its got everything the MK III has and more It is full frame shoots equal frames 14 bit color better better 3 inch monitor and no reported focus issues.
Competition is good for all. But I still believe that Nikon sorta did a disservice to their customers by not really keeping up for a while. I know of a lot of converts who came over to the Canon camp simply because they felt they would never get a good high ISO camera out of Nikon.
Honestly, we should all expect companies to leapfrog each other, the problem was that Canon did this and maintained that for years, long enough to have a lot of the Nikon people lose hope.
If you're a Canon person, like me, your first though is: Great specs.
But your second thought: It's only gonna take a few months for Canon to bring out something better. What's sad is that for years, the Nikon camp couldn't say the same.
I'm hoping this drives prices down, like I said before, competition is always good for the consumer.
wheaton wrote:
I must say I am totally shocked. IMO nikon D3 specs totally blow past the 1DIII.
Bigger sensor
Better high ISO 6400 standard, boost to 25600
More Resolution
Higher Frame Rate
AF uniterupted by Live View
Dual CF slots (CF+CF rather than CF+SD)
and
Better AF (perhaps - more points at least, only time will tell)
I can not think of a single place where 1DIII outspecs the D3 (besides price). Exactly the opposite of last time, where the 1DsII total blew the socks off the D2x.
ps
The D300 makes the D40 not look so hot either....
Edited by wheaton on Aug 22, 2007 at 11:29 PM GMT...Show more →
too bad "specs"don't take pictures , the proof will be in the pudding
personally i am thrilled they did Not choose to up the pixel count to the stratosphere
Looks like Nikon is making 933,000 resolution LCDs a standard on their dSLRs. Canon $8000 dSLRs that haven't even hit the market yet are still stuck at the same 233,000 resolution of their consumer point & shoots that cost 3% as much.
D300 has optional Contrast-based Autofocus in Live View, without the need to raise/drop mirror. Canon's Live View version looks like it's about one generation behind.
Full frame D3 compatible with those weather-sealed DX lenses, with native ISO 6400 expandable to ISO 25,600. Canon's EF-S lenses aren't weather sealed for use with the new 40D, and are fully incompatible with full frame cameras.
Nikon also implemented all the goodies of the new Canons --- 14 bit AD, crazy fps burst, sensor cleaning, live view, etc.
The D300 has focus microadjustment for 20 lenses as well, something Canon annoyingly withheld from their EOS 40D. And Nikon didn't hold back the D3's pro-grade 51-pt autofocus system from the D300 either... something Canon has been doing for the 40D and 5D.
Kudos to Nikon. We're seeing incredible leaps in the quality of these cameras thanks to competition. For my selfish (and financial) benefit, I'm hoping that D300 will drive the price of the 5D way, way, way down ( ) this November. Ironically, I think Canon is getting its butt handed to it on the 25th anniversary of the EOS system.
There are three Nikon D3 related threads on the Canon forum while, at this particular moment, only a single one on the Nikon forum. What's wrong with that picture, huh ? Can someone explain that to me ?
Given the fact that I only care about image quality, and not shooting speed, or the resolution of the little LCD screen, I'll take a Canon CMOS over a Sony full-frame sensor any day of the week.
That would be the camera I would own if they didn't lose me a few years ago with pathetic high ISO performance. Although I am quite happy with my Mark III.. This body sounds very nice...
The D3 prices indicates to me that there will be no 1D series butt kicking here.
Wait until the D3x comes out, although D300 is very impressive too. D3 kicks butt for that price. Gosh i this D3 is low noise and delivers better than 5D IQ there'll be many a tough decision to make. 14 bit capture too. VR finally on all the big glass and unlike Canon they have 200 f/2 VR and 200-400 f/4 VR.
D300 and a 200-400 f/4 VR would be a superb setup for birding.
, the proof will be in the pudding 
