Seems a bit overpriced. I really don't see how they can justify this price point. Heck, they could have at least made the video 1080P for that. :). What do you think?
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Thank you. And I'm guessing the street price will eventually come down to the same as the D3.How far away can a D3xs be?
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Carl, that's funny. I have a very nice looking Mamiya 645 Pro TL and a Zenze Bronica ETRS II (medium format film systems) sitting on my shelf. I did give one of my Nikon D2Xs cameras to my son in law, so hopefully he'll appreciate it and get into photography.
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Carl, I beg to disagree on video; in an instant one can switch between shooting video and stills. The use of a one-camera system is much better than even using two different Nikon bodies (like we did with the D2HS/D3 systems, it's irritatingly difficult to change camera settings when things are built differently). Adding a video camera to shooting doesn't help anyone who has tried. It's the very fact that there is demand, that the video function won't go away.
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It is only a few hundred more than the D3 introductory price. The frame buffer upgrade alone justifies the price increase. Not to mention the increase in ISO performance. They took a great camera and slapped in some great enhancements. This isn't marketed toward people who have a D3, it is for those who do not.
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Today (March 6, 2011) the D3s is selling one dollar under seven-thousand bucks on this site! Nearly 2k more than I paid for mine one year ago.
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You are absolutely correct, Brian. The video with the D3S is very good and certainly exceeding web requirements, but I bought the D3S because of its high ISO performance and overall image quality. By the way, I don't think DxO has rated the D3S yet. Number 4 behind the P60, D3X and P45 is the plain-old (and great) D3. I think the D3S will come in slightly higher than the D3 due to ISO performance.
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Why sell your two year old D3? The D3 and D3s are for sports photography. A pro needs a minimum of two bodies, and preferably 3 for quick switching between tele and wide shots. I'm seriously thinking of buying a D3s to compliment my year old D3
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Yes I also noticed that. I had purchased this camera last month and returned mine for an exchange due to possibly being defective (after an email exchange with Canon support). Unfortunately they then emailed me that they no longer had it in stock and didn't know when they were going to get more. They could only offer me a refund. They finally showed it back in stock but then I was amazed at the price! I even emailed them to find out why but just got a non answer (to be expected I guess) about how their suppliers set the prices. As you say, this price is higher than Canons, so it makes you wonder what they are playing at. I guess they don't want anyone to buy it from them...!
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you guys don't even realize less than 1% of the country have the bandwidth necessary for decent 1080p. why should Apple, or any company, waste money on a feature hardly anyone could run? if you think there is a huge difference between 720p and totally compressed 1080p over a WAN connection, then you are living in make believe land, which is fine, because someone has got to buy all the Monster Cable.
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I also think it is over priced but here are some reasons it pry costs so much.1) Includes an HDMI cable2) Integrated HD radio antenna (usually uses the headphones as the antenna)3) Optical audio out.Here is the address to a video where you can see all this information. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm7yJSXthz0
312845
I agree. If this thing goes on sale. I'm going to buy one. I've been watching it for a while. Just can't afford 299.00 right now.
1562070
Overpriced, yes. I hope to catch it on a crazy sale somewhere, until then I'm not even thinking about buying it. Not sure how well it's built. I'm set up on my benchtop and not taking up any room having it on a stand so I may never get one anyway.
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Hello Leslie, I haven't explored the video capabilities in depth, but just with base settings, I've been pretty happy with the video capabilities. The images come out clear with smooth fps. I guess it depends on what level of quality you're looking for, at a hobby level, it's been awesome and I am able to use the still photos for my professional work.
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Yes!!! I have this problem as well! It's so upsetting because this is supposed to be a high quality camera. And I don't feel like spending $500 for a second camera. Have you found the solution for this? If you look at my YouTube channel: APurposeDeep, you can see that my first 2 videos were recorded with it and the quality is very poor :(
6607
I am not even sure why they have Full HD 1080i, you can't stretch 640x480 into HD and not loose quality. Videos look great on my computer though.
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I believe the issue is that Amazon sold out of them (this seems to be a very popular camera), and the third party sellers are charging a higher price due to the demand. It's not anything Amazon's done, $999 isn't their price.
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It is. You just can't tell because there is only so much that up-conversion can do. It isn't some magic wand that suddenly turns 480p into 1080p. All it does is enhance what is there, if there isn't enough there to be properly enhanced you wont see much difference.
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The video seems to be just as good as our point and shoot which has full HDmovie as well. Seems like people have left poor reviews because of the microphone being an internal monomic vs capability for an external stereo mic. The sound quality as is seems fine. The video is also fine, one caveat would be that I am not sure if it can autofocus when zooming in during recording. Hope this helps.
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Ditto only I saw it on DealNews.I'm impressed with the camcorder but not with Amazon's BS.Thanks for making a statement that I can follow up on.
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I've been using mine for 5 days now, and got about 5.5 hrs till the CARD FULL message popped up recording in 1080p. I'm still learning, instructions are vague at best. I switched over to the 5 min loop. If I read it right, it should now just keep recording over the older footage. So far, it's a really cool cam............
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Just buy it if you have the money. But buy it from Amazon or online, as in stores it is like $500 - $700 more. Also, the 1080p is great for DVD's, games and stuff that support it, but there are no TV channels that broadcast in 1080p, and probably never will be due to the large amount of bandwidth needed to broadcast such images.
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Sorry, I can't offer any feedback, but I found it funny that someone else is having the same dilemna with the same 2 cameras. So I will also be intersted in hearing any input as well. Is the video capability really worth it?
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I think if you can find the HD at a decent price I'd go with it. I got mine (Ultra HD) at Best Buy on sale for $169.99 plus I had $10 dollars in rewards coupons, so $159.99. I think there is about a $50 +/- difference in the two. I love the video on the HD, but I've seen two Ultra video reviews that look pretty darn good in quality. I'm thinking of getting my son the Ultra non HD for Christmas, just because he will trash it quick and why spend the extra $$$.