Related sensor, not identical between the Sony and the D3x. Same basic sensor sites but pretty much everything else (microlenses, AA/IR filter, all the output stages) are different. You won't be able to predict IQ of the D3x from the Sony (which is a good thing, the Sony's a good camera, but has some shadow noise issues even at low ISO's and doesn't resolve as well as the 21MP Canon's, like due to the AA filter being overstrength)
ZA lenses are made by Sony (most likely, possibly Tamron which is part owned by Sony) to Zeiss designs and QA. -Adam On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:32 PM, PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a pro friend who was shooting Nikon. I believe with a D3 and 700D. He > recently got rid of the D3 and bought the new full-frame Sigma and the Zeiss > Planar lenses that are available for it. He says it's the same sensor as the > D3X. And he wanted the in-body shake reduction. I fondled one of those Zeiss > lenses -- a 135/1.8. Beautiful. And a metal hood. Gadzooks. I've read that > the lenses are not actually made by Zeiss. But they sure look good. > Paul > On Dec 2, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Jim King wrote: >>> >>> David Savage wrote on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:05:14 -0800 >>>> >>>> Sounds really, really nice. But for what I shoot I don't need the >>>> resolution. >>>> >>>> The low light performance is what drew me to the D700 (Lo-1 = ISO 100, >>>> Hi-2 = ISO 25600) & I'm more than satisfied with the IQ. >>> >>> Thom Hogan has posted an interesting commentary about this camera here: >>> http://www.bythom.com/nikond3xcomments.htm >>> He's quite critical of Nikon's launch and marketing strategy, and i think >>> he makes some excellent points. >> >> Very perceptive article. Michael Reichmann of Luminous Landscape is >> similarly underwhelmed. >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
