On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:56:01 GMT, Gregory Blank
wrote:

Anybody like what they see? Why or why not?

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05...3proreview.asp

I bought one about a month ago. I had been using the D1x before that.

Pros: despite what some reviewers have said I found the colours
excellent. The raw files are excellent also, but huge. At the
highest setting, I get 19 shots on a 512 card. I had to buy a Burn
Away CF to CD burner for long jobs and trips. I shot an image from a
tripod with the same ISO, same lens, shutter speed and aperture and
the file from the Fuji was mcuh sharper and with better detail and
colour than the D1x. (The D2x is a very different story, I'm sure)
Does the dynamic range make it worth it? It does for me, since most
of my stuff is in studio with contrasty lighting. It looks very much
like good negative film when processed. Very accurate auto white
balance and matrix metering. From what I have seen it has the best
high ISO image quality as well. Nimh AA batteries are powerful and
easy to buy at any Walmart.

Cons: very slow write times, especially for the 25.5 Meg raw files.
Not a camera I would choose for sports shooting. Very small
viewfinder-looks like the regular F80 viewfinder was just blacked out
to get the viewfinder of the S3.

I don't know what the price of the D2x is compared to the S3, I was
pretty much maxed out on the S3. My lens system was what made me
decide to stick with the Nikon mount. I know Canon has the top camera
right now, but would like to see a good comparison between it and the
D2x for image quality. The S3 smokes the D1x, at half the price, but
like I said I haven't seen the D2x files yet.