dSLR Dad

Photographer: Frank P. Wartenberg

Nikon USA has published sample images from their new 24.5-Megapixel, FX-format D3x. You too can pixel-peep to your hearts content over at NikonUSA.com. All photographs courtesy of Nikon USA: (more…)

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Amazon.com has the new Nikon D3x in stock and shipping (as of 5 pm eastern time).  The best part, unlike most recent releases, is the price is still at it’s recommended retail price of $7,999,95. Hey, I didn’t say it was cheap, but if you want 24.5-Megapixels of Nikon FX goodness, a dSLR Dad is going to have to pay.

Of course, this particular camera does not come as a kit with lens - surprise, surprise.  May I suggest that a dSLR Dad may want to choose:

• Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens
• Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens
• Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Nikkor Zoom Lens
• Nikon 85mm f/1.4D AF Nikkor Lens
• Nikon 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor Lens

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Welcome to the Party, Pal

Nikon Corporation has finally released their Full-frame, big megapixel monster. The 24.5-Megapixel Nikon D3x is aimed squarely at professional landscape and portrait photographers, or dSLR Dads who happen to have a few initials after their names.  For just $7,999.95, you too can capture 138-MegaByte images of your little rug rats frolicking about the meadow with Nikon’s flagship dSLR.  Some of the many nitty-gritty details include: (more…)

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Nikon D3x Specs and Images Leaked in Own Pro Magazine

Well, I guess all of the Nikon D3x rumors have been ramping up for a reason.  Nikon’s own Pro Magazine has been mailed out and feature one very interesting feature, the new Nikon D3x.  Seb Rogers seems to be the first to publish all the details over on his blog:

• Same Pro-style, weather-resistant, Mg-alloy Body as the Nikon D3.
• 24.5 Mega-pixel FX-format, 35.9 x 24mm CMOS sensor with 5:4 and DX crop modes.
• Framerates of Five FX images-per-second or Seven 10MP DX images.
• 51-point MultiCAM3500FX Autofocus System (same as D3).
• 16-bit EXPEED Image processor, an industry first.  Helps to produce 75MB RAW files.
• ISO 100 to 1600, expandable to ISO50, ISO3200, and ISO6400.
• 3-inch, 920,000 pixel LCD Screen with Contrast-detect Live View
• Dual Compact Flash card slots written to at 35MB/sec. (more…)
  

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  Tags: full frame dSLR, full frame FX, full frame sensor, FX, Nikon D3x, Nikon dSLR

Popular Photography Magazine has published their review of the Nikon D700 12.1MP dSLR Camera .  Oddly enough, they really liked it:

Does the D700 obviate the more expensive D3? Not for high-end pros: Hardcore types who find themselves shooting in the Arctic one month and the desert the next will prefer the D3’s extraordinarily tight level of weathersealing. For paparazzi, who shoot lots of vertical images and so prefer a built-in vertical grip to a bolt-on battery grip, the D3’s better. And pro sports shooters blasting off frame after frame need the faster native burst and extra CF card slot of the D3.

Meanwhile, the rest of us will be more than happy with the D700 fulfilling our full-frame fantasies.

Of course, if all your Lenses carry the DX moniker of Nikon’s APS-sized format, you should stick with the D300. After all, it basically mirrors the image quality and performance of the D700, and your DX Lenses will yield only 5.1MP images on the Nikon D700. In other words, those digital-only lenses will fit this full-frame camera, but at a cost of massive cropping — a sacrifice that hardly seems worth making on a regular basis.

But if you have some full-frame lenses or want to move toward Nikon’s FX glass, the D700 is money well spent.

You can read the entire review of the Nikon D700 over at PopPhoto.com.

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Apparently, the rumors about a shipment of D3’s hitting the US the end of this week were true. The Nikon D3 is now in stock and shipping at Amazon (or the dSLR Dad Amazon Storefront). As always, these links help to support this site. Many thanks to all of you dSLR Dads who have done so this Holiday (more…)

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Amazon has the Nikon D3 SLR 12 Megapixel Digital Camera Body in stock and ready to ship. You can check it out here.

11/30/2007 Update: Umm, yeah, I’m going to have to ask you to put that link back up. Yeah, that would be great….. Scratch that, stock is out.

12/5/2007 Update: Ok, clearly, the production volume is low at start up. However, a dSLR Dad was able to place his order at Amazon with this link.

12/14/2007 Update: Apparently, the rumors about a shipment of D3’s hitting the US the end of this week were true. The Nikon D3 is now available at Amazon (or the dSLR Dad Amazon Storefront). It is in stock and shipping. Many thanks to those of you who have clicked from my site to order. I greatly appreciate the support.

12/20/2007 Update: In stock and ready to go to a very happy home. B&H Photo is (more…)

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