PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

Honestly, I am glad I don’t have to choose. I’ve got a blonde and a brunette…err…a Canon and Nikon.

For large commercial jobs, where I am thinking I want a higher native resolution, it’ll be the Canon I reach for. For low light situations, which are all too common, it will, without a doubt, be Nikon. In fact, with the noise issue out of the way, and most client deliverables needing to be down-rezzed anyway, I can see that the Nikon not only would be a better solution to speeding up my post-production process, but moreover, storing the RAW/DNG files will save me significant hard-drive space in my archives over the larger Canon files.

Will the Mark III have issues it’s earlier Mark III siblings had? I hope not. Will Nikon have an as-yet-unknown issue? Who knows. We’re all their guinea pigs, shelling out thousands to fuel their R&D, with the consumers being the beneficiaries.

Advantage? Photo Finish - Nikon by a nose, for what I do. How about you?

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I visited the Digiexpo fair in Helsinki today, and had a chance to try out the D3 and compare it to my own 1Ds mk2 that I had with me. I would have liked to add the 1D mk3 as a third camera, but Canon didn’t let people insert their CF cards into the cameras (not even the 1D mk3 although it’s already on the market…!). What a shame - because at the Nikon stand people were actually encouraged to insert their own cards into the D3 and shoot away. Also the 1Ds mk3 would have been a nice addition, but I had already expected that I wouldn’t be allowed to insert my card into that one.

I know the 1Ds and the D3 cameras are intended for somewhat different purposes and shouldn’t be directly compared - but I own the 1Ds mk2 and therefore it was a desired point of reference for me.

I specifically wanted to test high-ISO noise, nothing else. Before you draw any conclusions from these images, let me first say:

- Do NOT judge sharpness or focusing or white balance or overall colour balance from these samples. They weren’t controlled in the manner required for such tests.

- Judge ONLY noise. The noise seen in these samples is the noise in the in-camera JPGs (depending on sharpness setting too, of course, but I used 0 for the Canon images, and I assume the D3 didn’t have any excessive sharpening either).

See the full article Nikon D3 vs Canon 1Ds Mark II.

We have enhanced the Nikon and Canon Digital SLR Camera sections that are open for all members using Nikon and Canon digital SLR cameras to show off their work, to learn and share experience for the best utilization of their Nikon equipments. Member may submit up to 12 photos to the critique gallery for public critiques and the improved photographs may submit to contest galleries.

All photos must be direct out from the camera, no post-processing effect is allowed except resize of the image, please also include a description on the techniques, functions and parameters involved in creating the photo. The photographer should make best use of the functions of the camera to achieve the expected result without the help of post-processing, a real challenge.

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