Nikon D3X

This high end DSLR is absolutely fantastic - but is it really worth the £5500 asking price?

Ever since the simultaneous announcement of the Nikon D1H and D1X back in 2001 Nikon's professional D 'single digit' series has been split into two - the X series designed for high resolution applications such as fashion or landscape photography and the H series for high speed sports type photography (lower resolution but faster continuous shooting). When the Nikon D3 was announced in August 2007 it did not carry an 'H' in its name but was clearly designed for speed. So the question wasn't if, but when, Nikon would launch a high-resolution counterpart. It arrived, after more than a year of eager anticipation, in the shape of the Nikon D3X in December 2008.

Ever since the simultaneous announcement of the Nikon D1H and D1X back in 2001 Nikon's professional D 'single digit' series has been split into two - the X series designed for high resolution applications such as fashion or landscape photography and the H series for high speed sports type photography (lower resolution but faster continuous shooting). When the Nikon D3 was announced in August 2007 it did not carry an 'H' in its name but was clearly designed for speed. So the question wasn't if, but when, Nikon would launch a high-resolution counterpart. It arrived, after more than a year of eager anticipation, in the shape of the Nikon D3X in December 2008.

Attention Kmart shoppers: all of those pundits who claimed that the megapixel madness was over were wrong. It’s not, and unless I’m woefully mistaken (always a possibility) I don’t think the D-SLR megapixel race is going to end anytime soon, or at least not until somebody comes up with another method of representing digital horsepower that the general public can readily understand. Right now it’s all about megapixels and Nikon’s latest entry in the super D-SLR race is the 24.5-megapixel D3X.

Forget the new car, holiday or house extension - a mere £5499.99 / €7728.00 / $7999.95 will buy you the shiny new Nikon D3x. This 24.6 megapixel camera is the highest-resolution DSLR on the market, bettering the Sony A900 and Canon EOS 5D Mark II. As well as it's headline-grabbing megapixel count, the D3x also boasts a 51-point auto-focus system, 920,000-dot 3-inch LCD screen, 50-6400 ISO range and 16-bit image processing. Gavin Stoker discovers if the Nikon D3x really is the best ever DSLR...

The Nikon D3x updates the 12-megapixel D3 providing double the resolution on a full frame “FX” format sensor. But is it as good as the D3? Doug Harman finds out in this the D3x full Best4Reviews test.

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A professional DSLR that rivals medium format cameras in imaging performance. When Nikon unveiled its new D3X DSLR camera on 1 December, it was to mixed reactions. Launched as a successor to the popular Nikon D3, which was released in November 2007, it offers roughly double the resolution of the D3 (and the D700, which uses the same sensor). However, when its price tag was revealed a couple of weeks later, many reviewers were less than impressed. The reason: the D3X is in many respects identical to its sibling, but you're paying a high price for all those extra pixels.

Is the Nikon D3x Digital SLR Camera right for you? Learn all you need to know about the Nikon D3x Digital SLR Camera in The-Digital-Picture.com's review!

This digital SLR camera offers a jump in quality from the fantastic Nikon D3, but it doesn't improve on the D3 in all areas.

Nikon D3X review, find out how the D3X stacks up against the competition in our real-world review with in-depth image quality comparisons.

Normally we would express disappointment with a camera being overly similar to a predecessor, but not in this instance. Nikon has improved, refined and upped the megapixel count from the D3 to produce a professional-grade camera with every function you could ever wish for, apart from video recording.

Nikon D3X is a 25.0MP Pro DSLR camera with a Full frame sized CMOS sensor and Nikon F mount. Read our D3X review to find its pros and cons.