Seattle Times photographer Rob Mar praises the Nikon D3′s lack of noise-grain with a single photo. Mar crops the image until the noise is finally a factor. Finally, a real world demonstration of the ISO sensitivity and low noise capabilities of this camera. I’ve seen the print ads and read all the praises by so many others that failed to convice me. I need empirical evidence and Mar provides it. Unfortunately there isn’t any EXIF-IPTC information for the photo so I can’t give you specifics on shutter speed and f-stop.

I almost couldn’t look as Hassel Weems turned his Nikkor 10.5mm DX lens into a fisheye that fits the FX D3 with pipe clamps, a hack saw blade and tape. Not for children and the squeamish.