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Nikon D3 : Specifications and Opinions

Nikon D3

The Nikon D3 is a reflex camera with FF (1.0x) sensor and 12.1 megapixels manufactured from 2007 to 2009 (discontinued). The range of sensitivities, including ISO extension, is 100 - 25600 ISO and it has a continuous shooting (burst mode) of 9 FPS x 22 RAW / 130 JPEG. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 4100 €;

72 users have given it an average vote of 9.5 out of 10

Sensor
Format	Fullframe, 36 x 24 mm (image ratio 3:2, crop factor 1.0x in comparison with FF)
Resolution	12.1 megapixel
ISO sensitivities	100 - 25600
File formats	RAW, JPEG
Esposure
Shutter speeds	30" - 1/8000
Exp. compensation	+/- 5 stops at 1/2 steps
Exp. modes	P, S, A, M
Metering modes	Multi-Area, Semi-Spot, Spot
Features
Mount	Nikon F (click here to view all compatible lenses)
Stabilization	No
Autofocus (AF areas)	51
Continuos shooting	9 FPS x 22 RAW / 130 JPEG
Pre-Burst	No
Live View	Yes
MLU/SS	Yes, Mirrok Lock Up
Video mode	No
WiFi	No
GPS	No
Camera body and built
Touchscreen	No
LCD	3.0", 640 x 480 pixels, fixed
Viewfinder	Optical, coverage 100%, 0.70x
Flash	No
Storage	CF
Storage, Slot 2	CF
Battery	Nikon EN-EL4, 20.90 Wh
Weather sealing	Yes
Weight	1300 g
Dimensions	160 x 157 x 88 mm
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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.

Neverapple

sent on September 11, 2023

Pros: A historic camera.

Cons: Enormous.

Opinion: This camera is really challenging to use (despite my big hands), but on the other hand it gives a feeling of solidity and resistance remarkable. From the photographic point of view, despite its now reduced resolution, from results that do not disfigure with the latest sensors both in terms of color rendering and detail.

Robinik

sent on December 01, 2022

Pros: Current value for money.

Cons: It depends on your needs, if you do not need to have a billion pixels, none except weight and size.

Opinion: It is a dated camera body, so difficult to find with a few shots, but if you are lucky enough to find one, and if you have not been infected by the fever of high resolution, it is the perfect machine to work, in fact 12 megapixels are the perfect resolution to have quality files and little load on the computer, with the no small advantage of streamlining the entire post-production and storage process of photos. It is possible to obtain prints of the highest quality and large, even cropping, if you do not make mistakes during shooting, and the images have a much more natural and pleasant appearance, compared to those obtained with modern sensors, which being too sharp, almost always have an unreal and I would say surgical look, which in some cases can be fine, but in many others it is not, for example when photographing people. Let's say that in a world where everyone is launching headlong into the new mirrorless systems, dazzled by the promises of marketing, to have less weight and greater quality, these machines represent a solid alternative for those who do not have the opportunity to faint to chase the latest news on the market, but who wish to have professional equipment. I think I was one of the first to switch from the SLR system to the mirrorless system, now many years ago, I can say that the only gain in weight and bulk is obtained with the micro 4/3 and apsc systems and not with the FF systems. because if on the one hand the camera bodies are slightly smaller and lighter, on the other the FF lenses are even more bulky and heavy than those SLRs we were used to. As for the optical quality instead, it is true that the new lenses dedicated to mirrorless FF are on paper of superior quality, but most of the improvements are at the software level and not optical, and in any case distinguishable only by those who, obsessed with these parameters, spend hours in front of the monitor looking at magnifications at 400 percent of the photos taken from the window of their own home to the neighbor's dog. Joking aside, unless you have a passion for photographing birds, and you need to make strong crops, since filling the frame with a goldfinch is not easy, I would say that 12megapixels are more than enough for all other uses, and this camera can still have its say great!

Filippo Vargas

sent on March 06, 2022

Pros: ,Comfortable to hold, intuitive, solid, high iso, battery life... in other words fantastic.

Cons: Finding cons to this machine is really difficult, in my opinion none.

