Nikon D3x ad – looks fake

By [NR] admin | Published: November 27, 2008
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Update: this one got busted - the original image can be found here.

I am not sure if this is real:

nikon d3x ad Nikon D3x ad looks fake

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Thanks N.

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29 Comments

  1. Oddgeir
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 5:38 pm | Permalink

    I think its fake
    the “X” is not placed perfectly, I think…lets see in a few hourse… =)

    • andy
      Posted November 28, 2008 at 10:08 am | Permalink

      D3X is for real. just got new Nikon Pro mag today and it is in there. 24.4 Meg!

  2. Axel
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 5:38 pm | Permalink

    Hello.. He is making a statement using the same link you did a few days back http://www.nikonusa.com/Assets/Digital-SLR/25442-Nikon-D3x/Views/353_25442_D3x_front.jpg. It seems to me he copied your post from the 26ths. Which means it is the same story (rumor) but in Spanish. Good I know Spanish too :-D
    Regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina… Axel

    • [NR] admin
      Posted November 27, 2008 at 5:41 pm | Permalink

      I understand that, the picture is what’s new – I haven’t posted this picture before. Probably fake, but still a rumor.

  3. Anonymous
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 5:46 pm | Permalink

    8fps, wow.

  4. kaka
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 5:50 pm | Permalink

    why fake? hhmmm
    why real?–’

  5. Jeremy
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 5:55 pm | Permalink

    I’d like to think that it is real. But, you know, at this point, I don’t trust anything I see that isn’t on nikon’s actual website. Who is with me there?

    And that begs the question: why do I come here?

    I’ll tell you why, haha, because I love to dream.

  6. ishouldbeshooting
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 6:04 pm | Permalink

    I have to believe marketing would make sure the “x” is clearly visible, and not in shadow.

  7. Helge Nareid
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 6:04 pm | Permalink

    Two indications that the picture is fake:
    - The “x” in “D3x” is in shadow. As any product photographer knows, that is a NO-NO.
    - The date format is the US format mm-dd-yyyy. That is not used in Japan – they normally use the sequence yyyy-mm-dd, as in “2008年11月27日” (from an announcement on Nikon Japan’s site today).

    • tonashideska
      Posted November 27, 2008 at 6:52 pm | Permalink

      That’s because the characters are CHINESE!, not Japanese.

  8. Kuri
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 6:31 pm | Permalink

    Fake.

    Ad seems Chinese, not Japanese and generally Chinese note date always as year/month/day AFAIK

    So most likely (poorly) made by an (American?) hoaxer.

  9. Klaas
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 7:09 pm | Permalink

    No, it’s fake. It’s a part of a wallpaper from Nikon Hongkong:
    http://www.nikon.com.hk/pages/hk/articles/178/NIK1-07-244_0_CentreSpread.jpg

    • Jason
      Posted November 27, 2008 at 7:23 pm | Permalink

      Well spotted Klaas! Thanks!

      • Kuri
        Posted November 27, 2008 at 7:57 pm | Permalink

        Oh yes, positively busted, thanks for the link!

      • snorri
        Posted November 28, 2008 at 4:51 am | Permalink

        Once again, very easy to find if you use tineye.

        No, I’m not getting paid for this advertisement — tineye is currently simply the easiest way to find the original images of hoaxes. Hoaxers are lazy, they usually don’t make product photographs themselves to create their fakes, they just use something off the net.

        – snorri

  10. Calvin
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 7:41 pm | Permalink

    Hong Kong use British date format dd/mm/yy

    “12/01/08″ is highly unlikely

  11. jiih568
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 8:49 pm | Permalink

    Hope D500 will be released as well on Dec.1st.

    • WP
      Posted November 27, 2008 at 9:29 pm | Permalink

      I just hope the d400 comes on december 1st…. Maybe all three the d400, d800, and d3x.

      • Jeremy
        Posted November 27, 2008 at 9:44 pm | Permalink

        All three? Wishful thinking, mate. Haha.

        But yeah, I’d like to see that also. D3x @ 24mp FX and 7+ FPS. D400 at 14-16mp and 5-6 FPS, and D800 at 14-16mp FX and 4+ FPS. Wouldn’t that be dope-tastic?

        • WP
          Posted November 27, 2008 at 9:49 pm | Permalink

          From the US to the land of OZ and everywhere inbetween we can all be hopeful. If all three came out and some new lenses that would truely be BIG….

  12. Ben Olivares
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 10:07 pm | Permalink

    Yep, it¨s fake, I just did the ad to ilustrate my blog post, sorry :)

  13. Marshal
    Posted November 27, 2008 at 10:11 pm | Permalink

    So many rumors from so many people seeing what they want to see, trying so very hard to believe in every rumor that comes down the pike, substantiated or not. Usually not.

    Don’t get me wrong, I truly do hope to see a D3X announcement soon. That would be very exciting and would also help lower the price of the D3 even more which would be good news for many.

    I want to see a 1080P video mode like the Canon 5D2 has. I’ve always wanted some kind of combocam, even though it wouldn’t be movie studio quality, it would still combine 2 of my wishes in the same product. Honestly, I’ll be seriously disappointed if Nikon doesn’t give us something like that in a D3X or D700x or D800 within a year.

    But anyway, there are so many fake camera pics out there, so you should be careful to not jump the gun on announcements. One tell tale sign that last pic was a fake was the 200 ISO setting at bottom back of cam body. If you’re announcing a D3X, you would very much likely have 100 ISO as one of the standard ISO settings for a camera to be marketed mostly for studio pros and well heeled landscape photogs. For people named McNally, Muench, Shaw & Peterson.

  14. dacian
    Posted November 28, 2008 at 5:31 am | Permalink

    guys, why does it matter if it’s fake or not? the d3x pictures that were on the nikon site briefly yesterday are definitely real, and the camera will surely be in the a d3 casing. so this is not official, but representative of the (supposed) actual product ;) right?

  15. fr0z
    Posted November 28, 2008 at 6:02 am | Permalink

    from dpreview -> “I just received my copy of NikonPro magazine here in the UK – and the D3x is featured in it….”

    http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1021&message=30163122

    Pics anyone?

  16. rhlpetrus
    Posted November 28, 2008 at 6:27 am | Permalink

    EXTRA:

    Not same as A900′s. Nikon Pro says ISO 100-1600, exclusive sensor and new AA system, as miancu had hinted at DPr.

  17. Bill
    Posted November 28, 2008 at 7:25 am | Permalink

    D3x in Nikon Pro magazin, so it s official
    http://sebrogers.typepad.com/seb_rogers_blog/2008/11/official-nikon-d3x-specs-its-here-folks.html

  18. Darrell
    Posted November 28, 2008 at 8:00 am | Permalink

    Just got my Nikon Pro mag. It has full details on d3x. new lenses are 50 1.4 and dx 18-105

  19. Alain2x
    Posted November 28, 2008 at 8:06 am | Permalink

    http://www.chassimages.com/forum/index.php/topic,31765.0.html
    First time I see you late, guys :(

    Sleeping ?

  20. julliano
    Posted November 28, 2008 at 8:12 am | Permalink

    is it normal to have exactly the same light as d3 pic?
    compare:
    http://www.nikonusa.com/Assets/Digital-SLR/25434-Nikon-D3/Views/25434_D3_back.jpg
    and
    http://sebrogers.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341cc2d753ef010536202a77970b-popup