The New Nikon D3 12.1MP FX Digital SLR Camera

– Picture Taking at a New Level

The Nikon D3 is a 12-megapixel dSLR with a full-frame sensor (the same size as a 35mm frame of film) delivering excellent imaging with extremely low noise at outstanding ISO sensitivities. The D3 still retains the pro-level control and body design Nikon is known for.

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The D3 is an all-around cameras with the burst speed to handle the demands of sports shooters and the ruggedness and image quality to satisfy news photographers and other professionals

The D3’s grip is comfortably sculpted, the recessed groove on the inside lets your fingers wrap around and grip solidly.

The Nikon D3 has a weather-sealed magnesium alloy body which includes a built-in vertical grip. The body is heavy–2.7 lb.) without battery, memory card, body cap or accessory shoe cover.

All major controls can be set through buttons or dials on the D3 body, meaning you don’t have to scroll through menus while shooting.

The key feature of the Nikon D3 is the full-frame sensor. Nikon has named this the FX format, as against the 1.5x field-of-view of the DX-format cameras.

The D3 with its’ Full-frame sensor, weather-sealed body, very low noise, and extremely high ISOs, and fast frame rate is a well designed professional-level camera.

Summarized Specifications:
The Nikon D3 is a Single-lens reflex digital camera, with Nikon F mount with AF coupling and AF contacts.

The Image Sensor is a full frame 35mm CMOS sensor (36.0 x 23.9 mm), Nikon FX format with 12.1 effective Megapixels (12.87 total).

The monitor is a 3-in. LCD, with approximately 920,000 dots (VGA), has a 170-degree wide-viewing-angle, and provides 100% frame coverage.

The shutter is an electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter with speeds of 1/8,000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV; Bulb.

The release modes are:

Single-frame mode
Continuous Low-speed mode: 1-9 frames per second
Continuous High-speed mode: 9 fps (9-11 fps with DX format)( With Continuous-servo Auto Focus, Single Frame or Mirror Up exposure mode, shutter speed 1/250 s or faster; other settings are set at “Default” )
Live View mode
Self-timer mode (Electronically controlled timer with duration of 2, 3, 10 or 20 s)
Mirror-up mode

The live view modes of the Nikon D3 are Handheld Mode and Tripod Mode. In Handheld mode there is TTL phase-detection Auto Focus with 51 focus areas (15 cross-type sensors). In Tripod mode there is Contrast-detect Auto Focus on a desired point within a specific area.

The D3’s playback functions include full-frame and thumbnail (4 or 9 images) playback with playback zoom, slide show, histogram display, highlight display, auto image rotation, image comment (up to 36 characters), and voice memo input and playback

Lenses and available functions:

Using Type G or D AF Nikkor lenses on the D3 all functions are supported.

Using a DX AF Nikkor lens all functions are supported except FX-format (36×24)/5:4 (30×24) image size. The D3 can automatically adjust for the smaller circle of light on the sensor and limit the image to 5 megapixels.

Using an AF Nikkor lens other than type G or D (excluding lenses for F3AF), all functions are supported except 3D Color Matrix Metering II .

With an AI-P Nikkor lens all functions are supported except autofocus and 3D Color Matrix Metering II

Non-CPU AI Nikkor lenses can be used in exposure modes A and M.

The accessories supplied are:
Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL4a
Quick Charger MH-22
USB Cable UC-E4
Audio Video Cable EG-D2
Camera Strap AN-D3
Body Cap BF-1A
Accessory Shoe Cover BS-2
Eyepiece DK-17
Battery Chamber Cover BL-4
USB Cable Clip
Software Suite CD-ROM
(Supplied accessories may differ depending on country or area)

Optional Accessories include:
Wireless Transmitter WT-4/4A
Magnifying Eyepiece DK-17M
AC Adapter EH-6
Capture NX Software
Camera Control Pro 2 Software
Image Authentication Software

The Nikon D3 FX Digital SLR Camera is an exceptional camera for the professional photographer.

Henry Hugo has always been interested in photography and is the webmaster/owner of http://www.CamerasPhotoDigital.com

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Nikon D300 VS Nikon D700

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Zhang_Weiping]Zhang Weiping

Nikon officially introduced the 12.1 MP Nikon D700 FX format (equivalent to 35mm format) digital SLR on July 1st, 2008. The D700 is often said to be a “D3 in a D300 body”. Take a D3, put it in a smaller body, do some clever cost-cutting but modest feature changes, lower the price to nearly a half, and you’ve got a D700. So, just how close is the D700 to the D300?

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The D700 shares a number of features with D300. Both of them sport a powerful 51-point AF system, a high resolution 3in VGA monitor with Live View, the same 1005-pixel metering system, along with an HDMI port for connection to HDTVs – albeit using a mini-jack on the D700. Both of them are also tough, offering resistance to dust and moisture.

For the camera body, the dimension of D300 is approximately 147 x 114 x 74 mm (5.8 x 4.5 x 2.9 in), D700: approximately 147 x 123 x 77 mm (5.8 x 4.8 x 3.0 in). Without battery, the weight of D700 goes up 995g and the D300 is 825g. So the D300 is slightly smaller and lighter than the D700.

The Main difference between the two cameras is that the D700 uses a FX – full frame sensor and the D300 uses the DX – 1.5x cropped sensor. The D700 employs exactly the same 12.1 Megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor as the D3, which conforms to Nikon’s FX format and deliver images with 4256 x2832 pixels when coupled with an FX-compatible lens. Like the D3, you can still use DX-format lenses, but with a cropped portion of the sensor, delivering 5 Megapixel images.

The viewfinder on the Nikon D700 features an eye-level pentaprism with high refraction index and provides 95% frame coverage with 0.72x magnification. It’s not as accurate as the D300 or the D3 which both offer 100%.

Now let’s talk about the sensor size. D700 uses a 36 x 24 size and pixel density is just 1.4MP/cm2 compared to the 23.6 x 15.8 Size and Pixel Density of 3.3MP/cm2. It means that technically the D700 should have cleaner file since the pixel density is almost half that of the D300.

Nikon D300 has 70-300mm VR lens and you effectively get a lens that has a 450mm reach at the telephoto end of the zoom range. This comes handy when you’re shooting wildlife or sports where the subjects are far away. The same lens on the D700 would result in photos where the subject will not fill up as much of the frame as it would on the D300.

In a word, the Nikon D700 is basically a Nikon D300 sized version of the Nikon D3 digital SLR. The major advancements in performance and design that were first introduced with the Nikon D3 and D300 have been incorporated in the D700 along with a few differentiating features and functionality. But the D300 is much cheaper than the D700-nearly half of the D700’s price. So whether it is worthy to upgrade your D300 to D700 depends on you needs.

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