Olof Osterling
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Maybe some of Sandro's D3 shots can shed some light on your dilemma. Check this link: http://www.stunningnikon.com/challenge/?fromlanding=true
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Cancelling my D3 order? Anyone else?
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JOHN HERTIA
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Cancelled my pre-order with RITZ and purcased a 5D. Allocation is a joke.
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Veteran Member
glad I didn't cancel.
maljo
maljo
Honestly I'm not impressed with the photographs from the Nikon website. I'm more impressed with the photographs taken by the d3 that are posted on this forum--and yes, they are freakin' beautiful--and show the true potential of the D3.
Heck, the photos on the Nikon website could have been shot with a Canon for all we know.
DRGSin
Forum Enthusiast
Please guys!! Think about us, the ones stuck here, drooling over the countless others that have received their D3s, while we impatiently wait, hanging on to every D3 thread, scouring them for the latest picture of Fido or Fifi. Dont cancel your orders. Lets start a Big brother program so that when your D3 comes in you let us buy it from the place of purchase. Remember, tis the season....
Cultured Vulture
Senior Member
They couldn't be, there in focus....Just Kidding
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Max Savin
Senior Member
i have a 5d and d300 and feel exactly the opposite way. the d300 is a pro body, 5d pure amature by comparison.
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Douglas Boyd
Leading Member
Mack,
Yes you did the right thing by cancelling. If you are really interested in sharpness you need to get a medium format camera with digital back. For only $1-2K more than a D3 body, you could have purchased a used medium format digital system that will blow any 12mp camera away on sharpness. Even the lowly Mamiya ZD will do this with its 22mp and no AA filter. In my case I purchased the Hasselblad H1 system with the now obsolete Kodak Professional 16mp back, total cost including lens and extra 120/220 back, extra batteries: $7000. The sharpness and overall image quality makes my D2X look like a cheap P&S. Now I can comfortably print at 24x36 and larger sizes. Removing the AA filter, as done in most MF backs, is like taking off a pair of foggy glasses. Unbelievable sharpness emerges. If you really want to experience sharp pictures and print in the 30x50 size and larger (like Peter Lik), you should purchase one of the used 39mp backs that are now coming on the market as photographers upgrade to the newer, faster 39mp backs that appeared earlier this year (Leaf, Phase, Hasselblad).
There are good reasons to own D3 such as speed, flexibility, wide range of lenses, etc. But sharpness is not one of those reasons.
==Doug
Yes you did the right thing by cancelling. If you are really interested in sharpness you need to get a medium format camera with digital back. For only $1-2K more than a D3 body, you could have purchased a used medium format digital system that will blow any 12mp camera away on sharpness. Even the lowly Mamiya ZD will do this with its 22mp and no AA filter. In my case I purchased the Hasselblad H1 system with the now obsolete Kodak Professional 16mp back, total cost including lens and extra 120/220 back, extra batteries: $7000. The sharpness and overall image quality makes my D2X look like a cheap P&S. Now I can comfortably print at 24x36 and larger sizes. Removing the AA filter, as done in most MF backs, is like taking off a pair of foggy glasses. Unbelievable sharpness emerges. If you really want to experience sharp pictures and print in the 30x50 size and larger (like Peter Lik), you should purchase one of the used 39mp backs that are now coming on the market as photographers upgrade to the newer, faster 39mp backs that appeared earlier this year (Leaf, Phase, Hasselblad).
There are good reasons to own D3 such as speed, flexibility, wide range of lenses, etc. But sharpness is not one of those reasons.
==Doug
photoforfun
Veteran Member
There are many good reasons to stop doing astronomy photography with a telescope and book a flight in space instead... EVERYTHING can be "better", but D3 is fantastic.
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Dan Nikon
Senior Member
Bull S_ t!
I do high end advertising, stock and editorial for a living and yes, you DO spend $5,000 on ANY camera and expect sharpness. My 5D is sharp, the D3 is nearly as much in raw and not so much in jpeg. Maybe you have not used a 5D but there is a reason why it puts the screws to the 1DS-II...it is SHARP!
I do high end advertising, stock and editorial for a living and yes, you DO spend $5,000 on ANY camera and expect sharpness. My 5D is sharp, the D3 is nearly as much in raw and not so much in jpeg. Maybe you have not used a 5D but there is a reason why it puts the screws to the 1DS-II...it is SHARP!
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pierre1
Guest
one way or the other for cancelling or getting a D3. It's YOUR money and do what you want with it. I for one prefer clean lower iso shots vs. the best high iso is imperative @ all costs. So with MY money I chose without guilt or having to answer to anybody a FF 5D and for starters a EF 85mm f/1.2 L II USM lens. I have great Nikon gear that I will definitely keep enjoying. It's a great big menu out there and I want to sample something that tastes different for a change.
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Pierre
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Jay Williams
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I've shot with my D2Xs (17-55 f/2.8 DX) on multiple occasions in pouring rain for hours with no problem. I suspect Canon's 1D cameras would do fine, as well.
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