Overview | |
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Type | Digital single-lens reflex camera |
Released | 1 December 2008 |
Intro price | $7,999.95 |
Lens | |
Lens | Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount |
Sensor/medium | |
Sensor | 35.9 mm × 24 mm CMOS, Nikon FX format, 5.95µm pixel size |
Maximum resolution | 6048 × 4032 pixels (24.4 megapixels) |
Film speed | ISO equivalency 100 to 1600 in 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps, Boost: 50–6400 in 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps |
Recording medium | Two CompactFlash (Type I or Type II) & MicroDrive card slots |
Focusing | |
Focus modes | Single-servo AF (S), Continuous-servo AF (C), Manual |
Focus areas | 51-area Nikon Multi-CAM 3500FX |
Focus bracketing | none |
Exposure/metering | |
Exposure modes | Programmed Auto [P], Shutter-Priority Auto [S], Aperture-Priority Auto [A], Manual [M] |
Exposure metering | TTL full aperture exposure metering system |
Metering modes | 1,005-pixel RGB 3D Color Matrix Metering II, Variable Center-Weighted, Spot AF |
Flash | |
Flash | n/a |
Flash bracketing | n/a |
Shutter | |
Shutter | Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter |
Shutter speed range | 30 to 1/8000 second and bulb |
Continuous shooting | 5 frame/s (7 frame/s in DX crop mode) |
Viewfinder | |
Viewfinder | Optical-type fixed eye level pentaprism |
Image processing | |
White balance | Auto, Presets (5), Manual, and Color temperature in kelvins |
WB bracketing | 2 to 9 frames, 10,20,30 MIRED steps |
General | |
LCD screen | 3-inch diagonal, 307,000 pixels (920,000 dots), TFT VGA |
Battery | Li-ion EN-EL4a |
Optional battery packs | EH-6 AC Adapter |
Weight | 1,220 g (2.69 lb) |
Made in | Japan |
The Nikon D3X is a 24.4-megapixel professional-grade full-frame digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) announced by the Nikon Corporation on 1 December 2008.[1] The D3X is the third camera in Nikon's line to offer a full-frame sensor, following the D3 and D700. As Nikon's new flagship model, it augments the Nikon D3S, Nikon's high-speed professional model, and while the D3S retains advantages in terms of high ISO performance and higher frame rate, the D3X offers a dramatic increase in resolution and image detail.[2]
The D3S and D3X follow the earlier Nikon D1, Nikon D2H, Nikon D2Hs, Nikon D2X, Nikon D2Xs, and Nikon D3 as the company's top-of-the-line DSLRs intended for professional photographers, which in turn share a lineage with the Nikon F through Nikon F6 series of film SLRs.