I don’t know many people who own both a Nikon D3 and a D3X but Rudy Dusslier and Stany Buyle, they do so they took some shots to compare the two cameras.

“All pictures were originally taken in RAW. I converted them with NX2 to tiffs and from there I made some jpegs and crops to use in this little review.
All pictures were taken on tripod with the same lens on both cameras for the same scene.
I did not resize the pictures to be @ equal resolution next to each other, but I kept the original proportion so you can see the approx. difference in resolution between both cameras.”

By reading their thoughts about the two cameras, the D3 scores very good compared to the D3X. When is comes to noise, the D3X is actually doing pretty well and the D3 is a noise Award winner remember?!

As you must know by now, having smaller photosites (pixels) usually means more noise but even at very high ISO, the D3X is very close or equal to the D3, which is not a small achievement.

The stunning microcontrast, the enormous detail rendering and the outstanding performance at high ISO of a camera with a quite high pixel density like D3X can be attributed to the revolutionary low pass filter design.

Two thumbs up to the Nikon engineering team.

The Morning After, originally uploaded by Sgt. Gooch.

Another great photo from Sgt. Gooch!

“This is my favorite shot from the set. I used 1/60th sec. shutter speed, iso 400 and slightly underexposed to get the grainy/moody feel I wanted. I should probably shoot film, since I work so hard at times to mimic certain aspects of it . . .

Strong side light from window camera right, and window light from behind Jessica camera left added hair lights and highlights on her shoulders and arms. Soft box camera left at very low power added as a weak fill. I wanted a lot of shadow, again to add to the moodiness of the picture.”

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Aurora Borealis are amazing. They are also called “the Northern Lights” and from earth it’s an unbelievable sight so just image from space.

“The Aurorae are created by the interaction between outflows of energetic material from the Sun and the Earth’s ionosphere.”

I have never seen any, but damn, I very much would like to!!

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Boston.com is ending the year with an amazing gallery of the “Best of 2008 in Photographs“. Part 1, part 2 & part 3.

Some AMAZING must see photos!

What is you best 2008 photo?

Happy New Year everybody! May 2009 be a GREAT year!!

Between the Nikon D700, D3, the Canon 5D, 5D Mark II, 1Ds Mark III and the Sony Alpha 900, one has plenty of options if one wants to go full-frame nowadays!

First off, let’s be clear on one thing… the full-frame sensor (FF) is awesome and cool but the APS-C sensor will remain THE industry standard for many years to come.

It simply allows cheaper and lighter bodies without compromising quality. Just look at the brand new Nikon D90! A photographic wonder if one considers the image quality vs. price vs. weight (tho you need specific lenses).

Unfortunately, no FF cameras can compete with that (image quality vs. price vs. weight)! And it’s even more true if you are a sport’s photographer and use long lenses 90% of the time. It simply gives you an edge no FF will ever be able to give you.

Some will say that owning both is the best solution… true but once again, the problem of specific lenses comes into play and this kinda setup quickly comes VERY expensive ah!

Nevertheless, going FF has some serious advantages…

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