“We’re not sports photographers and anyone even close to considering a D3 will be more than capable of making an informed decision without a technical review such as this (in fact they’ve probably already bought one), but we can confirm that from an image quality and performance point of view the D3 raises the bar by a fair degree. For a sports camera it’s also a surprisingly good studio and landscape camera, and if there’s a better DSLR out there for photojournalists and red carpet paps we’ve yet to meet it. Image quality (especially at higher ISOs) is stunning, the camera a joy to use and the speed and responsiveness breathtaking. If there is an EOS-1Ds Mark III - bating ‘D3X’ coming this year it will have quite a job to do to better the D3; possibly the most compelling, capable and well-rounded professional digital SLR ever made.”
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A very flattering review indeed for what is probably an amazing camera. Nikon’s solid ‘all-purpose’ DSLR line-up is extremely impressive and unless Canon fails to counter this generation of Nikon cameras with appealing and affordable models, the competition will only benefit photographers; it’s actually quite exciting to imagine how much faster they can keep going. The pace has been pretty frantic these past few years. For now, the only (major) thing left for Canon is its lens collection and ubiquity and its excellent offerings for sports (1D MkIII) and high-end studio photographers (1Ds Mk III).
Still, I cannot, but wonder what Canon’s response will be (viz. 5D 1 and 40D 1), given that Nikon has more or less eliminated a number of Canon model differentiators (see weatherproofing the body, AF sophistication, etc.) while at the same time surpassed it in areas it typically unchallenged (noise, price/performance ratio).
If it weren’t Canon, I’d be so bold so as to say that Nikon has more or less managed to turn the tables, at least for the foreseeable future.