Nikon D3 Video from Nikkeibp.co.jp
Posted by David Chin on August 28th, 2007 in Videos
This Nikon D3 video is in Japanese, and loads rather slowly (at my end anyway), so just bring up the web page and wait for the buffering to complete.
Highlights of the video includes:
- Morphing images show differences between the D2Xs and D3 bodies
- Every now and then, the reporter fires of a burst of shots from the D3 - listen to that sweet shutter sound!
- In image preview mode, the magnification button is used to quickly toggle between full image, and the zoomed in portion
- Towards the end, he shows you some cool graphics on the rear LCD that tells you the horizontal orientation of the D3 in real time - this is the new virtual horizon feature of the D3 in action.
A rough translation of the video has been kindly provided by Yoshiki Nakamura in this forum post, which I’ve quoted with some edits below:
“Comparison with D2X.
Height: 157mm extended by 7.5mm
Weight: 1240g increased by 170g
Holding impression: comfortable yet large and heavy as expected as professional tool.
Viewfinder impression:
Very natural as full size image sensor makes focal length and viewing size matched.
Shutter sound for FX (9 per second) and DX (11 per second).
Capture a night view through interior window:
ISO6400 A-priority F5.6 (approx 1/60s): Can not see any noise from LCD monitor. By enlarging the night view, it seems to be very well captured. Beautiful image. It might be contributed by the superb lens but details are very sharp and very low noise in the night scene through the window.
Capture a lighting fixture in the ceiling with ISO6400:
This is not easy condition for the camera to capture but D3 captured very precise, detail, and accurate image as you can see through the LCD monitor.
Live view can allow high angle position with wider (170 degree) viewing angle of LCD monitor.
D3 also has in-camera level monitor. “