The Nikon D3's superb build and intelligent interface make it an excellent tool for the professional photographer.
The D3 is simply a state of the art, high-performance pro camera, and few of us who've been fortunate enough to get our hands on one would argue that it isn't worth every penny of that lofty price tag.
The D3 gives you more of everything that's so admirable in the D300. More colour, less noise, faster frame rates. It's a spectacularly good camera.
My Nikon D3 lets me do things I've never been able to do, and makes it fast and easy. You don't need a review: unlike any other camera I can recall, just talk to anyone who owns the D3 and you'll hear praise gushing like no other camera. The Nikon D3 has no 'buts,' as in 'I love it but...' Everyone just loves it.
The Nikon D3 has got to be the top choice for anyone wanting high quality, rapid-fire image capture, or extremely low light photography without flash, who is not otherwise wedded to the Canon system.
In short, the D3 is as good as it gets right now and as such achieves our highest ever score.
Is this a perfect camera? No, but it is the best that Nikon has made to date.
The D3 [is] possibly the most compelling, capable and well-rounded professional digital SLR ever made.
Nikon's flagship dSLR packs a full-frame 12-megapixel sensor and is a highly versatile imaging powerhouse that lets photographers create images previously impossible to capture.
Whatever and however you want to shoot, the D3 does it exceptionally well.
Is the Nikon D3 the best digital SLR Nikon have ever made? Oh yes... By a country mile. But is it better than the 1DS Mk III? You'll have to wait until we test one of those.
