Comments on: Nikon D3x – what do we have so far

By: Kent

Kent — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:00:38 +0000

wasn’t the 35mm 1.8 AF-S a rumor that someone heard at photokina ?
I really hope this lens will come, I really need a modern compact normal for my D300

By: DoneDeal

DoneDeal — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:37:32 +0000

Either D4 or D400, both will not catch up electronically as well as economically

By: Eric B

Eric B — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:15:35 +0000

I’m sure I’d be surprised… and judging by the way he lives, I’d say he’s very comfortable. I’d be equally surprised if he just gave out that information though; how much he is making. Do you actually know? + $120,000? +200,000?!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:01:30 +0000

RED made a big fuss about their latest announcement . Now only a couple of days later they claim it to be “insignificant”. So how long will it take after the new, non-significant announcement to announce another, even more significant announcement than that they will announce on Dec 3?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:56:22 +0000

The guy who posted that on dpreview is one of the main trolls there.

“ThomasMiller” is the main troll account of Robert E. Brody from Carmel, NY in the US.

Other troll accounts of him there are/were “Brian Coles”, “precisionshot”, “Buttes Keeper”, “lordofnikon”, “armando amayo”, “ThomasH_always”, “EricIsDerek”, “touristguy87″, “Bobsprit”, “captRob”, “captRB”, …

That guy is a proven and notorious liar. The obvious excuse later will be that the guy who told him about the lenses was wrong…

By: alex

alex — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:54:09 +0000

the RED news is absolutely boring
RED can’t manufature more than 2-300 models a month at most
they will never be competition to anyone

anyone here knows how long it takes to get a RED ONE for $20k today?
almost forever…

By: rhlpetrus

rhlpetrus — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:36:40 +0000

Sorry, but I’m starting to think this Dec1st launch is a mirage. No hard leaks at this point, no credible guru to say that something is actually coming (like Thom and a few others), my bet is no camera is coming now.

By: rhlpetrus

rhlpetrus — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:33:40 +0000

Digital requires better lenses for corners, because of light angle of incidence. That was the original Oly claim for their lenses, but Nikon seems to have solved that with the new batch of lenses (14-24 and 24-70, let’s see the new 50 f/1.4).

Film didn’t have that and, besides, no one really checked corners with film as they do now with digital. My Leica M3 with the legendary Summicron had corner problems if you checked carefully.

By: GT

GT — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:18:18 +0000

Anyone ever thought that its NOT the 70-200 lens problem – but the problem of your $4000+ camera!! YES the sensor is actual problem…..??
If I’m not mistaken this lens works well on the F100, F5 and F6 film cameras.

Think about that for a minute.

By: GT

GT — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:11:26 +0000

SORRY – D300 Sensor.

By: GT

GT — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:10:32 +0000

Oh and have handled the D30 sensor at well – same comments for those above.

By: GT

GT — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:09:29 +0000

I’ve had my hands on both D2X and D3 Sensors and neither have a “brand” on them – they have some numbers and letters yes – this is a batch or serial number thing.

By: fotomik

fotomik — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:25:36 +0000

A new 35! Yaay! And a bit faster than the current one! Double-yay!
Oh pleaseplease be priced like the 50/1.8… Well, okay, that’s not going to happen. Well, okay, the lens isn’t going to happen either, I fear.

Couldn’t care much less about the D3x/D4 or whatever it is going to be. 12mp is plenty enough for me in 135-size. And I do LOVE the high ISO-performance.

Scale down the D700 and then I’ll be interested again.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:52:11 +0000

Was that a year ago? Seems like forever. The buz was so cool when the D3 was introduced. People would sell their left one to get one. I really don’t expect the D3x will ever create that excitement. The D3 changed the game, a real moment in image making that will never be repeated.. Not on an megapixals alone. Nikon really must up the game big time to cause a buying “MUST HAVE NOW”spree that the D3 caused. I’m glad I wast of it early. My D3 amazes me every time I use it, that’s about a year now, So cool.

By: Douglas

Douglas — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:55:10 +0000

yes, i have… sadly it wasn’t my personal equiptment, it was rented, but from a very “locally” reputable shop that i have rented equiptment from for years now and never had a problem. i shot a college baseball game with the D3/70-200 setup and then did portraits for the players after the game for baseball cards. the shots during the game, the corners where noticibly darker than the center of the frame… and affect i was actually somewhat pleased with for the portraits, but still its something i would rather NOT be there on the original file and be able to add it later on in photoshop, that way i have both versions.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:34:11 +0000

I’ve never been a huge fan of the 70-200, but come on, it’s not like it’s a bad lens for most people’s uses. I’ve happily used it for sports and events, and I never felt held back in those situations. It could definitely be better, especially from 2.8-4, and I’m sure the new nano version with improved VR will find it’s way into my bag, but I’d much rather see a few fast primes come out before a new 70-200. Have you yourself actually used the lens with a D3/D700?

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:33:52 +0000

The 70-200mm f/2.8 VR has plenty of resolving power left in the center of the image circle for a high resolution FX camera, so they may leave it be for a while. Although I do agree though that it SHOULD be updated for the poor edge performance on FX.

By: Douglas

Douglas — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:52:26 +0000

personally if they do make a high-res update to the D3, then those lenses will be the least of people’s worries IMHO. if they are going to release a camera like this then they need to address the biggest issue that was seen with the D3 and D700, and that is the poor performance of the staple lens of any professional photographers bag, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 VR. in my oppinion, Nikon needs to adress this issue before they even THINK about releasing a High Res. Pro. Body.

By: Douglas

Douglas — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:42:30 +0000

im sorry if my post seemed like it was directed at you [NR]Admin… it was actually an attempt to clarify to the Anonymous poster before you who said it was a “very wild speculation” that the sensor was a Kodak production.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:36:33 +0000

exactly – thank you!