Full text from D3x Nikon Pro article

Verseau said:

Besides the addition of more pixels, not impressive... Nothing new...
Nothing to really say " wow " about...

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I guess that is the main purpose why it is an "X" and not a D4. It is a gap filler than an entirely new model. This will make studio and landscape photographers happy.

16 bit Expeed DSP ok, but

D3x records 12 bit like Sony A900...

... or 14 bit NEF like D3/D700 ??

MylesDavid said:

A monster of a studio and art camera. Who needs more than ISO 1600
when you have studio strobes? 16 bit files. Awesome.

David

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it sure is, i just wish i could afford it.

"The D3x Expeed image-processing system is custom-designed to render this detail with levels of tonal gradation never before seen in a DSLR."

I read this as either 16-bit ADC or some kind of boosted 14-bit. Most likely 16-bit, to compete more fully with MF, which they explicitly aim at.

And, afterwards: Imagine an upscaled version of this sensor/processing system in a MX body... ;-)

Capricorny said:

"The D3x Expeed image-processing system is custom-designed to render
this detail with levels of tonal gradation never before seen in a
DSLR."
I read this as either 16-bit ADC or some kind of boosted 14-bit. Most
likely 16-bit, to compete more fully with MF, which they explicitly
aim at.

And, afterwards: Imagine an upscaled version of this
sensor/processing system in a MX body... ;-)

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Some say it is 16 bit internal and 14 bit output, but i am not so sure...they clealry stae 16 bit exceed raw files. Yes, this will have impact on DR!

Will the noise level on a D3x be as good as a D3? I hope so. Will the focus sensors be as tightly clustered as on a D3? I hope not. I like a lower ISO.

The D3x and a few PC lenses could be very nice for product photos. But, maybe not enough.
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Capricorny said:

"The D3x Expeed image-processing system is custom-designed to render
this detail with levels of tonal gradation never before seen in a
DSLR."
I read this as either 16-bit ADC or some kind of boosted 14-bit. Most
likely 16-bit, to compete more fully with MF, which they explicitly
aim at.

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I read this as marketing gobbledygook. It's programs use 16 bit integers - that's what '16 bit processing' means, and it's the same with every DSLR. Everything about the D3x looks as though the only difference from the D3 is the sensor. However, one has to assume Nikon lowered the base ISO by a stop for some reason. I would guess that the reason is to give it a per-pixel performance about the same as the D3 (though a stop slower) - in which case, with 24M D3 quality pixels, this camera will indeed 'render this detail with levels of tonal gradation never before seen in a DSLR', be the ADC 12, 14, 16, 32 or 64 bits.

Capricorny said:

And, afterwards: Imagine an upscaled version of this
sensor/processing system in a MX body... ;-)

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Dream on
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Bob