D3 first impressions

[Trenton Romulox]

Nice the D3 looks AWESOME!

Can i have your D1x

Why didn't I think of asking?! Now I'm second in line, at best, shoot.

The D3 does look awesome, eh?

It's funny how the kids at school think my D80 is like, awesome, and then I come on here and people have D3s. It's humbling. :]

 

[jstuedle]

so, are you liking that wide angles are ACTUALLY wide now?

Well, I have a 14 2.8 for the D1 series, on the D3 it's just obscene! I do miss the lost reach of my tele's though. a 400 3.5 just doesn't reach out and touch you like it did.

 

[jstuedle]

I bet that's pretty useful for like, architectural and landscape work. Damn, I'm jealous! I hope Nikon releases the D400 as full frame in two to three years when I've got to upgrade. Of course, maybe by then, I'll be totally rich enough to get a D4 or D3X. Probably not though.

Enjoy the amazing camera JSteudle! And by the way, those concert shots at ISO3200, were basically free of all noise. Amazing.

I find it pretty useful for well, everything. And ya, it's really amazing compaired to the D1X. I am one happy camper!

 

[jstuedle]

Nice the D3 looks AWESOME!

Can i have your D1x

Na, It's still useful to me. I think I'll keep them around for the...... memories.

 

[Fate]

hehe worth a try

Im looking into the D300 anyway...very similar to the D3 aside from the full frame sensor.

better get saving

 

[Mike_E]

Well, I have a 14 2.8 for the D1 series, on the D3 it's just obscene! I do miss the lost reach of my tele's though. a 400 3.5 just doesn't reach out and touch you like it did.

Doesn't the D3 have a crop mode for just that? I would have sworn that the prototypes that were described had that function.

I could just be getting old though.

 

[jstuedle]

Doesn't the D3 have a crop mode for just that? I would have sworn that the prototypes that were described had that function.

I could just be getting old though.

The crop mode is for DX glass. It crops the frame to the same size as a DX chip, at about 6 MP resolution. But my 14mm is a full frame lens. I own no DX or G glass. (although the days of non-G lenses are limited I fear.) So the field of view I get with the 14 is about what you would see on something slightly wider than a 10mm on a Dx camera.