I've put a few thoughts on dPhotoexpert:
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Much of this also applies to the A900. I've now complained to Canon about the softness of the 24-105mm, and they are to speak to me tomorrow. Today, we had a GAS CUT. Had power cuts before, but this time, we were told all our gas mains would be cut off for several days. Fortunately, this place has three boilers and two of them were on an unaffected main they reconnected just now - not before I had bought an extra emergency halogen heater. But the panic earlier on meant I had to ask Canon to call back tomorrow to tell me what the score with the soft imaging is.
I don't think the D3X looks any better than the A900 at low ISO, and even at 6400, the A900 from raw with chroma NR and minimal luminance NR (plus the right processor) is not too far removed on neutral, low saturation, relatively well-lit subjects such as Nikon show.
David