Opinion: Bought 3 days ago by a sports photographer who has ceased the activity, paid little more than nothing, has 430,000 shots, taken only for the curiosity to try a FF ... well tomorrow I put on sale my D300s and D90, and I look for one with a few shots, from my point of view is simply fantastic, a few pixels? They are enough and advance from my point of view, I tried it with different objectives, 85-1.8 -50-1.8- 28-70-2.8 etc ... up to the mediocre 35-70 3.3-4.5, well even with this lens it gave me more than acceptable results I would say good, I do not feel absolutely heavy, it is comfortable to hold commands at the reach of "fingers" are the first impressions of course, but I do not think I will change my mind easily. Just read the reviews before mine and look at the photos here, thanks to juza and its subscribers, often really competent. Rating 10

Francesco D'Ambrosio

sent on June 25, 2021

Pros: Wonder of technique

Cons: Are we kidding me?

Opinion: Finding cons on D3 is pure presumption. I ask myself: "D4, D5, D6.... they did even better?!? But how is that possible?" Amazing! My first FF. Tried only a few minutes with the wonderful 70-210 f4... What can I say? I immediately pulled it to 5000/6400 indoor with little light and the photos are wonderful, also thanks to the subjects, my kittens ... In your hand you hold that it is a pleasure. Fast, tough, mythical. It's a dream for me to shoot with the D3. Thanks to you from Juza for the reviews and the masters of photography that help me grow and thanks to Rce foto, which sold me this dream, the D3, at a very low price.

Furda

sent on November 17, 2020

Pros: Aesthetics, robustness, sense of solidity, feeling, shutter sound, battery life, current used price, image quality!

Cons: As someone has already written: the fact that it is not eternal and the day will come when it will abandon me... but the way I use it, it's going to take many years ^_^

Opinion: I immediately begin by saying that ISO, MEGAPIXEL and PESO for me are absolutely not negative aspects.... I thought about it a lot before I bought it and in the end I concluded this: ISO: usually shooting during the day, outdoors or indoors with controlled lights... I almost never shoot over 200 iso... very few times at 400 and only rarely at 800. Out of habit or because I was used to 1600 and beyond I avoid it... right or wrong that it is is my modus and I do not need to take home the photo at any cost, so I only shoot when conditions allow. MEGAPIXEL: "quantity does not mean quality...." here the megapixels are 12 ... but 12 quality ... and what quality.... so all pixels are full of detail, no noise or fried pixels, what do I need 20 or more megapixels where half are to be thrown away or retouched and take up hundreds of megas of space? I don't do big prints, at most 30x40, if I audience on IG or FB I just need 2/3 megapixels and if I look at them on the 4k monitor with 12 Megapixels I go far beyond the screen size. I believe that 12 megapixels in 2020 is absolutely even more than enough !!! (for my use) WEIGHT: honestly this was the look that scared me the most .... everyone who told me about this car told me it's a studio machine, to put on an easel and leave it there because of the excessive weight!!! ... Well, are we kidding? The lost machine 1.3 kg is perfectly balanced and balanced, as soon as you take it in your hand the feeling is crazy, I honestly imagined it moooolto heavier! It is not a feather but in the end it is not so much heavier than a normal reflex with battery grip or with an important lens. It's beautiful to hold and carry around... of course you have to be passionate... because the results it gives and the pleasantness of the shot it gives, are worth having to carry a few more hects. Luckily I bought a splendid specimen to say the least... in fact let's say immaculate with less than 60k shots... it is a wonderful machine, perfect, precise, it does not make a fold, everything in the right place, every detail is practical, comfortable and well studied, I will not want to part with it anymore ... and when you then look at the files you are literally grounded.... I hope it lasts me forever!!! I obviously recommend it to everyone for a unique experience... but buy it only if it is well maintained.... it's absolutely worth !!!

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Photos taken with Nikon D3

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Alessia ...

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Angela

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A night at Giau .....

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E m o t i o n a l

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Agathea Bleue..

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Heron and cormorant

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Durdle Door

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A Merry Christmas to all..

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