen:
I love my d200 but sometimes I wish that the viewfinder was bigger and brighter like the old manual 35mm cameras... is the D3's viewfinder noticably bigger and brighter or does it still feel like it's digital and dark?

It HUGE! It's so much more noticeable that the D200/D2 line. Simply stunning looking thru the viewfinder...and the rear LCD is ginormous/bright. There's so many reasons to go from a D2X/h to D3 that I can't even begin. Nikon absolutely nailed this one...

[dangin]

It HUGE! It's so much more noticeable that the D200/D2 line. Simply stunning looking thru the viewfinder...and the rear LCD is ginormous/bright. There's so many reasons to go from a D2X/h to D3 that I can't even begin. Nikon absolutely nailed this one...

they've got the camera. now they just need to get it into people's hands. they're so piss poor at making delivery schedules it's not even funny :(

[JaredAnderson]

...and the rear LCD is ginormous/bright.
When you get a chance to shoot in broad daylight, tell me how well you can see the LCD. When I had last checked the Casio point and shoots were really the only lcd's that you could see good details in bright sunlight(even over the good lcd's of the d40, d80 and Sony's ALPHA).

[chuckice]

I dunno, seems like you basically have to relearn how to shoot, what with all that fancy shmancy ISO stuff.

I'm gonna stick with my D70s until something useful comes along...

:rofl

:rofl

[chuckice]

When you get a chance to shoot in broad daylight, tell me how well you can see the LCD. When I had last checked the Casio point and shoots were really the only lcd's that you could see good details in bright sunlight(even over the good lcd's of the d40, d80 and Sony's ALPHA).

Will do...it's been very overcast/cloudy the past two days so not a great test. Was perfectly viewable outdoors in those conditions so I've been waiting for direct sun to see how it does.

[chuckice]

Will do...it's been very overcast/cloudy the past two days so not a great test. Was perfectly viewable outdoors in those conditions so I've been waiting for direct sun to see how it does.

Did a quick daylight test...while I certainly wouldn't call it true daylight viewable it's better/brighter than my D200/D2X. I can absolutely view it.

[chuckice]

As a follow-up, I took some random samples of nothing special from around the house/office. Trying to test auto-iso and hi iso performance. So far flawless. These are all just jpg converts with Hi ISO Noise Reduction set to "Normal" to show that you really have to pixel peep to see noise. Tomorrow will be the real test, i.e. work. :)

iso6400, 1/60s, f6.3
http://www.SnortingBullPhoto.com/photos/229040159-X2.jpg
100% crop of above...amazing detail at iso6400
http://www.SnortingBullPhoto.com/photos/229040185-X3.jpg

iso3200, 1/40s, f4.5
http://www.SnortingBullPhoto.com/photos/229039817-X2.jpg

iso6400, 1/60s, f2.8
http://www.SnortingBullPhoto.com/photos/229039933-X2.jpg

iso1600, 1/100s, f4
http://www.SnortingBullPhoto.com/photos/229040364-X2.jpg

iso6400, 1/80s, f3.5
http://www.SnortingBullPhoto.com/photos/229041121-X2.jpg

iso1600, 1/50s, f2
http://www.SnortingBullPhoto.com/photos/229040605-X2.jpg

iso6400, 1/50s, f2.8
http://www.SnortingBullPhoto.com/photos/229040027-X2.jpg

[groovyone]

Very, very impressive!! :bow

[chuckice]

Very, very impressive!! :bow

Nikon really seemed to nail this one...I can't wait to try it tomorrow night with basketball!

[Arvan]

this is a hell of a camera :D My pentax is just a noisemonster compared to this one:D no fun to get back to it anymore hehe

[JohnR]

I'll know more this week after full shooting tests with Duke basketball.


Oh man, ruining a perfectly good camera taking shots of that trash! :barb :rofl

[chuckice]

Oh man, ruining a perfectly good camera taking shots of that trash! :barb :rofl

:D

Here's one from tonite...haven't gone thru them all yet as the 25MB NEF files are too slow on my laptop. The D3 was just unreal.
Nikkor 200mm/f2, 200mm, f2.8, 1/2000s, iso3200 (shot at 1600 all nite...dialed up to 3200 for a while for grins)
http://SnortingBull.smugmug.com/photos/229510669-X2-1.jpg

[Mr. 2H2O]

:D

Here's one from tonite...haven't gone thru them all yet as the 25MB NEF files are too slow on my laptop. The D3 was just unreal.
Nikkor 200mm/f2, 200mm, f2.8, 1/2000s, iso3200 (shot at 1600 all nite...dialed up to 3200 for a while for grins)


I'm just...uhhh...well...ummmm...can't think of anything to say...its hard to read shutter speed 1/2000 in the gym over there and then see a pic that looks like ISO200...no color shift...perfect focus acquisition...golly...that thing is truely remarkable!

