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Nikon D3 Digital SLR Camera – Body Only
12.1MP, 4256×2832, CompactFlash/Microdrive Card Slot – MPN: 25434
As low as $4,285.00 from goldenprice Rated out of 10 reviews

Description: The 12.1 effective megapixel D3 SLR Digital Camera features Nikon’s FX-format CMOS sensor, measuring 23.9 x 36mm, which is nearly identical to the size of 35mm film. With the fastest startup time, shortest viewfinder blackout time, and shortest shutter lag of any digital SLR..

6:30 Oooooh sneaky sneaky Nigel Atherton!

yes. but trying to imagine what that crop is going to look like, and then actually cropping it (whilst wasting space on your card for all the extra image you won’t need) as well as not being able to use a DX lens if you need to, is a bit of a pain in the arse.

Then again if you’re spending £4000 why would you bother with APS?

so your old DX lenses work on the new Film FX sensor

Got mine in the post this morning. I havn’t had chance to test it in the field yet but I’ve been messing about in doors and the low light shots are fantastic!!! If they ever manage to improve on this we wont be needing flashguns anymore lol. Awesome camera!

If you have a 300mm lens on the camera, why would you turn the APS mode on to get a ‘450mm’ lens? couldn’t you just crop the image from full frame?

Thanks for correctly pronouncing the word Nikon!

rose4usagi….thanks….it happened loads of times and I thought oh no…I’ve got a rogue camera here…especially as the 35-70 zoom lens WAS faulty and had to go back….but you are RIGHT…it WAS the bottom shutter………..

have you checked the bottom shutter button? IT was my problem for a week, I couldn’t understand why it takes photo by itself. then I notice that the bottom shutter button is activated as well.

You should call a priest right away, you may have a poltergeist.

Thanks for that….I bought one a few weeks ago so I’m just playing at the minute….one thing…the camera has functioned strangely a couple of times…taking pictures itself, with no contact made by myself….is this going to be a serious malfunction?…..

11fps!

unless you are planning to print those pictures the size of your livinroom wall anything over 12mp will do the job, 24mp are intended for fashion and anything that will be retouched and printed in comercial way

i second that mate! take advantage of the hd vids

but remember by the time this review was uploaded the hd wasnt available on youtube, lets hope for the future videos

Good detailed review, with good information. well done.

no, if you put it to 12 mp size, that means that youre only using about half the sensor, it just turns off the rest of them.

lol, I bet someone’s going reveal to people that the D3 has two card slots now that he mentions it!

nick-on

Please will you start producing these videos in High Def so we can se the smaller details, i.e. LCD screen information??? That would be a great help. Cheers.

Fletch.

probably not because the pixels don’t physically change.

so if a canon 1ds mk3 is tuned down to about 12 mp like the d3, does that mean that the pixles will become larger and gather more light just like the d3?

just remember the d3 is like 5,500$ what about a d300?

Excellent review and detailed. Thank you!

I’ll second that, nice to see humor and understanding crossing nations, even is pronunciation is not (joke).

The one bad side of youtube is the trolls (as you put it) who just put negative feedback for no real constructive reason.

yes the 300mm gives you a 450mm on DX, BUT you have the same quality if you shoot at 300mm in FX and crop the picture. On the D300 you have 450mm at 12megapix. Sure a big difference!