Nikon D3x

	Sample Photos Summary
• Excellent sharpness • Acceptable noise levels across the board
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Sample Photos

All of the following sample photos, bar one, were taken with a 24-70 f/2.8 Nikkor lens.You can click on the image to see the full size version, but these are large and may take a while to load.

Landscape Example
				Focal length: 24mm Aperture: f/7.1 Shutter: 1/200 ISO: 100 A shot of bustling Davis Square, shot in program mode, with automatic white balance and center-weighted metering. The pillar on the left shows some distortion on the lens.
				The excellent sharpness of the D3x combined with its high megapixel count means that text is clearly legible.

Macro Example
				Focal length: 70mm Aperture: f/4.5 Shutter: 1/60 ISO: 100 Shot on a cloudy day, using spot metering, and the appropriate white balance. The vibrant color setting does a great deal to emphasize the first signs of spring.
				You can see how the vibrant color mode makes the red, blues and purples really jump out.

Long Exposure Example
				Focal length: 66mm Aperture: f/22 Shutter: 4 seconds ISO: 400 An extended shot of passing cars shows the camera's aptitude with long exposure, though the automatic white balance struggled to deal with the extremely orange light of Somerville street lamps.
				Unsurprisingly the camera did blow out some of the highlights from the street lamp, but did an excellent job of capturing detail.

Low Light Example
				Focal length: 55mm Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter: 1/50 ISO: 6400 There are few things creepier than a playground after dark. Shot with center-weighted metering, aperture priority in monochrome mode. The D3x isn't designed specifically low-light situations, and struggled a little in focusing in these less than optimal conditions.
				As much as we rail against image noise, it can sometimes be provide an interesting atmospheric effect, as in these shots.

Wildlife Example
				Focal length: 14mm Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter: 1/30 ISO: 800 The lovable Fester was kind enough to stand still for this shot, taken with a 14-24 f/2.8 lens. Taken using full-frame metering in aperture priority.
				The D3x's ability to capture detail is wonderfully displayed here, with the reflections in Fester's eyes and the detail in his coat coming out clearly.

Signage Example
				Focal length: 70mm Aperture: f/9 Shutter: 1/320 ISO: 100 A brief moment of sun on a cloudy day allowed us to take a photo showing off the D3x's abilities in objects with lots of fine detail. Manual white balance and center-weighted metering.
				The crop of the tree's bark really shows off the D3x sharpness,  particularly considering that this shot was taken handheld, under mediocre lighting conditions.

Still Life Examples

The images below are of our still life taken at every available ISO. They can be clicked on to see the full-size image, but these are very large and may take a considerable amount of time to load.

	Still Life Comparisons
	Nikon D3x	Nikon D700	Canon 5D Mark II	Sony A900	Nikon D90
ISO 50
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 400
ISO 800
ISO 1600
ISO 3200
ISO 6400
ISO 12800
ISO 25600

Noise Examples

The examples below are all 100 pixel crops at 100% magnification, which accounts for the different amount of the subject you can see in each frame. These images were not used for testing, but are rather used to illustrate the camera's noise levels in an easy to understand way.

	Noise Comparison Table
	Nikon D3x	Nikon D700	Canon 5D Mark II	Sony A900	Nikon D90
ISO 50
	Nikon D3x	Nikon D700	Canon 5D Mark II	Sony A900	Nikon D90
ISO 100
	Nikon D3x	Nikon D700	Canon 5D Mark II	Sony A900	Nikon D90
ISO 200
	Nikon D3x	Nikon D700	Canon 5D Mark II	Sony A900	Nikon D90
ISO 400
	Nikon D3x	Nikon D700	Canon 5D Mark II	Sony A900	Nikon D90
ISO 800
	Nikon D3x	Nikon D700	Canon 5D Mark II	Sony A900	Nikon D90
ISO 1600
	Nikon D3x	Nikon D700	Canon 5D Mark II	Sony A900	Nikon D90
ISO 3200
	Nikon D3x	Nikon D700	Canon 5D Mark II	Sony A900	Nikon D90
ISO 6400
	Nikon D3x	Nikon D700	Canon 5D Mark II	Sony A900	Nikon D90
ISO 12800
	Nikon D3x	Nikon D700	Canon 5D Mark II	Sony A900	Nikon D90
ISO 25600