Nikon D3 and D300

Just 2 days after Canon's launch of 40D and 1Ds mark III, Nikon announced D3 and D300 to get the Nikon vs Canon race going. Finally, Nikon has their first full frame sensor and moving to CMOS.

D3

• 36 x 23.9 mm CMOS sensor
• FX format
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter
• 12.9 million total pixels
• 12.1 million effective pixels
• 3:2 aspect ratio
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D300
• 23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor
• DX format
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter (with self-cleaning unit)
• 13.1 million total pixels
• 12.3 million effective pixels
• 3:2 aspect ratio
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