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Subject: [Leica] OT: My new Nikon D3
From: leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)
Date: Sat Feb 23 07:03:07 2008
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Chris,

Don''t you have a d300 also?  how do the high asa ratings compare twixt the
2?

Leo


On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Christopher Williams <
leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> So after less than 6 hrs of use and shooting erratic crazy models, I'm
> posting a few Nikon D3 images. All are shot at
> 1600iso,4000iso,5000iso,6400iso. I'll have some better samples this week 
> but
> for now you'll have to just view my crazy model tests.
>
> www.zoeicaimages.com/D3Test  - I realized that the 2nd image is listed
> wrong, it should say 6400iso instead of 1600iso.
>
> 6400iso is completely awesome! Can't say I'll use it too much but it's
> damn nice to know it's possible.1600iso on the D3 looks like Nikon's
> D200,D2x 320iso. Extremely clean images at high iso's. I can set the camera
> to Auto ISO and have plenty of faith in the images now. I used to do this
> with the D200,D2x but limited it to 800iso.
>
> AWB does a pretty good job so far, shooting inside with household lights
> and a mix of TV light. By far the best Nikon AWB yet. I'll still stick with
> Kelvin for serious shooting.
>
> 2 card slots! Yes, one for shooting RAW and one for Jpeg. Sweet.
>
> I'll have to practice with this 51 point 3D focusing thing, that's allot
> of focus points!
>
> Bring on those dark Cathedrals!
>
> Having fun,
> Chris
> NOLA
>
>
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Leo Wesson
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