Wildlife Photography across the Water: Nikon announces the New D3s

Wednesday 14 October 2009

Nikon announces the New D3s

Its been talked about for weeks but today Nikon announced the new revised D3-The D3s, Nikon sometimes adds an 'S' model to extend the life of a current model for another year or so, But i feel this is slightly different, Instead of just adding video like the D300 and a couple of small tweeks the new D3s has a new sensor which takes the ISO range up to a whopping and incredible 102 400-making flash all but redundant, I recently read that Sony who makes the sensor as new technology that help increase ISO but moving wires to the back of the sensor instead of in the layers of its make up and i guess this is the first of what i guess will be a new wave of higher ISO models, The D3Xs will certainly be a worth contender for it as it will add at least 1 or more stops so now we could have 24mp cameras able to shoot at 800 or 1600 and give good quality low grain images, Finally Nikon have added a sensor cleaner to the D3s which it really needs as the D3 is a magnet for dust, I have said that i would love a dedicated live view button and this model has that as well as a silent shutter mode which i found extremely useful on the Canon 1D mk3, By Nikon releasing this model and keeping the MP to 12 it shows the different philosophy's now between Nikon and Canon and i as i said previously it shows how much Nikon listen to their customers and don't want to get involved in the MP war, One other feature worthy of note is a 1.2 crop mode, This enables the camera to shoot faster and given the crop it gets a 8MP images making the camera very similar to Canons much loved 1D2n this should keep the sports togs very happy-all in all this has evolved from a great camera into a dream camera for me and ticks just about every box that i can think of, Once it has been in use for a couple of months to test for any bugs i may make the jump from 12mp to 12 mp
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Dave

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Anonymous26 October 2009 at 20:21
"keeping the MP to 12 it shows the different philosophy's now between Nikon and Canon and i as i said previously it shows how much Nikon listen to their customers and don't want to get involved in the MP war"

This is a rather interesting view.... the other side of the coin might be that Nikon don't and can't make their own sensors so they are stuck with what Sony can produce. Maybe it plays into the hands of those who don't want more megapixels but I'm sure if they could have more at higher quality, they would.
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WPATW27 October 2009 at 17:00
Sony do make sensors bigger than 12mp and as this is an 'S' model and not a D4 then it makes sense to keep the same MP and just add enhancements to keep the model fresh until it reaches Nikons 4 year replacement programme which will then have more and no doubt better quality pixels

Dave
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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.