#Nikon camera control pro 2.2 full#
#Nikon camera control pro 2.2 iso#
#Nikon camera control pro 2.2 professional#

Should the report be popular, we’ll consider expanding it into a full review with details on the design, build quality, features and handling. Rather than giving the D3x a full review we’ve concentrated on image quality alone here, as we believe this is what will be of most interest to Cameralabs’ readers.

#Nikon camera control pro 2.2 professional#

The Nikon D3x is the first truly professional DSLR we’ve tested at Cameralabs, so we’ve gone for a different approach than normal. Both bodies also enjoy quicker continuous shooting in cropped DX-mode, although again with less data to process, the D3 has the advantage: 7fps on the D3x versus 11fps on the D3. Obviously with more pixels concentrated in the same area though, the D3x’s cropped DX-format mode enjoys a higher resolution than the D3: 10.5 Megapixels versus 5.1. In a classy move, the D3x’s optical viewfinder can also grey-out the outer area when a DX-format lens is fitted to illustrate the corrected and uncorrected portions of the frame. To exploit the full quality of either body, you’ll need to fit full-frame compatible lenses, although like the D3 before it, you can also fit DX-format lenses and choose whether to automatically crop the images or record the uncorrected area. The D3’s 51-point AF system and dual Compact Flash memory card slots are also inherited here, the latter allowing the D3x to record duplicate images to each card or RAW to one and JPEG to the other, providing useful redundancy an overflow option is also available. Like the D3 before it, the D3x features a great quality 3in VGA screen with Live View and a large optical viewfinder with 100% coverage and 0.7x magnification. The D3x measures 160x157x88mm, weighs-in at 1.22Kg without battery and is protected by a tough environmentally-sealed magnesium alloy body. Like earlier Nikon pro bodies and those from Canon’s 1D series, the D3x features a built-in portrait grip and tank-like build quality. Continuous shooting at the D3x’s maximum resolution may be a respectable 5fps, but this is almost half that of the 9fps on the D3.īeyond their respective sensors and their impact on sensitivity and continuous shooting, both bodies are essentially identical.

#Nikon camera control pro 2.2 iso#

The D3x’s base sensitivity runs between 1 ISO with extended ISO options, compared to a base range of 200 to 6400 ISO, extendable to 100 and 25,600 ISO on the D3. The D3x’s higher pixel count is impressive but inevitably has compromises in sensitivity and continuous shooting compared to the D3 before it. In comparison, Canon’s highest resolution bodies, the EOS 1Ds Mark III and EOS 5D Mark II, both sport 21.1 Megapixels, delivering images with 5616×3744 pixels, while the D3 and D700 deliver 12.1 Megapixel images with 4256×2832 pixels. These files match the resolution of Sony’s Alpha DSLR A900 which, at the time of writing, makes them the joint highest resolution bodies based on the 35mm format to date. This allows the D3x to generate images with no fewer than 6048×4032 pixels, which can be printed at 20×13.5in at 300dpi. Announced in December 2008, it becomes the third Nikon DSLR to employ a full-frame ‘FX-format’ sensor, following the D3 and D700, although unlike those models it more than doubles the total number of pixels from 12.1 to 24.5 Megapixels. The Nikon D3x is the company’s flagship DSLR, aimed at professional photographers.