- Mike

[chuckice]

I'm just...uhhh...well...ummmm...can't think of anything to say...its hard to read shutter speed 1/2000 in the gym over there and then see a pic that looks like ISO200...no color shift...perfect focus acquisition...golly...that thing is truely remarkable!

- Mike

Indeed...thanks! :barb

I'll say much of it is the lens as well...I brought the 85/1.4, 70-200/2.8 and 50/1.4 as well as the 200/2. I'm still going thru the images but at 2.8 the 200/2 is remarkable (wide open as well but I've always had better luck at 2.8). It really does shame those other lenses. I dialed it up to 3200 really just as a test as I could've easily come back to 1600 with SS to spare. :lust :lust :lust

[ziggy53]

:D

Here's one from tonite...haven't gone thru them all yet as the 25MB NEF files are too slow on my laptop. The D3 was just unreal.
Nikkor 200mm/f2, 200mm, f2.8, 1/2000s, iso3200 (shot at 1600 all nite...dialed up to 3200 for a while for grins)


D3 + Nikkor 200mm, f2 = Awesome!

Great color and contrast!

More, more.

[chuckice]

D3 + Nikkor 200mm, f2 = Awesome!

Great color and contrast!

More, more.

The D3 has made more work for me...the keeper count has risen. :D Here's a few more...still processing tho! The D3 + 200/2 are made for each other. :lust :lust

Nikkor 200/2, 200mm, f2.8, 1/2000s, iso3200
http://www.snortingbullphoto.com/photos/229719447-X2.jpg

Nikkor 200/2, 200mm, f2.8, 1/2000s, iso3200
http://www.snortingbullphoto.com/photos/229720354-X2.jpg

Nikkor 200/2, 200mm, f2.8, 1/1000s, iso1600
http://www.snortingbullphoto.com/photos/229721239-X2.jpg

Nikkor 200/2, 200mm, f2.8, 1/1000s, iso1600
http://www.snortingbullphoto.com/photos/229722069-X2.jpg

[Moogle Pepper]

The last one looks like she is ready to stage her attack! Awesome to see what the D3 can do!

[dangin]

holy freakin' crap is this an awesome camera!!! :barb got a call from my guy at calumet saying it was shipping yesterday afternoon and the UPS guy dropped it off this morning. just charged the stock battery (got the spare still in the charger) loaded it up with a couple of 8gb cards, got a coupe of full frame lenses in the bag. i don't think my wife is going to see much of me this weekend.

omg... iso 3200... now i've got to worry about my 3 sb-800s collecting dust. :rofl

[chuckice]

holy freakin' crap is this an awesome camera!!! :barb got a call from my guy at calumet saying it was shipping yesterday afternoon and the UPS guy dropped it off this morning. just charged the stock battery (got the spare still in the charger) loaded it up with a couple of 8gb cards, got a coupe of full frame lenses in the bag. i don't think my wife is going to see much of me this weekend.

omg... iso 3200... now i've got to worry about my 3 sb-800s collecting dust. :rofl

:clap :thumb Enjoy! I :lust mine. What's in your lens bag?

[RichStearns]

Yep, iso6400 is absolutely usable best I can tell. iso12800 would be fine for small web/small news. I'll know more this week after full shooting tests with Duke basketball. I'll see what I can get away with indoors/lowlight.

None of you know me - I'm new to this. Anyway, the D3 ISO level capability looks simply amazing. :bow

I'm looking forward to a new D300 for Christmas - can't wait.
Rich

[ziggy53]

None of you know me - I'm new to this. Anyway, the D3 ISO level capability looks simply amazing. :bow

I'm looking forward to a new D300 for Christmas - can't wait.
Rich

Welcome to the Digital Grin Rich!

We do have a D300 thread:

http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=77427

Both new Nikon cameras are pretty amazing in their own right.

[dangin]

:clap :thumb Enjoy! I :lust mine. What's in your lens bag?

right now w/ the d3 just my tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 and an old school tamron 70-210mm f/2.8.

i've also got a fuji s3 pro, (2) d200 bodies, a tokina 10-17mm fisheye, a tamron 17-50mm f/2.8, and (2) 18-200mm vr lenses. with the d3, i wondering what i'm going to be doing with all this other stuff?! :wink

[chuckice]

right now w/ the d3 just my tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 and an old school tamron 70-210mm f/2.8.

i've also got a fuji s3 pro, (2) d200 bodies, a tokina 10-17mm fisheye, a tamron 17-50mm f/2.8, and (2) 18-200mm vr lenses. with the d3, i wondering what i'm going to be doing with all this other stuff?! :wink

:thumb