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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: mas55101 on August 25, 2008, 02:34:24 am

Title: D3 vs Mk II
Post by: mas55101 on August 25, 2008, 02:34:24 am

Any gain in Image Quality going from a Nikon D3 to a Canon 1Ds Mark II?  (I know, old model, but that's the question.)

Michael, would you address this?

Thanks,

Michael

Title: D3 vs Mk II
Post by: lovell on August 26, 2008, 01:13:19 pm

The short answer is that the gain of staying with the D3:

1. Less Noise
2. More bit depth.

The negative is slightly less resolution.

The D3 aside, I find the Canon 5D provides better IQ then the 1DSM2 (for it's less noise), with exception of resolution, which is slightly more with the 1DSM2.

I rank them in this order:

1. D3
2. 5D
3. 1DSM2.

In other words, stay with the D3...because going to the 1DSM2 is going backwards.

Title: D3 vs Mk II
Post by: mas55101 on August 26, 2008, 01:36:35 pm

In other words, stay with the D3...because going to the 1DSM2 is going backwards.
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Thank you.  I needed the feedback.

I'll just hold out for the his-res version of D3.  Hmm, but what about that new Sony coming out?

Michael

Title: D3 vs Mk II
Post by: lovell on August 28, 2008, 05:32:04 pm

Quote from: mas55101,Aug 26 2008, 10:36 AM

In other words, stay with the D3...because going to the 1DSM2 is going backwards.
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Thank you.  I needed the feedback.

I'll just hold out for the his-res version of D3.  Hmm, but what about that new Sony coming out?

Michael
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Forget about the coming Sony, and the coming of any and all brands.  Your Nikon D3 is tops, so just enjoy it for the next several years...you got a winner, and perhaps the best save for perhaps the 1DSM3.