Nikon D3s Revealed

There was a lot of discussions back and forth if there was going to be a new D4 with 24MP, video at 1080p… or just a small upgrade that ment a D3s with video (D3 + Video = D3s).

Well the rumor about a new D3s was correct, Nikon confirmed that along with some new lenses aswell during the latest conference here in Europe.

The specs was quite interesting:
The biggest news with the D3s was the new sensor. It has the same size and amout of pixles as the D3 but the iso sensitivity is from 200 to 12800. Besides the new sensor the D3s have three new hi-modes which will give you up to 102400 iso!. Due to this upgrade to the sensor you can jump up a notch on the iso level and still get good image quality when you compare to with the D3.
Another feature is the dust removal on the sensor, Nikon managed to give the camera a 100% viewing capability in the viewfinder which you didn’t get on the D700.

While Canon have moved forward with the videorecording feature on their DSLR:s Nikon is not far behind. With the new D3s you can record up to 720p with M-jpeg and maximum 5 minutes in the highest quality, if you want to do quick vblogs with a expensive camera .

I can edmit that I’m drooling quite much right now, but for approx 5000$ it’s painfully expensive (for me anyway and my poor wallet).

Here is a “short” list of features fetched from dpreview.com:

New 12.1 megapixel Full-Frame (36 x 24 mm) sensor
ISO 200 – 12800 (ISO 100 – 102,400 in Boost mode)
720p / 24 fps HD movie mode
Eleven frames per second in continuous and DX mode
Larger buffer for 48 RAW frames in one burst (18 on the D3)
Multi-CAM3500FX Auto Focus sensor (51-point, 15 cross-type, more vertical coverage), fine-tuned for improved acquisition and tracking
In-camera RAW processing
Also supports DX lenses, viewfinder automatically masks (5.1 megapixels with DX lens)
14-bit A/D conversion, 12 channel readout
Nikon EXPEED image processor
Super fast operation (power-up 12 ms, shutter lag 41 ms, black-out 74 ms)
Kevlar / carbon fibre composite shutter with 300,000 exposure durability
Auto-focus tracking by color (using information from 1005-pixel AE sensor)
Auto-focus calibration (fine-tuning) available (fixed body or up to 20 separate lens settings)
Scene Recognition System (uses AE sensor, AF sensor)
Dual Compact Flash card slots (overflow, back-up, RAW on 1 / JPEG on 2, Stills on 1 / Movies on 2, copy)
Compact Flash UDMA support
3.0″ 922,000 pixel LCD monitor
Live View with either phase detect (mirror up/down) or improved (30% faster) contrast detect Auto Focus
Virtual horizon indicates if camera is level, available on the LCD during video capture
HDMI HD video output
‘Active D-Lighting’ ‘Extra High’ setting (adjusts metering as well as applying D-Lighting curve)
Detailed ‘Control Panel’ type display on LCD monitor, changes color in darkness
Buttons sealed against moisture
Dual battery charger as standard