the camera looks like it will produce low light photos that are both massively cleaner and more usable than the D2Xs and in the same ballpark as Canon's EOS-1D Mark III (which is the D3's primary competition) .......................................... We'll need to shoot with a production D3 under real-world conditions to find out whether it approaches, meets or exceeds the EOS-1D Mark III in high ISO image quality. But based on what we've seen so far, it's safe to say that the D3 will produce photos of dramatically better quality than the D2Xs at ISO 1600 and up.