D3x.... maybe....

Nikon Rumors has reported D3x photos somehow posed on Nikon USA's site. No details though.

http://nikonrumors.com/2008/11/26/breaking...s-its-here.aspx

fake or not? looks like the same body as the D3, i guess we'll see December 1st.

http://www.nikonusa.com/Assets/Digital-SLR...2_D3x_front.jpg

http://www.nikonusa.com/Assets/Digital-SLR...42_D3x_back.jpg

Links down now. I don't think that the outside of a D3x will hold any surprises. Will look like a D3, but with an x.

Having the specs confirmed will make it interesting.

Alex

Dec 1st announcements by Nikon are looking more and more probable.... I wonder if there is any update to the D300...

Dec 1st announcements by Nikon are looking more and more probable.... I wonder if there is any update to the D300...

Yep, heard from some local Nikon-people there's a press conferences monday. So there's something going on.

/c

I wonder if there is any update to the D300...

Sadly Nikon don't have much of a history in issuing 'useful' updates to 'old' products.

The cynic in me would wonder if it had something to do with persuading customers to 'updrade'.

Going to be interesting with a Nikon FF 24MP offering in the lineup - noise performance will be the key and if they have opened the frame coverage of the AF module.

Paul C

I reckon its just a strategy to keep Canon in check......a D3x or D4 to counter the 5D mk2......and hopefully a D400 to counter the 50D.... I can see the inprovements for the D3X....but a potential D400 must do a lot more than add mpixels to match the 50D....If it can do 16 with low noise at high ISO.....I would buy it....I dont give a damn about video.....nice to have but I would buy a dedicated video camera if I needed one.

I am also interested to see what RED is going to announce.....

Some would say that the D300 is already competitive with the 50D and a D3x would not be a response to the 5D2 but to the 1Ds3.

No, Nikon doesn't have a history of useful updates to old products. Neither do its competitors.

No, Nikon doesn't have a history of useful updates to old products. Neither do its competitors.

I wasn't complaining about it BTW, I purchased what I did for the features available on the day not what it may (or may not) do tomorrow (anyone for RED?).

Paul C

Its real.... specs here

http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/28/nikon-o...n-pro-magazine/

If the Body is EXACTLY the same....those with D3 housings are gonna be really happy!

I could pray for a D300x in a same body as the D300.....but that is probably wishful thinking...

Wow it really is out! That pro magazine clip looks like the real deal to me.

24.5 megapixels at 5 fps with ISO 50-6400 is almost an exact competitor for Canon's 1DsmkIII

Cheers

James

I think a useful feature of the high MP Nikon now will be the very useable 10MP DX crop for those who want to use the 10-17.

Good pt.

Well it will def. make the post processing easier Jeff - but anyone who wants to use the 10-17 on FF can just come back and crop later too. I've used a DX type lens on a 1DmkII camera before (Tokina 12-24) and it worked fine w/ a slight crop.

But I guess this pixel pitch means that a 1.5x crop will still have enough pixels available.

Cheers

James

The specs also indicate a 'unique optical low pass filter', maybe this is the modified moire filter that everyone has been asking for.

Just received my Nikon pro magazine yesterday and there is a complete description of the D3X! So much for the announcement on Monday. Basically a D3 with a 24.5 megapixel sensor.

I think a useful feature of the high MP Nikon now will be the very useable 10MP DX crop for those who want to use the 10-17.

I think the most useful feature is to drive down the prices of the D3 and D700. I'm still not taking many pictures where I say to myself, "Gosh, if only this were a 24 megapixel camera."

I think the most useful feature is to drive down the prices of the D3 and D700. I'm still not taking many pictures where I say to myself, "Gosh, if only this were a 24 megapixel camera."

I think you are right. I really hope Nikon stay with the present D3/D700 sensor and maintain this line of cameras concurrently with the 'x' line. Nikon would then arguably have the two best in class cameras with the 12MP based 'street and sports' camera and the 24MP 'studio' camera. As great a camera as the Canon 5DMKII appears to be with it's video feature, I think Canon have made a mistake in not further developing a sensor in the old 5D range. By going with a 21MP sensor in the MKII they have adopted a sensor that will never have the same potential (everything else being equal) in terms of noise, frame rate etc as a lower MP sensor. Even in terms of video, there does not appear to offer any advantage of a 21MP sensor over a 12MP, so if and when Nikon adds video to their higher end cameras, I would bet they do it with the D3/700 sensor, at which point there will be very little reason to choose the Canon, over the Nikon. Some of the images I have seen taken with the 5D MKII show no major improvement in noise performance over the 5D.

I think the most useful feature is to drive down the prices of the D3 and D700. I'm still not taking many pictures where I say to myself, "Gosh, if only this were a 24 megapixel camera."

I think you are right. I really hope Nikon stay with the present D3/D700 sensor and maintain this line of cameras concurrently with the 'x' line. Nikon would then arguably have the two best in class cameras with the 12MP based 'street and sports' camera and the 24MP 'studio' camera. As great a camera as the Canon 5DMKII appears to be with it's video feature, I think Canon have made a mistake in not further developing a sensor in the old 5D range. By going with a 21MP sensor in the MKII they have adopted a sensor that will never have the same potential (everything else being equal) in terms of noise, frame rate etc as a lower MP sensor. In terms of video, 21MP does not appear to offer any advantage over a 12MP, so if and when Nikon adds video to their higher end cameras, I would bet they do it with the D3/700 sensor, at which point there will be very little reason to choose the Canon, over the Nikon. Some of the images I have seen taken with the 5D MKII show no major improvement in noise performance over the 5D.

Working with my D700 topside these last few months, it is one of those cameras that I think is a 'classic', and I hope to get it underwater this week with the manatees.

Working with my D700 topside these last few months, it is one of those cameras that I think is a 'classic', and I hope to get it underwater this week with the manatees.

I hope you do too! If you do, I hope to hear about what the D700's low-noise performance at high ISO can do for WA shallow water photography. I think it would very liberating and productive to shoot without strobes, maybe with a magic filter or just correcting WB, with big animals like manatees.

I can see myself having many fun dives shooting macro with my 'obsolete' D200 and modest strobes. But I can see justifying the D700 for the viewfinder and low-noise high-ISO performance, esp. for wide angle and big critters. When I fondled one at the local store, I was impressed with how manageable it felt -- like a D200! If the D3x means more used D700s out there, I'll be very happy.