Thread: New camera ordered..now the wait

I like very much the canon glass and I not have considered the Canon cameras because they have a lot of problems when they come with a new model

That is one of the reasons why they lost the pro market on the last Olympic games.

Looks like that they did not have learned the lesson

Sony will keep the 2 big players very honest in the near future and Canon have to be very careful.

Originally Posted by PSi

I'm chuffed
Still going through manual, can't wait to get snapping.
Why do you need another cover for the second battery, doesn't it use the same one?

Yes, but easier to swap over if the batteries ready to go, so less of a potential dust or moisture problem.

Originally Posted by dm_td5

Yes, but easier to swap over if the batteries ready to go, so less of a potential dust or moisture problem.

Ah, I see it now ... makes sense. Think I might get one later, will see how often I actually need to swap batteries since claimed life of 4,000 shots is very very long. Even half of that is a lot since I don't recall ever shooting 2,000 shots in between visits to a power socket.

The estimated life is approx 500 - 5000 shots depending on what you do. I took about 600 the other weekend playing around at 9fps and also about 2min of video. Lots of chimping and playing around with settings. As for the effect on the battery ... about 20%

After the D200 which would be flat battery by 500 shots (if I was careful) the D3s is amazing.

I've heard of people selling their cameras after 1,500 clicks ... so a D3s might not even have gone through a battery recharge yet. Kind of like selling your car when your first tankful of fuel is down to a quarter.

PSi, watch out for dust bunnies. They aren't joking when they say the D3/D700/D3x/D3s sensor attracts dust So far having the "clean on startup" set seems to be OK, but I found I had to set this when I'm going to be changing lenses out doors.