Such a Good Camera with great features

Just say Nikon is Rocking

Also, the megapixel number is the area of the frame, so the difference in image dimensions is the root of the difference in resolution. Small increases megapixels from 20-24, etc. don’t translate into images that are much bigger. Something like 64 MP would be a larger image.

As for video, the day when clients are demanding video is right around the corner. Only strobes will save you from having clients insist you film the entire shoot so they can select the frames they want afterward.

On the other hand, the only thing sure to be more irritating than everyone with a digital camera declaring himself a professional photographer will be all the still photogs with live video SLRs declaring themselves cinematographers.

In a recessionary year, it’ll be interesting to see how it impacts on the remnants of Hasselblad and it’s overpriced proprietary solutions.

Agreed, so it should be sold as the highest resolution FX sized DSLR camera on the market. Don’t sell it as a medium format because it simply isn’t.

Calling it a resolution issue is a bit silly – we’ve all been told to remember it’s not a megapixel issue when we buy cameras – you have to consider the size of the sensor too. A bigger sensor with larger pixels means that each pixel has a chance to collect more light and therefore produces an image with lower noise at higher ISO speeds, this is why studios shell out tens of thousands of dollars for genuine medium format digital cameras – they want the most detail out of every bit of light they can.

It’s clearly not a resolution thing because “pixels don’t matter, it’s the sensor”, it’s not right to say it’s a medium format camera just because it’s suddenly got over this magic number of megapixels because one day point and shoot cameras and even mobile phones will do exactly the same and the pictures they’ll produce will clearly not be “medium format” – they’ll be 24 and more megapixels in resolution but they won’t be the same as pictures taken with a big and costly sensor which is a few -inches- (not centimetres) across.

Everyone needs to get over the mentality that more pixels is better. Don’t forget, that the more pixels you pack on a sensor, the more susceptible it is to noise. Plus a PJ doesn’t need more than 12 megapixels. You can print 39 inches across with a 6 mega pixel camera. I’ve done it with the D50 and got very acceptable results.

Also, the comment on this being a medium format camera are misunderstood. In theory, 24 mega pixels equals a medium format camera. That being most medium format backs have a range in the 20s. Hassie have reached 37 megapixels, and I believe Leica have as well with their S system (big mistake IMO. I mean, who the hell will lash out 45,000$ for that? Dead market and big mistake!) Its not really a medium format camera, but gives you a resolution that is close to medium format, digi AND film… I think…

The only real negative in this camera is the lack of a cleansing system. Then again I have never been accustomed to one.

Very few pros will jump on the Sony bandwagon. They have a serious lack of pro lenses. They might be made my Zeiss, but don’t forget its the Jap Zeiss, and it cannot compete with the original German Zeiss. To date, the Zeiss website shows only SIX lenses for the Alpha. Big negative there.

And I still don’t understand why everyone is complaining about the lack of video. I never understood that either. If everyone is turning into video, then photography as a source of income is going to die out. Especially with the age of blogging and online news and broadband, people will just be watching more video than photos. So technically, you’re all wiping us out! Stop with the video!!!

Though in all seriousness, I’ve never been in a situation where I’ve needed a video camera instead of a still photo camera. And I doubt I’ll be in that place. The video tool to me is just a form of feather fluttering. I can understand a casual user needing it. Go out on a picnic, take pictures, get some video, but if you’re out shooting a basketball game for Sports Illustrated, kind of difficult to sell them video for their magazine.

Then again, lets not forget that for every second of video is equal to 24 frames. Technically, higher shooting rate than 10fps?

This camera isn’t a huge jump, and I think its a good thing. I’m guessing the D4 will have the same pixel count. Noise and sensitivity being the issue there. This camera is just a higher pixel count. Thats it. Nothing more, nothing less. The D3 didn’t really have any major issues, at least not ones that I heard of. This shouldn’t either.

I highly doubt they would change the lens mount for the cameras right now. It would be suicide, since it would alienate all the previous Nikon users. Frankly I see no fault with the current mount, and since all their dSLRs are (technically) compatible with every Nikon lens since 1977, makes it more desirable. More students and amateurs can just buy a small body and use the old Nikon lenses. It just provides more options for Nikon users.

And for those who are interested, from a historical point of view, Nikon has a history of improving on technology. Canon always made advances, Nikon improved on them. Thats why they come up with the same innovations after Canon, because they’re improved upon. This is no different. They’ve proved they can play the noise game, and now they’re playing the pixels game. Whats next? A camera than can cook and clean. Then I won’t have to get married…

I don’t meet with other “nikon fanboys”, I’m not one either. I just love photography, work on it, use Nikon gear, but don’t get married with any brand.

You might be right about the D3x, and you can say “I told you so” 1000 times if it makes you happy.

But I still think Canon will implement Movie/Video in their pro models, and Nikon will too when they have it ready to be “pro”. Obviously Nikon is still not ready

Maybe the D4 has it. And if that happens, I won’t search for this post to say “I told you so”….

I respect your opinion, but don’t completely agree with it. I also know some areas where “pros” are needing different features.

I understand different countries have different kind of “professionals” too. (and I’m not talking about the one I live in). And I quote “professionals” because often a “professional” is less professional and have less knowledge or technique than serious amateurs… (in many aspects)

Anyway, if you want to discuss, do it, I won’t write spending more time explaining that the world have much more business, jobs, activities and perspectives than you think or know.

Best regards

You keep saying it’s medium format though and It’s not, it’s just a 35mm full frame DSLR like we’ve been seeing for a few years now.

People looking at this site may be confused about your use of the word – the 35mm sized lenses they already own will work without leaving big black areas in the corners. You don’t need to go out and upgrade all of your lenses to medium format ones.

“THE SENSOR
The D3x has an exclusive 35.9 x 24mm (FX format) 24.5MP image sensor with unique OLPF (optical low pas filter) and high-speed channel readout. ISO range covers the equivalent of 50-6400.”

movie mode and 8fps is NOT a feature that pro’s need on a top end hi res body. period. remember this is a PRO body, not a gimick or a tool for you to have bragging rights with other nikon fanboys.

the reason nikon was getting slaughtered in the past is cos they forgot the pros and people like me switched to canon.

the reason they have come on in leaps and bounds now to effectively become a market leader in performance is cos canon dropped the ball and nikon finally addressed what the pro’s needed.

so long as they keep listening to the top end of the market, they will continue to thrive and all of the technology that the top end want/ need for their work filters down to the medium and bottom end.

thats the way you build a successful system. thats exactly what canon did with the 1D series and thats what nikon are doing now. the less nikon listen to gear junkies who want every feature under the sun in the top end camera but dont have 2 penny’s to rub together, the better off we will all be.

the D3 is what i needed. the d3x is what the studio and fine art still life guys need. now if they would just give us the primes we’re after we can all sleep much easier…lol

But I don’t think the difference is about $1.000 either.

Different price because market, production volume, business reasons I guess.
And because it’s “new”

(would be nice to have a friend in the engineering dep. to ask him/her some of the sample units for our birthday’s gift, isn’t it ? )