It's Official - D300, D3 and Lenses etc

[gooseberry]

A700 and D300 same sensor?? :dunno:

Doesn't seem to be - the dimensions seem to be different, with the D300 sensor being slightly larger (unless the quoted specs are incorrect) - could be the same tech (or similar) and just sized differently. Of course the processing is different.

D300
23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor

A700
23.5 x 15.6 mm CMOS sensor

 

[Cheesecake]

nikon got 'zhng' their CMOS one la. some difference from the one used by sony besides the size.

 

[Ansel]

Hands on preview out now on dpreview!! :bigeyes:

 

[vince123123]

Ah, still no D3 preview.

And the D300 doesn't have the usual image tests yet too. Have to wait for them...

Hands on preview out now on dpreview!! :bigeyes:

 

[melnjes]

No, previews on DPReview usually does not include the image samples - we'll have to wait....

 

[gooseberry]

D300 is looking better and better...

Taken from imaging-resource...

Autofocus differences between the D3 and the Nikon D300?

The Nikon D3 and D300 both use the same Multi-CAM 3500 AF engine, but there's been a little confusion over the implementation in the two cameras. For the record, the two systems are identical, but there's one unavoidable difference: The smaller image sensor in the D300 means that the AF area covers a rather larger portion of the overall frame area. This strikes us as an entirely good thing, it'd actually be nice if the D3's AF sensor array were larger, to give the same frame coverage as on the D300.

Other than this one difference resulting from the different frame sizes of the two cameras, the AF systems in both are identical.

 

[lsisaxon]

D300 is looking better and better...

Taken from imaging-resource...

Autofocus differences between the D3 and the Nikon D300?

The Nikon D3 and D300 both use the same Multi-CAM 3500 AF engine, but there's been a little confusion over the implementation in the two cameras. For the record, the two systems are identical, but there's one unavoidable difference: The smaller image sensor in the D300 means that the AF area covers a rather larger portion of the overall frame area. This strikes us as an entirely good thing, it'd actually be nice if the D3's AF sensor array were larger, to give the same frame coverage as on the D300.

Other than this one difference resulting from the different frame sizes of the two cameras, the AF systems in both are identical.

I thought the CAM-3500FX has the points more spread out because it's meant for FX?

 

[gooseberry]

I thought the CAM-3500FX has the points more spread out because it's meant for FX?

Nope, apart from imaging-resource, I can confirm that the AF points are not more spread out on the D3, they cover the same physical area as that on the D300 - and since the D300 sensor is smaller, the coverage relative to the frame is thus larger on the D300.

 

[lsisaxon]

Nope, apart from imaging-resource, I can confirm that the AF points are not more spread out on the D3, they cover the same physical area as that on the D300 - and since the D300 sensor is smaller, the coverage relative to the frame is thus larger on the D300.

Hmm.. then why should there a distinction between CAM-3500FX and CAM-3500DX? :think:

 

[Cheesecake]

Hmm.. then why should there a distinction between CAM-3500FX and CAM-3500DX? :think:

aiya, one is to cater to FX the other is to cater to DX mah.


by the way, 100% View-coverage on the D300 Viwefinder! WOOOOOO!!!!

 

[Janne]

Price for Nikon D3 expected to be US$5K or £3.4K

 

[TMC]

8k or under in SG.

 

[Yatlapball]

100%VF coverage is very much appreciated. Heh.

 

[CYRN]

Price for Nikon D3 expected to be US$5K or £3.4K

Wow! that's $7.6K excluding GST. Good price for a FF Pro cam.

 

[eikin]

Wow! that's $7.6K excluding GST. Good price for a FF Pro cam.

going by prices released by Yodobashi + Bic Camera in Japan, it's around S$7.7k (incl. tax) going by 1SGD = 75 yen exchange rate ... going by experience, there may be some shops pushing it down to S$7.4k :sweat:

 

[CYRN]

D3 official image samples here.

:thumbsup:

 

[eikin]

D3 official image samples here.

:thumbsup:

the iso6400 is :bigeyes:

 

[vector1]

Nikon has made great strides in noise reduction...

The ISO 6400 picture looks so clean! But is it just me, or is there some smearing going on?

Chroma noise has been nuked, but the image is still quite grainy.

Superb camera... I may be regretting my decision 3 years back to get the 20D instead of the D80, but I won't regret getting my Mk3

 

[bLight]

D3 official image samples here.

:thumbsup:

i am looking at those 3200 and 6400 pictures... WOW!!!

 

[CYRN]

the iso6400 is :bigeyes:

I would say that it's impressive.

I dunnoe if it's the photographer or the camers, there a "plasticky" feel to all the pics. Mabbe it's due to the effects of DOF in FF. :think: