> First, from the little technical information available, it seems the D3X
> does not have the same low light performance, even after you filter the
> larger picture down to the same size as the D3S. =A0Remember, a factor of=
 2 in
> pixels only means a factor of 1.4 in each dimension. =A0If anyone has acc=
ess
> to a D3X or any other high Mp camera, please show us tests like what I
> posted at http://www.embedinc.com/d3s. =A0Or make the raw pictures availa=
ble
> and I'll do the conversion, taking snippets, and stuff.

You could pore over photos all day.
Or, as i suggested at the start, just do as Olin did and buy a D3S.
THE pre-eminent sports photography camera in the world today.
Bar none.

For studio shots the battle is more intense.
Even Sony's entries must be considered.
Results/$ the A850 is hard to beat.

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This, sez I, and a "few" others, is the pre-eminent camera review site
on the web
Look at the specs pages THEN jump to the conclusions page then the samples =
page.
The many pages in the middle are a bonus ;-).

     http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/

D3S            http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond3s/
D3X            http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond3x/
D3              http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond3/

D700   http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond700/
Giant in a (large) dwarfs body.
Same sensor as d3.
0.5 to 1 stop behind D3S in noise performance.
Trounces D3X in noise performance.

D700 / D3 1075/1420 gram
Not vast in absolute terms.
Large when on end of extended arm.
(A: I do).
Flash/No flash internally. Matters.

Sensor and core image train is the same.
D3 does many 'little' things to make it better.
But same photo as D3 would take  in most real world cases.


Mi A700 fwiw  http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydslra700/

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