My Little Review of Nikon D3

I know some of you are curious of Nikon D3 ISO performance, so do I when I got mine. So I tested some few shots. All photos shot in RAW(NEF) file then convert to JPEG. Camera setting set to Auto White Balance, no Flash, normal noise reduction, no further noise reduction was done.

Nikon D3
(1) Lens 50mm F1.4, ISO1600, 1/250s, f1.4, 50mm
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Nikon D3
(2) Lens 24-70mm F2.8, ISO1600, 1/125s, f2.8, 52mm
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Nikon D3
(3) Lens 105mm VR F2.8, ISO3200, 1/400s, f13, 105mm
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(4) Lens 105mm VR F2.8, ISO3200, 1/320s, f25, 105mm
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I handheld shot these 2 macro photos. Is hard to get sharp photos without the help of VR and high ISO of Nikon D3.

Nikon D3
(5) Lens 24-70mm F2.8, ISO3200, 1/160s, f2.8, 50mm
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Nikon D3
(6) Lens 24-70mm F2.8, ISO6400, 1/20s, f2.8, 35mm
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At this setting, roughly you would know how dim is the light.

Nikon D3
(7) Lens 24-70mm F2.8, ISO6400, 1/50s, f2.8, 70mm
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I can set ISO up to 3200 and use the photos straight out from camera without having to do further noise reduction. At ISO6400, photos are abit noisy, but still bearable. Both the new lens are truly gorgeous. Fast focusing and produce sharp images. Nikon D3 outdoes my expectations. White balance is very accurate, very fast focusing and amazing ISO performance. With the 2 new lens, the combination is truly remarkable.

This entry was posted on February 10th, 2008 at 06:40:27 pm by Darren Tan and is filed under Photography.

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Comment from: BK

Taiko,

Hah, finally got your D3, I recalled you were so excited like a small kid while waiting for your "2nd child" to arrive.

Any chance of you to try out D300?
Definitely it will not hold a handle to D3 in terms of performance and high ISO handling but I am curious to know if the D300 is a worthy upgrade for me as it is not cheap for just an amateur hobbyist like me, or I will just get a D200 instead as it is very cheap now, and capture in RAW and use Noise Ninja to remove the noise if I go high ISO.

Kindly advise!

Thanks!
BK

02/20/08 @ 22:27

Comment from: Darren Tan

I am using D200 as my 2nd body. It serves me well for the last 1.5 year. From what I see, D300 is slightly better than D200 only. ISO performance is 1 or maybe 1.5 stop better, Live View which I don’t use, self cleaning sensor which I prefer to do it manually, 3 inch LCD not really important, 51 focus point which is not necessary for me. But if I do not have D200, I will go straight for D300. But that is just me, good luck on your purchase.

02/21/08 @ 01:41

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