After reviewing thousands of pictures -- analog and digital -- that I've made over the last fifty years or so, I came to the conclusion that the D3 is, indeed, a joy to shoot. I just love the build quality and the low-light image quality, and the file size is so easy to work with. Over the past two years I've gone old school. I got rid of my D810 and D500 and big heavy lenses and my current kit is a D3s and three AFD lenses: the 28 2mm.8 (much maligned), the 35mm 2.0, and the 50mm 1.4. I've got excellent examples of each. I added a D7100 and a Tokina 11-16 2.8 to give me a super wide-angle capability. Here are a couple of shots from my first D3 (circa 2012) and the D3s I acquired in 2022.
D3 with 35mm 2.0D, 2012
D3 with 17-35 2.8D, 2012
D3s with 50mm 1.4D, ten years and four or five cameras later!
D3s with 50mm 1.4D at 1.4. Is it me or does that avocado just pop?
How to set flash exposure comp on my D3 and D2XS / Directions say hold down lighting bolt and turn front dial . I see nothing happening except rear dial does set flash modes. Is there some setting in the menue to get the front dial to do this/ I see nothing about flash comp in the menues. I have a SB800 and Godox 350.
Harry Palmer
D3 flash bolt.
NIKON Z fcNIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens32mmf/8.01/50s360 ISO0.0 EV
D3 front dial
NIKON Z fcNIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens32mmf/8.01/50s720 ISO0.0 EV
Kingfishphoto wrote:
How to set flash exposure comp on my D3 and D2XS / Directions say hold down lighting bolt and turn front dial . I see nothing happening except rear dial does set flash modes. Is there some setting in the menue to get the front dial to do this/ I see nothing about flash comp in the menues. I have a SB800 and Godox 350.
Harry Palmer
It does not seem possible. Checked on my D3 and D2X. They behave like you described. I guess Nikon expected it to be set from the flash since these cameras have no on-board flash. Weird.
Even though I have a z9, D850, and a z7, my D700 is my favorite camera to shoot. This is the Villa Riviera in Long Beach, CA, shot with the D700 and the 105mm f/1.4e
NIKON D700105.0 mm f/1.4 lens105mmf/3.51/250s640 ISO0.0 EV
Good news! I was notified today from adorama that the en-el4a battery is back in stock. I’ve been on their notify list for over a year. Mine is on its way, I hope.
@1.4 with the D700 and 85mm 1.4D
