I got my D3 and 24-70mm on november 29th and my wife suprised me with another D3 the next day:bsmilie: I've only been able to shoot this saturday and i must say i am totally impressed with the noise controlling ability of this beauty. Its ubelievable... especially since i kinda expect its noise controlling ability to be about that of my Canon 5D... my god was i wrong... you have to understand that for nikon i was coming from a D200 and D1x and their noise control is just plain terrible
To list the stuff that i am happy with for the D3
1. the NOISE CONTROL WOHOOOOO! THANK YOU NIKON!
2. the ability to add another CF card
3. the sound and feel of the shutter... my previous favorite was the 1DMKII but this is so much better.
4. the 9 frames per second that i tried..havent tried the extended 11FPS yet.. dont think i'll need it
5. the horizon stabilization whatchamacallit thing. kinda cool looks like airplane control but totally useless for my type of shots.
6. the fact that the controls are so familiar makes it cool too. coming from a d1x and d200, i must say i still feel right at home with them altough i prefer the AE-L/AF-L button to be at the same place as the AF-on button like it is on the d200.. I use spot metering alot.
7. the focus adjustment function for different lenses. i tried it with one of my back focusing lenses and it definitely works!!
8. and of course the Full frame sensor..makes all my lenses work as they should!. I only have one DX lens so this makes a huge difference to me...
My Pet Peeves
1. Where the heck is the damn screen cover???? what the heck?? on a 7000 over dollar camera some more.
2. No af assist light or if there is i don't know how to turn it on.. Makes low light shooting a pain in the butt....
3. heavy.... wish this was in a D300 package
4. wish the damn metering choices are at the same place as the d200.. makes the selection between evaluative and spot so much faster... can change as i am shooting with the d200 but for the d3 need to take the camera down to change it.
5. the design looks a wee bit clunkier then the pictures show.
6. dunno if this is related to the AF-assist issue under low light.. but had a wee bit trouble of locking focus sometimes... not all the time mind u but just maybe 4% of the time... didnt expect this.. but then again it could be because i was at the focusing limit of the lens i was using.
The 2 D3s and some of my old and new lenses i was trying out.