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The D3S: on assignment

From the bustling metropolis of Sydney to aboriginal villages in

the Outback, from a cold and dusty Aussie rules football pitch

in Tasmania to the sun-baked desert in Nambung National

Park, Sports Illustrated staff photographer and award-winning

photojournalist, Bill Frakes roamed Australia for three weeks,

testing the D3S relentlessly to serve his seemingly limitless

photographic imagination.

As an artist with an immense respect for nature, award-winning

wildlife photographer, Vincent Munier waits patiently in severe

weather until his animal subjects grow to accept his presence.

Only then will he begin photographing them. Vincent recently took

the D3S on assignment with him to Norway and Finland. There, he

and the D3S sat quietly in the wind and rain while getting to know

the creatures of the Nordic forest.Bill FrakesSports/Photojournalism(U.S.A.)

Vincent MunierNature/Wildlife(France)

Every time I put the D3S to my eye, it's like opening a surprisepresent. It makes the child in me come out and play. Everything I see

can be captured accurately and uidly, and by combining still captureand D-Movie, I can meld motion and emotion into multidimensionalexpressions o visual and audio exploration.

I make career-defning decisions in milliseconds, and I want the bestpossible image quality every time I push the button. No matter who you are, or how you work,

you never know when the cosmos will align in such a way that the perect image is available.When it happens, I have to be ready in every conceivable way. This is why the D3S excites andmotivates me. I need a camera that responds precisely, quickly and consistently. The D3S does

that and more, and this kind o power gives me enormous reedom.

Animal photography is a passion more than a proession. Sometimes

I sit in the rain and snow or weeks just to experience a single brie

moment with an animal. I need the best and most reliable equipment

available so that I can take ull advantage o the rare opportunities

inherent in my work.

Many o my subjects are active only ater the sun goes down. Yet

with the D3S, I managed to photograph things that my eyes were practically unable to see. For

example, I remember a brown bear that was just meters rom my cabin in the Finnish taiga. It wasthe middle o the night, but just a short glimpse o his wet nose permitted me to ocus, resulting

in a surprisingly sharp picture. Capturing images like this is what makes the D3S invaluable.

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What would you do i the laws o photography changed? With the introduction o the new Nikon D3S,proessional photographers around the world will reconsider this question entirely, and re-examine thepower, potential and reach that photography can now achieve. The D3S's abilities are so revolutionarythat photographers will experience an entirely new level o perormance and creativity, pushing themurther into the uncharted waters o possibility. Standing on the shoulders o the incredibly ast and

versatile D3, the new D3S makes spectacular improvements that will enable you to think and shoot inways you never thought possible: commercial-quality low-noise images as high as ISO 1280 0, the ability to

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n Approx.100%ramecoverage

TheD3S'slargeprismgivesyoutheFX-ormatvisual advantagewhenyou shoot.Theviewfnderimageisnotonlylargeandbright,buttheocusingscreenisalsocareullydesignedtohelpyoutointuitivelysensesharp ocus,be itmanualorautoocus.

n Magnesiumalloy: ruggeddependability

Thebody,exterior cover,chassisandmirrorbox arecomprisedo strong-yet-lightweightmagnesiumalloyto perormindemandingreal-world conditionsandassuresuperb,reliable perormanceandlongerlie.

n Comprehensivesealingagainstdust,moistureandelectromagneticwaves

Assuredprotection againstinvasivemoisture,dustand evenelectromagneticintererence.A comprehensiveseriesoO-rings andother specializedseals,combinedwithadditional Nikonengineering,keepsyou shootingwhenlessercameraswould ail.

n Shutter durability

Forthe reliabilityproessionalsdemand,theshuttero theD3Shasbeentestedor300,000cycles.A ndto ensurerigorousreal-worldconditions,the testingisalwaysperormedon ullyassembledcameras.

n Sel-diagnosticshut ter

Shutterspeedsrangerom 1/8,000sto30s withaninternalmechanismthatautomaticallymonitors andcorrectspossiblevariances betweenthedesignatedshutter speedandt heactualshutter timingoverthe shuttermechanism'sliespan.

n Mirrorbalancer

Minimizesmirrorbounce andextendsviewingtime,which allowsmoretime orAFoperationonereasonwhytheD3Scanoer autoocusandFocus Trackingevenat high-speedcontinuousshooting.

n QuietShut ter-release mode

Imagineascene wheresilenceisessential.SimplyselectQ onthereleasemodedialandreducethesoundothecamera'smirror-down duringshooting.

n LiveViewbutton

ThededicatedLive Viewbutton givesyouinstant access,oeringt woLiveViewmodes:TripodmodeoraccurateAFoperationand Hand-heldmodeor moreversatileshootingangles. ThespeedorContrast-detect AFin Tripodmodehasalso beenimprovedor enhancedpracticality.

n ElectronicVirtualHorizon

Instant,accurate confrmationoyourhorizontallevel.In LiveView shooting,displaytheElectronic VirtualHorizon ontheLCD,abovethemonitorimage,or

landscapeandarchitectural photography.

n TwinCFcardslots

RecordtwoullCFcardsodata,recordthesamedataontotwocards(backup),recordRAW andJPEG simultaneouslyontoseparate cards,and transerdataromonecardtoanother.Youcanalsodesignatetheslot ordata-heavy D-Movierecording.

n Long-liebat tery

TheD3S usesEN-EL4arechargeablebatteries.Power consumptionandpowermanagementsystems havebeenengineeredor greateroperatingefciency,soyoucanexpectlongbatterylie.Youcanshootupto4,200images*percharge.

*Based onCIPAStandards.

n Extendedmenubanks

Storeuptoourcombinationsoexposuremode,shutter speedand aperturevalue.Atimesaver orphotographers whomustregularlyswitchquickly betweenfxed

camerasettingsaccording todierentshootingsituations.

n Multipleexposure

Youcanalso designatethisunction tothebracketingbutton orrepeated multipleexposureoperation.That wayyou cancontinuemultipleexposureswithout

comingbacktothemenueachtime.

n Enhancedplayback unction

Reviewimagesinavarietyouseulways.The thumbnaildisplayshowsup to72ramesatatimeorquickersearchandselect.TheD3S canalsocheck histograms

oaselectedandmagnifedportionoanimage.

n 1.2xcropmode

Whenyouneedboththetelephotoeectandalargeenoughflesize,use1.2x(30x20)ormat withapprox. 8.4megapixels.

n In-cameraeditunction

TheD3SoersvariousretouchmenussuchasNEF(RAW)Processingoron-the-spotalterations,withouttheneedo acomputer.

ResizeunctionandD-Movieeditingconvertimagedataormovieclipstosmallersizeswhilemaintainingtheoriginaluseulwhentransmittingspeedisimportant.

n 7.5cm(3-in.),approx. 921k-dotcolor,170viewingangleLCD monitor

Thelarge, high-resolutionLCDmonitordeliversbright,crisp imageplaybackwithupto27xenlargementorimmediateandpreciseimageconfrmation.Each LCDiscoveredwith scratchresistant temperedglassandindividuallycalibrated andfne-tunedattheactorytodeliverconsistentperormance.

n Inobutton

Makesiteasytoviewandchangesettings.Pushoncetoseethe settings.Pushagainora directshortcuttothemenupageothecamerasettingyouwanttoalter.

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