Nikon D3 Reviews

This post is a compilation of annotated links to Nikon D3 professional reviews, user opinions and experiences, tests, ratings, feedback and conclusions that I've come across in forums, online communities, blogs and related websites.

Full attribution is given by linking to the source and where available, the author's homepage or photo gallery.

A Nikon D3 user opinion and review by Andy Rouse, a former Canon shooter

Andy Rouse is a highly-acclaimed wildlife photographer who used Canon equipment in the past, but made the jump to Nikon, sold off all his Canon equipment in the process, and bought the Nikon D3.

Read the interview conducted by Lightroom-News.com, where Andy says:

Simply because the D3 is the tool that I need to do the job. It’s autofocus is reliable, high ISO performance incredible and the images are ready to go almost straight from the camera. In fact my workflow time has been reduced and I feel that my work is now of a slightly higher quality. So it was a pure business decision that was incredibly hard to make and has so far cost me 15k in new gear. Contrary to the silly rumours on the internet, Nikon have not paid me to change and they have not given me any discount on gear, they have played it cool and I think that was the right thing to do.

Andy's full Nikon D3 review is here. He also wrote a review of the Canon 1D Mark III, the last Canon camera that he used before switching to Nikon.

One of his most talked-about shoot with the D3 was on the mountain gorillas in Rwanda.

Do visit his blog to view more of his photos and read about his work.

Miscellaneous

1. A very positive D3 buffer upgrade report.
2. Robert Hanashiro switched to the Nikon D3 from Canon.
3. Rod Mar of The Seattle Times, a Canon user says ... "The D3, quite frankly, is a wonderful camera". He brought both Canon and Nikon gear to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. He's posted up quite a number of photos shot with the D3 (here, here, and here) - his lenses of choice seems to be the Nikon 600mm f/4G and 200-400mm f/4G.
4. Preston Mack, a Florida-based sports photographer, switches to the Nikon D3 and D300 from the 1D Mark III.