Nikon D3x coming soon?

[SirEvan]

source: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d3x.htm

History shows us is that Nikon, in the case of the D1 and D2, first introduces a fast, low-resolution camera. It follows-up with the -x version with double the resolution of the original.

Nikon's botched v1.10 firmware for the D3 of 15 April 2008 supposedly refers to the D3X as 24.4MP.

Looking at announce, not ship dates:

D1: June 1999. D1X and D1H: Feb 2001. That's 1.5 years.

D2H (there was never a D2): July 2003. D2X: September 2004. That's 1.2 years.

D3: August 2007.

That sets a D3X for announcement sometime around August 2008 to February 2009. Simple extrapolation tells us a D3X will be 24 MP and 5FPS.

Big deal, even if something were announced this spring we couldn't get it until Fall 2008, even if we ordered the same day as the announcement.

Nikon's hot new high-end stuff is never available off-the shelf for usually a year or two after announcement. Remember the 18-200mm VR? It was two years before you could get them easily. The D3? Announced August 2007, and as of December 2007, few if any people have theirs yet.

Got something to shoot today? Then use a camera you can get today.

if this is true, i definately am going to hold off buying a d300 or d3 until this comes out. Since I shoot mostly portraits and not sports or landscape, the extra resolution is what matters most to me.

[crazzy88ss]

Maybe it'll drive down the price of the D3 for ya?

[sundayx Veteran]

A camera with this price tag just cannot concern me... can only hope and dream.

[MR_Candyman]

what a crazy lens! What kind of weird lens cover would you need for that thing? What lens is that? (yes, I don't care about the camera as I'll never be able to justify it when I still can't even really justify going to a digital slr over my film (though I might pick up a D80 which has all the features I use)

[+Tantawi Subscriber²]

what a crazy lens! What kind of weird lens cover would you need for that thing? What lens is that? (yes, I don't care about the camera as I'll never be able to justify it when I still can't even really justify going to a digital slr over my film (though I might pick up a D80 which has all the features I use)

I don't know about the lens, but such lenses doesn't use the usual lens caps, their caps is big to contain all that glass :D (like this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/items/350222.jpg for the Olympus 7-14mm http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4106...DL._SS500_.jpg)

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

No, that won't down price for the D3. There are still some D2X used you can buy.

And yes I remember the 18-200 VR2. I got sick of waiting back in the time and decided to buy myself a 17-50 f/2.8 from Tamron.

[SirEvan]

how the hell did 2 threads get created? damnit. can a mod delete the second one? that lens is probably a fish eye.

[spacey]

Interesting. But I just got a D300 yesterday! Oh well, I'd never be able to afford the D3 series anyway. Will have to post some pictures soon...