Update: this is how Chase answered my question on the noise level issues: “I didn’t experience any unjust noise at 800 with properly exposed images. 1600 even looked nice. I ultimately might be willing to shoot the D3 at higher ISO than the D3x, but that’s really transcending what the D3x is meant for… Compared [...]
Translation (thanks J):
Price trend
Nikon Germany announces drastic price increases
2009-01-28 Nikon GmbH, Düsseldorf, today
informed their trade partners in Germany that
“because of the serious changes in currency
exchange rates” (presumably meant are those of
the Yen against US-Dollar resp. Euro) the
dealer buying prices will be raised, taking
effect on February 1st 2009. For some 465 Nikon
products from the product lines [...]
I was researching further the D3x noise issue reported by Thom Hogan and I came across this test from popphoto. I do not know how the tests were performed, but here is a comparison between the noise levels of Nikon D3, Nikon D3x and Canon EOS 5D Mark II:
Nikon D3 noise levels
Nikon D3x noise levels
Canon [...]
Thom Hogan (from all people) got a defective Nikon D3x: “the original camera I received was sub-par in more than one way”. His main complain were the noise levels. He got a replacement and this trigger him to even re-write his D3x review. It seems that other people experienced D3x problems as well (according to [...]
Here was the rumor, and here is the official press release from Sigma:
Sigma UK Press Release
Sigma increase prices due to the exchange rate.
It’s a very long time since prices in the photo/imaging market increased. Cameras and lenses fell in price until they offered incredibly good value for money. In times of recession it seems counter-intuitive [...]
This is just a follow up on the previous post: the Nikon Software Development Kit (SDK) that was used for the D700 video capture can be downloaded @ https://sdk.nikonimaging.com/apply/
If you are a software developer, you can probably create some cool stuff with it – drop me a line if you do.
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