Archive for December, 2007

Andy Rouse is glad about the D3

December 16th, 2007

Andy Rouse, professional wildlife photographer and a winner in the Shell/BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards both this year and in years past and photographer on Animal Planet and a Canon Shooter has the following to say about the Nikon D3:

“I have been testing the D3 all week and in my opinion it is far better than any of the Canons, and this is from a dedicated Canon pro. The high ISO performance is better IMHO than the 1D MK3, so is the autofocus. The images also have a much better dynamic range, one look at the histograms compared to the 1DS MK3 show that. I have been shooting both cameras alongside each other and I have given up the MK3 as it is too slow to do much.”

Read also his complete D3 review!

D300 review by DigitalCameraResource

December 14th, 2007

DigitalCameraResource has their D300 review online:

“It’s not often that I review a camera actually lives up to the manufacturer’s hype — and the D300 does exactly that.”

Thom Hogans new predictions

December 13th, 2007

Thom Hogan has updated his site with three new articles and one of it is a prediction for Nikon 2008 – as always an interesting read…

D300: camera of the year 2007

December 13th, 2007

The Editors of Popular Photography & Imaging have choosen the Nikon D300 as the camera of the year 2007.

No camera both refines and redefines photography as well as the Nikon D300.”

Dynamic range versus ISO: from D100 up to D3

December 10th, 2007

In a post at the Nikonians there is a comparision between all major Nikon cams: D100, D70, D50, D200, D80, D40x, D2X, D300 and D3, measured based on RAW filesĀ  Nikonians submitted. A good and easy way to compare dynamic range, e.g. from the D200 at ISO 200 the D300 is about 1.5 stops better and the D3 about 2 stops better.