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It is hard for me to believe that I’m still writing this post, even in March. The Nikon D3 is now in stock and shipping at Amazon (or the dSLR Dad Amazon Storefront). While your at it, why not pick up the fantastic Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens (available at Amazon and B&H Photo), shown on the camera. As always, these links help to support this site. Many thanks to all of you dSLR Dads who have done so. You have made it possible for me to start to make some real improvements to this site in the coming year. I greatly appreciate your support.

Of course, if you are going to buy it from Amazon, I highly recommend trying out the Amazon Prime service. You get a year’s worth of free 2-day shipping. Perfect for when you first buy a camera and don’t want to have to worry about getting everything in one shipment. As always, you have one month to evaluate the service before you fully commit to the $79 fee.

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This is the kind of ‘review’ I love to bring to you dSLR Dads. Michael Reichmann has posted his detailed insight into the Nikon D3 and Nikon D300 over at the Luminous Landscape. What makes this article completely different and refreshing from all of the others is the focus on how these cameras compare from the Canon perspective. He also makes it perfectly clear that this is not a typical test report with an abundance of side-by-side comparisons at ISO 3200 with 100% crops. That really doesn’t matter. What does matter is how does a photographer use these new tools for photography.

In this essay I look at the new Nikon D3 and D300 though the eyes (mine) of someone who has been shooting with Canon cameras for the past 8 years. Prior to 1999 I used Nikons, shoot film, and used them to make a living in photography for some 30 years. I also used (and still do) Hasselblads and Leicas, and as a magazine reviewer have probably tested and shot with almost every major camera system available since the mid-1960’s. But for several decades prior to the advent of digital, Nikons were my 35mm tool of choice….. (more…)

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