The news of the day: Nikon D3x is out. So far, no black dots or other nasty surprises. I could not find any interesting reviews or test shots yet (besides another Alpha 900 and DX3 raw file noise comparison). There was a small D3x registration problem on Nikon’s website and that’s about it.
A reader pointed out something interesting: the included scan is from a D3 product brochure, printed in December 2007. On Page 26 there are the different design samples shown – the image is also available online:
The crop shows obviously the D3 but the label clearly has an ‘x’ after the D3. As you can see this is not the D2x (click on image for better view). Nikon gave us a clear sign of the upcoming D3x last year, but we could not figure it out, lol. Thanks Guido!
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No comments or test shots ?
What about these ?
http://www.chassimages.com/forum/index.php/topic,33758.0.html
They were done by a guy who mainly shoots aircrafts in flight, at La Boutique Nikon, Paris.
I’m looking forward his 2009 production, with 500 and 600VRs
Registration problems are a rule, with Nikon : I could not register my 50AFS before a week after buying it
Who cares ?
Some (pre-production model) test shots here:
http://www.studioimpressionsphotography.com/blog/2008/11/nikon-d3x-sample-images/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/songallery/3121557135/in/set-72157606706997235
I went to the launch party today. And did some test.
he he he finally I could listen to an interview straightly in Italian. I have to say that the translated version is very oversimplified just for video purposes, though.
Sorry I left out the link of the interview
http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/lineup/d3/en/design_lab/interview/
COOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL
Dear Admin: thanks a lot for the links of the 5D Mark II Black dots, and the A900 – D3x RAW files comparison.
Very good info
(about the black dtos, it deserves a good investigation; the picture seems to be at high ISO, but it’s worth knowing that issue !! It would be very useful to know every camera’s issue or bug -Nikon and Canon- because most reviews don’t show them…)
The rightmost D3 prototype isn’t labeled “D3x,” it’s labeled “D2h,” just like other three. Nikon wasn’t giving any “signs,” they were doing the opposite — using the name of a camera they’d already made as a placeholder for the final product label.
No way does that say D2h. It might say D2X, but that’s definitely not an H. Besides, this is all moot because is there any difference between the outside of a D3 body and a D3X body? It’s what’s inside that counts.
You can’t discern the difference between a small-caps “H” and a small-caps “X” based on that smudgy blow-up. What are you so certain “that’s definitely not an H?”
Take a closer look:
http://highres.nikon.com.au/nkn_slr_digi/D3X/download/RGB_jpeg_l/D3_D3X_Mockup_full_l.jpg
I agree that it says D2H. I thought so before reading this comment. Looks like one, too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nikon_D2H_Front_quarter.jpg
I found more test shots here: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/D3X/D3XA7.HTM
and some more here:
http://www.garethhacon.com/portfolio46726.html