From the guys I work with, they all have told me that the D3s is the best camera that they have ever shot with. Some shoot the D4, but they have kept the D3s as a second body and often find themselves going back to it constantly because they like the results better. Even for landscape photography, the D3s has has a better iso 50. It seems the D3s is the best Nikon body ever made. I'd love to have one and would not buy the D4.

Has anyone seen any comparisons of the D3x vs D800/D600?

I haven't ran across any at all. Just curious if it has held it's own.

I've been thinking of getting a 2nd FF body or new D400 if it comes out like a mini D4. Checking some D3 and D3x on fleabay I see some nice D3x in the low 3's and D3 in the low 2's. I D3x might be an interesting compromise between old and new. I've done some framing for a pro that uses a D3x and I can say I never seen better 30 x 40 photographs. It was better than some Mamiya 7 stuff from years past.

framer

From talking with friends who have shot over 100,000 clicks on their D3's and D3s', and now have the D4, they really think the D4 is a clear improvement in all respects. But, the D3 is a phenomenal camera and will be an excellent primary body for a lot of folks, especially those who want a paparazzi camera for a lot less money than a D4.

TaoTeJared said:
By the looks of it, the D4 has better color range at high isos. I think it looks better even if it did come at the cost of some noise. The richer tones of the photos outweigh the noise for sure.

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By the looks of it, the D4 has better color range at high isos. I think it looks better even if it did come at the cost of some noise. The richer tones of the photos outweigh the noise for sure.

one of the photographers for a local paper was telling me that his friends that shoot the D4 think it is superior to the D3s and they would not go back. He was hoping his paper would buy a few D4's to replace their aging D3s's as theirs did.

I cant say one way or the other since I have not shot with either, but put a bit of weight on local photog's with no desire to drive traffic to their site. NOT saying this person is trying to do just that (come on, if you have a site you want traffic) as their only reason for this review. I am certain many do it because they enjoy it.

I was surprised to notice in this months UK What Digital Camera magazine, an editorial comment that the D3s in spite of the arrival of the D4, retains their crown for the best low light (hi ISO) performing DSLR. Seems some believe the old girl is not dead yet!

Some people did not think it was perfect...

http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=3564&page=2

http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=2236

http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=3993

http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=1034

Was the D3s so perfect that no complaints or problems needed to be discussed?

framer