If you already haven't seen, there are some sample images on nikon's website of the D3http://nikonimaging.com/global/products/digitalcamera/slr/d3/sample.htmPic: obv not mine, but D3 at ISO6400 (i had to recompress coz the original is too big, but you can find it on the webpage)EXIF data available. Clickhereto show/hide.Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeNIKON CORPORATIONCamera ModelNIKON D3Camera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop CS3 WindowsFocal Length (35mm Equiv)70 mmMaximum Lens Aperturef/2.8Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaColor Filter Array Pattern842Image-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution300 dpiVertical Resolution300 dpiImage Created2007:09:17 00:27:06RenderingNormalExposure ModeAutoWhite BalanceManualScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlHigh Gain UpContrastNormalSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalSubject Distance RangeUnknownExposure Time1/160 secF-Numberf/5.6Exposure ProgramAperture PriorityISO Speed Rating6400Exposure Bias-1 EVMetering ModeCenter Weighted AverageLight SourceUnknownFlashNo FlashFocal Length70.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width2832Image Height4256
Holy crap. That's about as noisy as my D40 on iso 1600 :/DO WANT
Holy shit sums it up.
Either the new sensor is subadubagood, or they have shoot in raw and applied every other noise reduction thing there is in the market. (Note how there is no RGB noise?)But anyway, nice, for ISO6400.
>>76841You do have a point about the RGB noise D: