Nikon D3 DSLR rumors running rampant

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craig @ Jun 9th 2007 7:51PM

It isn't known what the resolution of the D3 series will be nor is it known what the 1Ds3 resolution will be. It's a little early to be declaring your disappointment.

The most common rumors have the Nikon at 19 and the Canon at 22. At those numbers the linear resolution difference is 7.5% and it all comes at the edges. Hard to believe that will make much difference. In comparison, the current difference is 16% and yet most reviewers say the result is incremental. If you are truly disappointed then you don't know what you are talking about.

Sony and Nikon have made a lot of progress on noise, but a 19MP sensor with a 1.1x crop, also part of the rumor, means that the new pixels will actually be bigger than those on the D2x (by perhaps 10%). That's the reason for not pleasing those DX people. If they don't do that, Canon will be giving them a severe beating on noise. Canon's pixels will be getting smaller, down to a very similar size, by the way. The race is about to tighten up.

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