Nikon D3X
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | Digital single-lens reflex camera |
| Released | 1 December 2008 |
| Intro price | $7,999.95 |
| Lens | |
| Lens | Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Sensor | 35.9 mm × 24 mm CMOS, Nikon FX format, 5.95µm pixel size |
| Maximum resolution | 6048 × 4032 pixels (24.4 megapixels) |
| Film speed | ISO equivalency 100 to 1600 in 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps, Boost: 50–6400 in 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps |
| Recording medium | Two CompactFlash (Type I or Type II) & MicroDrive card slots |
| Focusing | |
| Focus modes | Single-servo AF (S), Continuous-servo AF (C), Manual |
| Focus areas | 51-area Nikon Multi-CAM 3500FX |
| Focus bracketing | none |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure modes | Programmed Auto [P], Shutter-Priority Auto [S], Aperture-Priority Auto [A], Manual [M] |
| Exposure metering | TTL full aperture exposure metering system |
| Metering modes | 1,005-pixel RGB 3D Color Matrix Metering II, Variable Center-Weighted, Spot AF |
| Flash | |
| Flash | n/a |
| Flash bracketing | n/a |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter speed range | 30 to 1/8000 second and bulb |
| Continuous shooting | 5 frame/s (7 frame/s in DX crop mode) |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Optical-type fixed eye level pentaprism |
| Image processing | |
| White balance | Auto, Presets (5), Manual, and Color temperature in kelvins |
| WB bracketing | 2 to 9 frames, 10,20,30 MIRED steps |
| General | |
| LCD screen | 3-inch diagonal, 307,000 pixels (920,000 dots), TFT VGA |
| Battery | Li-ion EN-EL4a |
| Optional battery packs | EH-6 AC Adapter |
| Weight | 1,220 g (2.69 lb) |
| Made in | Japan |
The Nikon D3X is a 24.4-megapixel professional-grade full-frame digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) announced by the Nikon Corporation on 1 December 2008. The D3X is the third camera in Nikon's line to offer a full-frame sensor, following the D3 and D700. As Nikon's new flagship model at the time of its introduction, it augmented the Nikon D3S, Nikon's high-speed professional model While the D3S retained advantages in terms of high ISO performance and higher frame rate, the D3X offered a dramatic increase in resolution and image detail.
The D3S and D3X followed the earlier Nikon D1, Nikon D2H, Nikon D2Hs, Nikon D2X, Nikon D2Xs, and Nikon D3 as the company's top-of-the-line DSLRs intended for professional photographers, which in turn shared a lineage with the Nikon F through Nikon F6 series of film SLRs.