- (same as D3, with an extra "x" painted on)
- The D3X is a total no-big-deal
- Nikon wants eight grand for this $5,500 camera, based solely on image quality, however the D3X' image quality ought to be about the same as (maybe worse than) the $2,700 Canon 5D Mark II. The D3X ergonomics are far superior to Canon, but the D3 has the same ergonomics as the D3X, but for half the price and with twice the frame rate and four times the ISO of the D3X.
- Everything else is exactly the same. Boring!
-oday, the D3X offers no improvements over the D3, in fact, it's worse than the D700 and D90 since it still is the same as the older D3. I was at least hoping Nikon would add the better controls of the D90 and D700 in the D3X, but they totally missed this boat.
- Since the D3X outperforms the Canon 1Ds Mark III in terms of ergonomics and rear LCD, Nikon decided to price itself at Canon's levels. Nikon missed the boat, because for image quality, Canon has gone on record in its own press releases that the $2,700 5D Mark II has slightly better quality than the 1Ds Mk III, hee hee.
- Do you really want to pay a $3,800 premium over the D3 for a mere 42% improvement in linear resolution? Why not buy a D3 for speed and low light, and buy a Canon 5D Mark II for high-resolution full-frame shots for $2,700, and pocket the leftover $1,100 to go party? Very, very few photographers know what they're doing well enough to get this sort of sharpness at the sensor, so for most guys, D3X images will look the same (or worse) than D3 images.
Buy a D700 instead for speed and ease-of-use, or a Canon 5D Mark II if you need ultimate resolution. I'm serious: the D700 handles much better than the D3 if you don't need the frame rate for sports.
- If you have the cash, by all means go get a D3X, but realize that the only time you'll notice the resolution difference is printing 20x30" (50 x 75cm) and larger, and then only if you have almost perfect lenses and really know how to use them.
$8,000 also buys a lot of film if resolution is your only interest.