Yeah, their production rate is very deliberate in the case of their "pro" units. I mentioned to him initially that for my type of shooting I'd wait for the "Fine Art" version.(more pixel rich). He does some wild life stuff, shoots air shows and authors some great coffee table books and is a busy lecturer. One of his earlier books you may have seen, "Sled Driver". He has done many air shows as a passenger in the solo planes. Blue Angles and a few others whose name I don't recall at the moment. His name is (Colonel) Brian Schul, SR-71 pilot, who retired from the air force while stationed here in Northern California and has remained in the area. Nikon has been his cockpit companion forever. Says he can get sick all over it and while difficult to hold on to, comes through every time. He feels the AF speed will be a help. He now shoots with a couple A2X's, one of which he will keep when he adds a D3. We've done some photo jaunts and exhibited together. Always pleasant I'll pass along your comments if OK.
Jack --- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/31/08, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, I just got a quick response from my pro friend who verified > the > > D3's FF/APS-C ability, but without further details. He still hasn't > > acquired a unit of his own and gave no details as to whether it was > due > > to a limited supply or..? > > > > Jack > > Limited Supply. Nikon's only making 10k a month and it only launched > at the end of November. It's pretty much still wait-list only now. > > I've got two friends who got them at initial launch and have had a > chance to shoot with one a bit. VERY nice camera, screamingly fast, > good finder (Not Nikon's best though) and excellent ergonomics. The > high ISO performance is incredible, I was shooting at ISO5000 and it > looked like ISO560 on my K10D. But overall I think I'd rather have > the > D300, which is noticably smaller without the grip and has better > frame > coverage for AF, making those 51 points more useful. Oh, and it's > about 1/3 the cost. I would love the combo of a 14-24/2.8 and D300. > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
