Designed to meet the demands of a growing multitude of serious professionals, such as studio photographers, for whom exquisite detail is a vital part of their work, the D3X achieves resolution comparable to medium-format cameras — with an entirely new level of operating ease. It’s perfect for the broadest range of detailed work, from fashion and product shootings, to weddings, architecture, landscapes and large poster production. And it shares the robust body structure of the D3, for superior mobility and operation in virtually any shooting environment, indoors or out.

Nikon FX-format CMOS sensor with 24.5 megapixels
Wide sensitivity range starting at ISO 100
New EXPEED-based image processing
High-speed performance meets the most rigorous professional demands
Realizing reliable auto control: Scene Recognition System
AF system employing high-density 51-point AF
Superior durability
High-resolution 3-inch LCD monitor with approx. 920k¬-dots (VGA), 170° wide-viewing angle and reinforced glass
Two Live View modes available
Picture Control System
Active D-Lighting — reproducing brightness as you see it
Electronic virtual horizon
UDMA-compatible memory card double slot
GPS Unit GP-1 (optional)

SPECIFICATIONS

Type of Camera: Single-lens reflex digital camera
Effective Pixels: 24.5 million
Image Sensor: Nikon FX format (35.9 x 24.0 mm) CMOS sensor
Image Size: (Pixels) FX format (36 x 24): 6,048 x 4,032 [L], 4,544 x 3,024 [M], 3,024 x 2,016 [S] DX format (24 x 16): 3,968 x 2,640 [L], 2,976 x 1,976 [M], 1,984 x 1,320 [S] 5:4 (30 x 24): 5,056 x 4,032 [L], 3,792 x 3,024 [M], 2,528 x 2,016 [S]
Sensitivity: ISO 100 to 1,600 in steps of 1/3, or 1 EV, plus LO-0.3, LO-0.7, LO-1, HI-0.3, HI-0.7, HI-1 and HI-2
File Format: NEF (12 or 14-bit lossless compressed, compressed, or uncompressed RAW), TIFF (RGB), JPEG (Baseline-compliant)
File System Compliant: DCF 2.0, DPOF, Exif 2.21 and PicBridge
Storage Media: CompactFlash™ (CF) Card (Type I/II, compliant with UDMA) and Microdrive™
Shooting Modes: 1) Single-frame [S] mode, 2) Continuous Low-speed [CL] mode, 3) Continuous High-speed [CH] mode, 4) Live View [LV] mode, 5) Self-timer mode, 6) Mirror-up [Mup] mode
White Balance: Auto (TTL white balance with main image sensor and 1,005-pixel RGB sensor); Seven manual modes can be preset with fine-tuning; color temperature setting; white balance bracketing: 2 to 9 exposures in increments of 1, 2 or 3
LCD Monitor Size: 3-in
LCD Monitor 3.0", 920,000-dot low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD, allows up to 170-degree wide viewing angle
Playback Function: 1) Full frame, 2) Thumbnail, 3) Zoom, 4) Slideshow, 5) Histogram indication, 6) Shooting data, 7) Highlight point display, 8) Auto image rotation, 9)Image comment
Delete Function: 1) Card format, 2) All frames delete, 3) Selected frames delete
I/O Terminal NTSC or PAL (selectable); simultaneous playback from both the video output and on the LCD monitor available, HDMI Type A connector
Interface: USB 2.0 (High-speed): Mass Storage and PTP selectable
Picture Angle: (in 35mm [135] format equivalent) Equivalent to angle produced by lens focal length (1.5 times when DX format is selected)
ViewFinder Type: Optical
Viewfinder Fixed eye-level pentaprism; built-in diopter adjustment (-3 to +1.0 m-1), Eyepiece shutter provided
Eyepoint: 18 mm (-1.0 m-1)
Focusing Screen: Type B BriteView Clear Matte VI screen
Viewfinder Frame Coverage/Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity; -1.0 m-1) Approx. 100%/ Approx. 0.7x
Reflex Mirror: Automatic, instant-return type
Lens Aperture: Instant-return type, with Depth-of-field preview button
Autofocus: TTL phase detection, 51 focus points (15 cross-sensors) by Nikon Multi-CAM 3500FX autofocus module; Detection range: -1 to +19 EV (ISO 100 at 20°C/68°F); Focal-plane contrast [in Liveview (Tripod) mode]
Focus Modes: 1) Single-servo AF (AF-S), 2) Continuous-servo AF (AF-C), 3) Focus tracking automatically activated according to subject status, 4) Manual focus (M) with electronic rangefinder can be selected from 51 focus area
Focus Lock: Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (Single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L button
Exposure Metering System: 1) 3D-Color Matrix Metering II (type G and D lenses); Color Matrix Metering II (other CPU lenses, Non-CPU lenses require manual input of lens data) performed by 1,005-segment RGB sensor, 2) Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 8, 15 or 20mm circle in center of frame, or weighting based on average of entire frame; 3) Spot: Meters 4mm circle (about 1.5% of frame) centered on active focus area (on center focus area when non-CPU lens is used)
Exposure Metering Range: (at normal temperature [68°F/20°C], ISO 100 equivalent, f/1.4 lens) 1) 0 to 20 EV (3D-Color Matrix or center-weighted metering), 2) 2 to 20 EV (Spot metering)
Exposure Metering: Coupling CPU and AI (Automatic maximum aperture Indexing)
Exposure Control: 1) Programmed Auto [P], 2) Shutter-Priority [S], 3) Aperture-Priority [A], 4) Manual [M]
Auto Exposure Lock: Exposure locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button
Auto Exposure Bracketing: 2 to 9 exposures in increments of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 steps to (+-) 1.0 EV
Maximum Shutter: 1/8000
Minimum Shutter: 30
Shutter: Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal plane shutter; 30 to 1/8000sec in steps of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV plus bulb
Sync Contact: X-contact only; flash synchronization at up to 1/250 sec
Flash Control: 1) TTL flash control with 1,005-pixel RGB sensor; i-TTL balanced fill-flash and standard i-TTL fill-flash available with SB-900, 800, 600 or 400 2) Auto aperture (AA): Available with SB-900, 800 and CPU lens 3) Non-TTL auto (A): Available with SB-900, 800, 28, 27 or 22s 4) Range-priority manual (GN): Available with SB-900, and 800
Flash Sync Modes: 1) Front-curtain sync, 2) Red-eye reduction, 3) Red-eye reduction with Slow sync, 4) Slow sync, 5) Rear-curtain sync
Accessory Shoe: Standard ISO hot-shoe contact with safety lock
Sync Terminal: ISO 519 standard terminal, with built-in rubber cap
Self-Timer: Electronically controlled timer with duration of 2, 3, 10 or 20 s.
Depth of Field Preview Button: Yes
Remote Control: Via 10-pin Remote Cord MC-22/30/36 (optional) or Wireless Remote Control WT-4 (optional)
GPS GPS Unit GP-1 or GPS device compliant with NMEA 0183 (Ver. 2.01 and 3.01) interface standard supported with 9-pin D-sub cable (optional) and GPS Cable MC-35 (optional)
Supported Languages: Total of 15 languages: Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Power Requirements: Rechargeable EN-EL4a/EL4 Li-ion Battery, EH-6 AC adapter (optional)
Battery Life: (on a fully charged battery) Approx. 4400 shots
Tripod Socket: 1/4 in. (ISO 1222)
Dimensions: Approx. 159.5 × 157 × 87.5 mm
Weight: (without battery, memory card or body cap) Approx. 1,220 g