Hi and welcome to this edition of Workshop at the Ranch. The New Year ushers in a New camera, Nikon’s D3s. It is hard to believe that it has only been a couple of years since the release of the D3 and its transforming of the use of High ISO. We all thought a usable ISO of 6400 was impossible, but the D3 made everyone a believer. Today’s New D3s is like a D3 on steroids boasting even higher ISO settings of up to 12,800 and beyond. Because my business involves only still photography and does not include video I will be only addressing the still imagery capabilities of the New D3s camera and must defer the video critiques to those experts in that field. With still photography as our goal, and the New Nikon D3s as our topic, let’s delve into Nikon’s latest marvel of cameras. Continue reading article →