I think it helped the feel of this image...

ooh--i like it!

I've noticed that the noise really doesn't bother me--unless I've under-exposed and am trying to recover the image...

I love the sepia tone... it adds so much.

Great shot, great look! Noise is the closest we have to film grain, so rock it!

It's easy to lose 10 pounds. The hard part is keeping it off.

What a great moment! Wonderful capture.

Sure, but it's a lot easier to add noise than to get rid of it.

Great shot by the way!

yeah but only a few more days until the world of Nikon goes silent forever!

I can't WAIT. I got to hold a d3 today at PhotoPlus. I want the camera and I want that 14-24 lens. Sweet. Sweet. Sweet. I complained to the B&H guy that they weren't taking pre-orders so he says, "What are you shooting with now?" And I say "d200." And he says, "That's a good camera." And I say, "You wanna buy it? Cuz I want a d3 and I want it now."

Did it feel like the D2X? What was different?

Well, I never shot with a D2X, so I don't know about that, but I can tell you that I've been shooting with my d200 for a year now and here's how it went:

* I picked up the D3.
* Turned it on. Card already inserted. Cool.
* Checked what lens was on it. 14-24. Cool, I wanted to see that too. I'm a happy camper.
* Checked what mode it was set on. Aperture priority. Nah, I wanna switch to Manual.
* Switched to manual, easy smeezy.
* Changed the ISO to 6400, aperture to f8 and fiddled with shutter speed until the histogram on the HUGE SCREEN wasn't blowing out whites.
* Then I blew up the image on screen as far as it would go so I could see whatever noise might show up on the screen.
* Then I took a few more shots, of people, scenery, whatever, and checked those shots on screen.
* Then I adjusted the white balance
* Next, I switched the ISO thingie to a high ISO noise reduction thingie and took a few more shots, comparing those on the little (big) screen with the ones I'd taken previously.

I did all this through the menu system with SUCH AMAZING SPEED that I actually drew an audience. People were asking ME questions like "how does it handle noise reduction" because they assumed I'd been shooting with a test model D3 for a while, which of course, I HAVEN'T.

The point is this: I have never looked at any D3 manual. I simply picked up the camera and it was like we were old friends. Everything is right where it ought to be and feels perfectly natural in my hands. I LOVE THIS CAMERA! It was heavier than I thought it would be though, but that may have been the lens.

Ok, back to the original post. I really love that image and I agree that the noise is a big part of what makes it a great image, but noise is far easier to add than it is to take away.

Sold! I'll take two of the Jules model, please...

Oooh I love this image. Thanks for sharing. I love my nikon and love that I can get a vintage, grainy feel if I want IN camera. Some people have thought that some of my photos have textures on them, but its just camera noise. I love that!

Yeah! Me like noise!

Nate, the subjects of your threads just keeping throwing me... first we have Scarlett getting secretly engaged & now you're telling me Nikon has noise? OMG! Why doesn't anyone ever tell me anything? I always have to hear it from you these days




I'm going to Nikon House on Tuesday and I gets to hold one too! That's if I can push past the other pro 'togs! I'm going to see if I can put one of my cards in & shoot off a few frames...if I'm not trampled on before I get anywhere near it!