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08/23/2007

Nikon Announces Two New Cameras and Five Lenses

Christmas Comes Early

Nikon UK has announced the Nikon D3 professional Digital SLR yesterday and the D300 DSLR.
Thie D3 includes a 12.1 effective megapixel FX format (36.0x23.9mm) image sensor with 12-channel read out, 9 fps frame rate, expandable ISO settings from 200-6400, a completely new 51-Point autofocus system, a 3-inch VGA LCD screen with Live View and a cutting-edge image processing system.

The D3 is the world's first D-SLR to offer dual CompactFlash card slots for outstanding storage flexibility. A photographer can shoot images to each card one after the other, or simultaneously, as back up. When shooting combined NEF and JPEG files, the NEF image can be written to one card and the JPEG version to the other. Image files can also be selected and copied from one card to the other after shooting.

The D300 digital SLR offers outstanding image quality, multi-functional technologies and fast response. It includes a 12.3 megapixel resolution, speedy 6 fps frame advance, self-cleaning sensor unit and high definition 3 inch VGA LCD display, combined with Nikon's legendary. The camera has a broad ISO range from 200-3200 plus Lo 1 (the equivalent of an ISO 100) and Hi (ISO 6400 equivalent). Image accuracy is also enhanced by the new Nikon Scene Recognition System, which uses the acclaimed Nikon 1005-pixel RGB colour sensor modified to recognise subjects, shape and position before the image is captured. This also aids the new 51-Point Autofocus system in tracking subjects by their colour. The D300 also offers Live View.

Both cameras have the new Nikon Wireless Transmitter WT-43. Not only can one transmit (push) images to servers and remotely control the camera from afar, the WT-4 also enables remote browsing of the camera?s image thumbnails as well.

Available in November 2007.

Five new NIKKOR lenses were also announced. They include an extreme wide-angle zoom lens, the AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED and a slim line standard zoom, the AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED. Nikon has also launched three new super telephoto lenses with VR (Vibration Reduction), the AF-S 400mm f/2.8G ED VR, AF-S 500mm f/4G ED VR and AF-S 600mm f/4G ED VR.

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