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November 28, 2008 8:08 AM PST

Nikon D3X: the 'X' is for lots of pixels

by Lori Grunin
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The D3X as it appears in <i>Nikon Pro</i>

The D3X as it appears in Nikon Pro.

(Credit: Nikonrumors.com from Nikon Pro magazine)

Thanks to a campaign of print BIG teaser ads (which may not even have been about this camera, but sparked the hunt for info) and a premature posting on Nikon's Web site, in addition to the usual Web rumormongerings, the Nikon D3x will probably go down as the worst kept digital camera launch secret of 2008. So it's not surprising that readers of the European Nikon Pro magazine were treated this morning to a premature disclosure about the Nikon D3X.

According to the page scans posted on Nikon Rumors (from Seb Rogers blog), the D3X has a 24.5-megapixel FX-format sensor covering ISO 50-6400, and a burst speed of 5fps (7fps in DX crop mode). It looks identical to the D3, and uses the same 51-point AF system.

No information on price or availability, though, so you'll have to stay tuned.

(Via Rob Galbraith DPI)

Senior Editor Lori Grunin has been covering digital imaging for two decades, but her memory's kind of sketchy on the details. You can hear about it every week on Indecent Exposure, the podcast she co-hosts with Matt Fitzgerald.
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by An0n0 November 29, 2008 3:20 AM PST
I received my copy of Nikon Pro magazine and was surprised that I had not heard about the D3x being launched before this. One UK retailer (from whom I have purchased items in the past) is taking £20 deposits and states that the body is expected to retail at £5,500.

http://www.cameraworld.co.uk/ViewProdDetails.asp?prod_code=PON08K000096&Prod_name=Nikon%20D3x%20deposit%20only.%20Available%20soon!
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