Coming to you from Berlin's IFA electronics show, grizerep19 on dpreview.com has provided a few more images from a pre-production Nikon D3. With three more images at ISO 6400 and two images at ISO 200, these samples show samples from the extremes of the D3's conventional range. If you haven't already, check out the other samples from IFA.
Since this is a site focused on concert photography, let's start with the high ISO shots, all made at ISO 6400. This maximum conventional sensitivity marks a full three stop increase over the max specified rating of the D2x (ISO 800), and two stops over the D2h (ISO 1600). The following shots have plenty of shadow areas and mixed lighting, neither of which is going to be a stranger for anyone working with stage lighting.
ISO 6400 (resized)
ISO 6400 (100% crop)
On the below shot of the prints, grizerep19 says:
I think I could go so far to tell you that the A3 size print of the athlete from Osaka, marked on the print as “1/500s, f4, ISO4000” looks as good as ISO400 on my D80 (lens aside for the moment).
Of course, perceived image quality of an A3 print from an ISO 4000 file and the below image shot at ISO 6400 are two different things entirely, but the observation still bodes well. From other reports from IFA, the prints on display were from files without additional, out-of-camera manipulation.
ISO 6400 (resized)
ISO 6400 (100% crop)
ISO 6400 (resized)
ISO 6400 (100% crop)
Below are the two fresh ISO 200 images, both shot with the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 at f/2.8. The first image also shows the 5:4 aspect ratio, which deviates from the conventional 2:3 aspect ratio of most other DSLRs and 35mm film. It also shows Nikon's trio of new super-telelphoto lenses at 400mm, 500mm, and 600mm.
ISO 200 (resized)
ISO 200 (resized)
