Nikon New DSLRs 2007

NEW size formats

D3 switches between the FX and DX format automatically depends on the lenses mounting to the body.

It is interesting to note the following differences:

• Both camera do not have ISO 100 or below
• The image size of the FX format is smaller than the DX format
• D3 has dual CF card slots that can function simultaneously in different modes (e.g., one RAW, one JPEG)
  
• Both camera support CF Type I/II, UDMA Mode 2
  
• D300 has self-cleaning senor unit for dust-reduction but D3 does not
• D300 storage system support TIFF (RGB) but D3 does not
• Both camera support HDMI 1.3a output to HDTV
  
• D3 is ~$20,000 cheaper than Canon EOS-ID Mark III
• Canon EOS-1D Mark III support UDMA Mode 3 (note: UltraDMA Mode 2, specified in ATA/ATAPI-4, the max transfer rate is 33.3MB/s. UDMA Mode 3 which is specified in ATA/ATAPI-5, the max transfer rate is 44.4MB/s)

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DSLR

	D3	D300
Effective Pixels	12.1M (4256 x 2832)	12.3M (4288 x 2848)
Size Format (CMOS Image Sensor)	FX (36 x 23.9 mm), new 5:4 (30 x 24), and DX	DX (23.6 x 15.8 mm)
Sensitivity	ISO 200-6400 [Lo], can be set to ISO-equivalent 25,600 [Hi2]	ISO 200-3200
Continuous shooting	9 fps [FX, 5:4], 11 fps DX]	8 fps DX
Response Time	0.12s startup, 37ms shutter-release time lag	0.13s startup, 45ms shutter-release time lag

NEW size formats