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Preview - Nikon D3 and Nikon D300

By Justin Ong, Adrian Chan & Ng Chong Seng - 24 Aug 2007

Full Frame Excitement

Full Frame Excitement

The new 12.1 FX-Format CMOS sensor offers superior picture quality through bigger pixel size, thereby giving you a wider sensitivity range. For us photographers, it basically translates to cleaner, sharper and more colorful pictures with a wider colour gamut. The high-speed 12-channel readout allows faster continuous shooting speeds of up to 9 frames a second and incorporates Nikon's new Liveview technology as well.

Being a professional DSLR, the D3 is expected to provide an extensive ISO range no less. With a super wide range starting from ISO 200 to ISO 6400 in base mode with further 1/3 stop selections to take it down to a low of ISO 100 or a maximum of ISO 12,800, it's safe to say that the D3 has had ISO range well and truly covered. Stretching the performance of the image sensor and the EXPEED processing concept even further is the D3's ability to let you select H2 to jack up ISO level to a staggering ISO 25,600. What about the issue of noise at this level you ask. Well, we managed to get a very good image at 6400 ISO and a surprisingly usable shot at 25,000 ISO, so our expectation (and anticipation) is the same as yours as to the image quality the retail D3 unit is able to produce.

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