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[Read - Aug 23 2007: Here is the update on D3 - Nikon launches the D3!]

[Also read - Aug 23 2007: Nikon Launches the D300!]

With the PMA 2007 just months away, the rumours around the Nikon next generation digital revolution is hitting the peak. Gossips had been around for almost a a couple of years now and the stalwarts from Ken Rockwell to Thom Hogan all contributing their share of informations and tid-bits. Although the improvements are primarily expected in the one major areas of a better chip and its ability to pack in over 18 mega pixels with better noise reduction (Foveon chip), the debate is quite low on whether Nikon will bring out a 35mm chip or continue to build on the DX format. The Bayer pixel extrapolation methodology of the existing models could be dispensed with an improved physical sensor in terms of the RGB sensors.

There could be some amount of truth in the time of the release of the D3 series. The latest buzz around the D200 (Sept 2006) have died down and the prices continue to vary from $ 1,350 to $ 1,600, with a downward trend. With the D3 in the market, the D200 will obviously take up the space for a digital back up camera. And much like the fate of the F5, the D2Xs will be discontinued? The price proposition of the D3 is around $7,000 with the D2Xs at $3,500 and the D200 at about $1,300 it would be difficult for the current D2Xs owners to make a quick move onto the newer D3.

The pictures that added to the gossips are worth a last look. A jelly bean body for a camera that is supposed to fit onto your palms looks odd, but the rapid change in design on the film cameras from F5 over to the F6 could mean that the D3 could be smaller than the existing D2 body type. That does pose a challenge given that the body could hold a larger mega pixels sensor. With the users desperately in need for a smaller and lighter body with more efficient battery life, its unlikely that the new D3 body would be larger than the D2.

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