Nikon D3S BLACK FRIDAY

Nikon D3S BLACK FRIDAY, Great stills, video needs improvement
There is a lot to love about this camera. The low light performance is amazing. The pictures you can get with it are incredible. But you've heard all of this before.

The one warning I give you has been my experience with something called "rolling shutter". It's the way this camera records video (as do most CMOS sensor video cameras) and it makes quick pans look like jello. Even though this effect is highly improved from models like the Nikon D90, it is still annoying, and you will have to buy expensive software if you would like to fix it. Rolling shutter also makes it very difficult to stabilize your footage in editing.

So it comes as no surprise that I would hands-down recommend this camera to all still photographers, and caution any independent filmmakers out there. For my purposes, this camera was worth every penny. 


Nikon D3S BLACK FRIDAY, Best camera I've ever owned by far - and I've owned several.
I've had my D3s for about 7 months now. Prior to that I had a D2Xs for 3 years and a D1X for 2 years. The improvements between the D2Xs and the D3s are staggering. Most obvious is the jump from the DX to FX sensor, which I absolutely love because I've finally got a big, bright viewfinder and my old Nikon glass works just as it did with my old Nikon film cameras. Nikon also got their white balance settings right... gone are the green cast of the D1X and the yellow cast of the D2Xs when set for sunlight or shade. The D3s's colors are correct right out of the box 95% of the time. And the image quality is simply stunning, although you really should invest in high-caliber glass to get the most out of this camera. I traded my AF-S DX 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 VR zoom lens for two much bigger and heavier lenses: the AF-S 24-70 f2.8G ED and the AF-S NIKKOR 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, and there's simply no comparison in terms of color balance, sharpness and low-light performance.