Truly excellent
The results are absolutely stunning either in JPEG or RAW.
Autofocus is quick and rock solid (no hunting)
6fps advance....well how much do you need for god's sake!?
Battery life is excellent
It is very very customisable. You can customise the custom menu (there's irony in there somewhere!!!) but the main things you need access to (Metering, autofocus settings, white balance, exposure/flash comp etc etc) are all at your fingertips and can be accessed instantly.
It feels rock solid in your hand (magnesium alloy body) and the 3" screen is bright and very clear with excellent zoom in facilities, i would almost say good enough to review without the need to check on a computer.
It has everything i could want on a camera without a lot of the stuff i never use:
Program auto
Shutter priority
Aperture priority
Manual
That's all i want on a camera, 27 years of practice and a degree in photography mean i do not want a "fireworks" setting, i know how to take photo's of fireworks
I realise that i may be in a minority there and do not wish to belittle anyone who is learning and prefers to use these settings on their cameras
So i now have 2 lenses (16-85 and 70-300) and decent off camera flash and a tripod. All i am after now are a few filters (polariser and ND grads for landscapes) a few more memory cards and the bolt on battery pack/grip extender (for balance on long lenses and to look a flash git
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I've been at work since i got it so i haven't had much time to get outside with it yet. Messed around taking pictures of our pet rats.
I will post links direct to photobucket, these are JPEG fine shots no compression/resizing at all before i uploaded them straight off the camera. Indirect flash and through the glass tank.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k98/ArkAngel_06/DSC_0068.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k98/ArkAngel_06/DSC_0070.jpg