Category Archives: Nikon D3x

Nikon D3 will get a firmware upgrade as well

This rumor is brought to you by… Nikon. Just check this Nikon D3x site: The above mentioned levels were not part of the last D3 firmware update.

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Nikon D3x sensor – made by Sony, designed by Nikon

Update: On December 1, 2008 Nikon USA issued a correction to the pixel pitch specification, restating it as 5.94µm – the same as the A900?. This is just getting better by the minute… This is the first official statement that I came across regarding the Nikon D3x sensor origin (if you can trust CNET): “Nikon […]

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Nikon D3x available for pre-order

Update: the word on the street is that the D3x will start shipping on December 19th – right on time for the holidays – if you are lucky that is… For the 182 readers who are planing to buy the new Nikon D3x, here are the pre-order options (first-come, first-served basis): Ritz (I have noticed […]

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Nikon D3x – are you buying one?

I am just curious how many of our readers are planning to buy the new Nikon D3x. Here is the poll: <a href =”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1155435/” >Nikon D3x – are you buying one?</a> <br/> <span style=”font-size:9px;” mce_style=”font-size:9px;”> (<a href =”http://www.polldaddy.com”> surveys</a>)</span> Admin stuff: NikonRumors server went down for 15 minutes this morning – sorry about that, it […]

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Nikon D3x announcement

Nikon D3x mini site Nikon D3x brochure Nikon D3x official samples (remember the orange Mustang designed by Giugiaro in the leaked D3x images?). More samples (with EXIF data) available here. Nikon D3x samples (not official) More unofficial D3x samples. Nikon D3x price = $7999.95 (what???) Available at Nikon Authorized Professional Dealers starting December 2008 Nikon […]

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Nikon website down

Come back in 5 minutes to see the Nikon D3x in its full (official) glory.

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“The Nikon D3x gave medium-format looking files with all the flexibility of the Nikkor Lens system”

In this Nikon D3x article (also from the Nikon Pro magazine) Tim Andrew shares his first impressions with the Nikon D3x (he was one of the photographers to work on the D3x brochure): “The D3x gave medium-format looking files with all the flexibility of the Nikkor Lens system” The sample files he is referring to […]

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The end of the Nikon D3x rumor mill and what’s next

Obviously the Nikon D3x images were leaked on purpose. You can almost tell that someone was monitoring NR and 45 minutes after my post, the images were removed. And then the Nikon Pro magazine release the next day… this is already a “standard procedure” by many companies. Expect all Nikon web sites to go down […]

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