Nikon D3X
The Nikon D3X is the newest of Nikon's "extreme professional" line. It is a power-packed camera that is good for any professional looking to have the best equipment money can buy. The sensor in it is very similar to that of Sony's Alpha DSLR-A900 and is actually smaller (Sony has 5.9 microns while Nikon's is 5.49 microns).
A problem that you might find is that the D3X isn't a speed demon, but can still burst through 5 frames per second at full resolution. This is due to the tremendous amount of data that the camera has to process. It's sensitivity can range from ISO 100 to ISO 1600 and has a Lo 1 of ISO 50 and a Hi 1 and 2 of ISO 3200 and ISO 6500. It's crop modes include one at 5:4 (8x10) at 20.4 megapixels and another at 10.5 megapixels.
The body, AF system, viewfinder, and Expeed image processor are all the same as the D3 model and should have similar performance according to Nikon themselves. An upside is that the D3X is compatible with all the D3's accessories.
The camera is relatively light for such a high tech device at 2.7 pounds. and is 6.3 in wide by 3.5 in. deep by 6.2 inches high. The body is made out of a spiffy magnesium alloy.
It's resolution is 24.5 megapixels with a CMOS optical sensor. Special effects include vivid, neutral, and monochrome. It has a field of view crop factor of 1.0. The min and max shutter speeds are 30 sec. and 1/8000 sec respectively. it's X-sync speed is 1/250 sec. Exposure modes include bulb, manual, automatic, shutter-priority, and aperture-priority. It supports JPEG, TIFF, NEF (RAW), RAW +JPEG.
As far as memory goes it takes a flash-compact flash card. The lens system mounting is a Nikon F. It has a self timer that delays at 2, 5, 10, and 20, seconds. It does not have a flash, but has red eye reduction. The display is a color LCD display-TFT active matrix measuring 3 inches and has a resolution of 920,000 pixels.
If you wish to buy this you will have to fork up a hefty $7,999.00 dollars.
Tags: dslr, professional