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Nikon D3 Sample Pics – ISO 25600

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No, that’s not a typo. Five digits: ISO 25,600. Images below are 100% crops captured in jpeg fine. Here’s the links to the pics:

ISO 100

ISO 200

ISO 400

ISO 800

ISO 1600

ISO 2500

ISO 4000

ISO 6400

ISO 25600

It looks like ISO 6400 and below is going to be great for the Nikon D3. I’m looking forward to seeing more shots between ISO 6400 and 25600 to see if this sample is really representative of the quality to expect.

More Nikon D3 ISO 25600 samples have been posted for viewing in the DPReview.com forums.

Follow all the Nikon D3 updates on this page.

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Nikon D300 and D3 Availability

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Rob Galbraith is still in the trenches with Nikon. He reports:

D3 bodies are currently being made at a rate of about 400 per day in Sendai, but this will grow to about 600 per day in September for a planned ongoing production of 12,000 units per month. Assembly of the D300, which takes place at Nikon’s factory in Thailand, will also be in full swing in September, at which time 60,000 units of the midrange digital SLR will emerge each month.

Both the Nikon D3 and D300 are set to ship in November. Stay current on the availability of the new cameras here.

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Nikon D3 Officially Announced

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MELVILLE, N.Y. (AUGUST 23, 2007) – Eight years after Nikon’s D1 camera changed professional digital photography forever, Nikon today introduced the D3 – a new digital SLR camera that is poised to once again revolutionize photography for professionals. The 12.1 effective megapixel D3 features Nikon’s new 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 camera as well as the capability to shoot up to nine frames per second at full FX-format resolution, the D3 is the world’s fastest digital SLR camera in its class.*

Designed with sports photographers and photojournalists in mind, the Nikon D3 introduces an astounding list of brand new features and technologies that make it the most sophisticated and advanced Nikon digital SLR to date. In addition to the new FX-format CMOS sensor, the D3 incorporates Nikon’s new EXPEED Image Processing System that is central to the blazing speed and processing power needed for many of the D3’s new features.

Images taken with the D3 reflect exceptional overall quality, broad tonal range and depth, along with extremely low-noise throughout its normal ISO range of 200 to 6400. By setting the camera to its built-in options of Lo-1 or Hi-2, the ISO range of the camera can be expanded to the equivalent of ISO 100 or ISO 25,600 respectively, offering unmatched versatility in practically any shooting situation. [Read more…]