Comments on: Nikon D3z? (updated)

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:48:24 +0000

Definitely fake!
All the scratches on the box are the same as on original D3 picture – check the corners.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:53:36 +0000

nah i dont think thats necessary bc it gets super old he had his site up way longer than anyone have on here

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:22:53 +0000

I think I will start a separate blog about KR.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:21:50 +0000

looks like someone have too much time in the hands

……why is everyone flaming on ken rockwell? hes cool and he even mentioned he mocks ppl

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:37:16 +0000

That makes sense.

By: MarkDphotoguy

MarkDphotoguy — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:16:07 +0000

Using the digital color meter on my mac I checked the D3 and the Z seperately. If they were both part of the same original image they should have the same RGB values or pretty similar. Averaging 3 readings from the black area of the D3 portion of the box I get R8, G1, B1. For the Z, I averaged out R5, G3, R5 which indicated a more perfect true black which would mean that it is photoshopped as the original D3 lettering has a red shift from the light source when the photo was taken.
It’s a fake.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:13:07 +0000

Yup, it’s fake. Nice work everyone.

By: Klaus

Klaus — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:01:10 +0000

No, the reference photo being referred to isn’t Ken’s but the one linked-to at the top of the page.

It’s exactly the same box, with all the same little scratches and flaws.

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:56:04 +0000

Is the barcode the same? I can’t tell. This one got busted anyway.

By: J

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:54:27 +0000

I have to change my diagnosis from “PLAUSIBLE” to “BUSTED BIG TIME!!”

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:26:52 +0000

Press conference in September? This is the second time I am hearing that. Can anyone give us more info?

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:25:06 +0000

Maybe they took the D3z box and PS-ed it to D3, LOL

By: somebody

somebody — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:23:52 +0000

ken’s has different lighting in my view. And where do the deails at the corners come from? ken’s is cut bfore the edges. May good points were made before and I also think it’s real now.

3Dz sounds ok to me in german

By: Klaus

Klaus — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:20:13 +0000

Marcus Engstrom is right. The “D3z” photo has EXACTLY the same dents and creases as the reference photo. One of the two images is derived from the other.

By: Hades

Hades — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:14:06 +0000

Yeah! They ARE the same box! Same dents and marks. Busted!

By: Marcus Engstrom

Marcus Engstrom — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:10:02 +0000

Has anyone noticed that the D3z-picture is the exakt same photo (of the box) as the samples that we can click to see for comparison (the ones the thank “D” for).
I’ll say it is for sure that the picture of the D3z-box contains the same box as the linked D3-box.
Look at the dents on several locations.
The D3z picture is a good photoshop job but is not real.
I’ll say it is “D” (that we thank) that made it since he has provided us with the same picture …

By: TurboGreg

TurboGreg — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:36:14 +0000

That or a serial number.

By: Ghargh

Ghargh — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:28:50 +0000

Hard to tell, if it’s PS’ed it’s done really good. There’s a press conference in the first weeks of september, right? Not long to wait so we’ll see

By: Bryce

Bryce — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:44:47 +0000

There’s gotta be something to this rumor.

If you add a D3 to your card on Adorama/B&H it comes in at $4,539.95

By: Renato

Renato — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:05:49 +0000

I saw a taped Nikon during the table tennis turnament. It called my attention because the guy was sitting right behind the coach of a Chinese player and it showed many times. I don’t have a recording DVD player, if I did I would have recorded it.