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I finally got mine.

Just when I thought I wouldn't get it this year and would have to wait well into January, I get a phone call from Pictureline. (HIGHLY recommended BTW. These guys stock stuff like the 200-400VR) www.pictureline.com

I didn't have my hopes up and was not expecting anything so it was a bit of a surprise.

The phone call went something like this:

"Hey Josh, this is Nick. What's up?"

At that point, I remembered why he must be calling. Cool.

.... blah blah

"Yes, I will come pick it up today."


I like it so far but I need to put it through its paces before I can get a real understanding of its characteristics. So far, it has some pretty impressive capabilities.
  • Mood: Bewildered
  • Listening to: Jack's Mannequin
  • Drinking: Egg Nog
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:iconuberfoto:
~uberfoto Dec 28, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
I know people have said this and it has been posted ad nauseam on photography forums but...

Holy balls.

The high ISO performance is seriously what it has been touted to be. I have VERY usable 4500 shots that look like my D200 did at 800 ISO. I wouldn't even hesitate to shoot at this ISO. In fact, I had a hard time going to 1600 on my D200 because I knew the shots would lose a lot of color and dynamic range and have enough noise that they would look bad in print. I did everything I could to keep from going over 800 and now with the D3 I have no hesitations to shoot all the way up to 6400 ISO.

Remarkable.

I guess you have to see it to believe it.

+ Live View is SOO cool for still life work.
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:icontotalzombie:
~totalzombie Dec 23, 2007   Photographer
I hope you'll send some nice pic
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:iconuberfoto:
~uberfoto Dec 23, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
I hope so too

:D
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:icontotalzombie:
~totalzombie Dec 25, 2007   Photographer
I can't wait
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~totalzombie Dec 23, 2007   Photographer
I don't mean that your other are not!!! XD
But more that I hope that you'll send us SOON some nice pic of yours, like we'Re used to see.
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:iconuberfoto:
~uberfoto Dec 25, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
Ha!

It's all good. I knew what you meant.

I am excited to use it for a shoot. So far I have only used it to shoot family for Christmas. I am really itching to use it in the studio and for some landscape stuff. I am waiting to pick up a 14-24mm lens to use with it too so I am a little held back on the wide angle stuff until I receive my lens too.
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:icontotalzombie:
~totalzombie Dec 26, 2007   Photographer
I can't wait for summer to come!!!
I dislike snow.
And my camera need to be repaired :(!!!
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:iconuberfoto:
~uberfoto Dec 26, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
That's a bummer. Time to get it fixed.
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:icontotalzombie:
~totalzombie Dec 26, 2007   Photographer
One month without my baby!!! *cry*
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