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Nikon D2x Digital SLR Review
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Review Summary
Reader Score: 9.50 (out of 10)
Soon after the D2X became available, a friend of mine & I were discussing whether or not we should move up to the D2X from our current cameras. Most of our talk revolved around the D2X's new CMOS image sensor and its 12.2 million pixel output resolution. At that time I owned a Nikon D2H, nearly identical to the D2X in most respects except for the image sensor & output resolution. Yes, there were other nice enhancements to the D2X - it had a better LCD screen, a wider-opening (easier access) memory card door, three new features (image overlay, multiple exposure, high-speed crop), some tweaks here and there, but the big difference was the D2X's new high resolution sensor.
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Other Reviews For This Model
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| Naturfotograf |
9.50 |
05-09-05 |
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| In my opinion, Nikon D2X heralds the end of 35 mm film for virtually all shooting assignments for a Nikon user. You get an image quality unsurpassed by today's or even tomorrow's film-based technology for the venerable 24 x 36 mm format. This is the first DSLR used by me which can rendered wide sweeps of landscape with tangible and breathtaking clarity of detail. However, any camera system descending from 35 mm stock inherits a limit to the detail which can be captured for landscape work, because of the relatively short focal lengths typically deployed with these cameras. |
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| byThom |
9.11 |
05-03-05 |
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| The D2x is much like the D2h. Both are a complete redesign from the D1 series cameras. While the family heritage is obvious, virtually every significant aspect of the D2 series cameras has been rethought from the D1 series. The D2x is not "some new features in a D1 package" type of design. As I said in my D2h review, I was impressed that Nikon took the time to try to improve, refine, and innovate in as many places as it has. Every control, every body curve, and even every part deep in the body (frame, shutter, etc.) seems to have been touched from the D1 designs. Even more impressive is that they didn't rest with the D2h UI and specifications; the D2x has additions and refinements over the D2h all over the place. Thus, we have our work cut out just running down the feature set and changes to it. |
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| DPReview |
8.33 |
06-02-05 |
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| Our full in-depth review of Nikon's flagship 12 megapixel D2X digital SLR. The D2X, the official successor of the 2001 D1X, offers more than twice the number of effective pixels, the brand new 'D2' body and a host of unique features. One feature which stands out is the unique high-speed crop mode which provides a seven megapixel image and a shooting rate of eight frames per second. See how the D2X performed and how it compared to the competition, read our 29-page review! |
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| Image Power |
8.00 |
04-20-05 |
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| "Size does matter!" This is a statement I keep hearing more frequently lately from my editors of a US-based stock agency after checking and choosing the digital data from my latest consignments for further commercialisation. What he means is that the size of the data sent in should reach at least 35MB no matter whether the photos will be used for internet publications or stamp-sized photos in brochures only. Kodak and Canon have started that race and now Nikon has responded to it with its new Nikon D2X. |
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| LetsGoDigital |
8.00 |
01-31-06 |
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| "Cameras like the Nikon D2X are real work-horses. Meant for intensive use under the strangest and heaviest circumstances. The Nikon D2X is made for it, it can absolutely take it. The camera is well protected from dust and water and it can handle rough treatment. It makes the camera a bit heavier, but weight is not the most important thing here. Rather a somewhat heavier camera that you can trust than a light-weighted one that should be handled with care because of its fragility.
A beautiful, large dynamic range, fine plasticity and a beautiful colour reproduction. Photos that will gain your employer's full approval and satisfaction. The resolution is high and delivers images with rich details. The JPEG images are clean and almost completely free of artifacts. Working with a digital work-horse like the Nikon D2X is heaven, especially for the photo-freak and the devoted professional photographer." |
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| PC Magazine |
7.80 |
08-16-05 |
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| For the pro or the enthusiast who wants it all in a D-SLR with more than 10MP, the two main choices are the Nikon D2X and the 16.6MP Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, which, as we mentioned, does have a full-frame sensor. (Kodak recently discontinued the high-end 13MP Kodak DCS Pro SLR-N and DCS Pro SLR-C, which also had full-frame sensors.) Aside from the D2X's incredibly high price, it's hard to pick one camera over the other. At this level, choosing the camera that's right for you has more to do with analyzing the entire digital photography system available from each company than with just choosing a camera body. |
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| Hardware Zone |
7.69 |
02-27-05 |
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| Handling-wise, we had no complaints with the Nikon D2X. Controls were strategically placed and the durable magnesium alloy body comes armored in rubber seals to keep out moisture and dust. It is built to last too, with a rated shutter lifespan of over 150,000 counts. Up from the D1X's 2.0-inch LCD monitor, the D2X has a 2.5-inch LCD monitor with increased resolution. The improved RGB histogram display, and separate histograms for the individual red, blue and green channels is a long awaited feature too. The viewfinder is clear and bright unlike the tunnel-like view we get from other DSLRs.
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| Outback Photo |
7.50 |
03-23-05 |
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| Reader Report: Hello friends, below is my personal views on NIKON'S new powerhouse the D2X. These comments are just the "highlights" of what this machine can do. There is so much more.
First let me qualify myself by saying that in 45+ years of taking pictures with possibly every camera made since the 1950's, Shooting every subject from astro to micro, beautiful women in europe to bugs in the studio, teaching at the college level , owning successful studios And, since I was the first to get a production over the counter D2X here in los angeles that it was prudent of me to chime in with my thoughts on this camera. Let me start off by saying i've always shot nikon and leica since the beginning, I've never received anything from them for free nor any other camera maker. I currently shoot for and am sponsored by TAMRON so I use all their lenses which I find to be of excellent quality especially the 28-300DI, 17-35 and the 90 2.8 macro and all of my shots and views are with these lenses. |
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| Imaging-Resource |
7.33 |
04-14-05 |
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| Updated: 6/10/2005 - The new Nikon D2X is the latest addition to one of the world's most famous camera lines. The new D2X updates the D1X model that hit the market in mid-2001. As you might expect, there's been a lot of development in the intervening three years between the two camera's respective releases, and the Nikon D2X is solid evidence that its maker is still very much a force to contend with in the professional SLR marketplace. While carrying a host of significant improvements and feature enhancements over its predecessor, resolution and shooting speed are probably the two features that will attract most photographers to the Nikon D2X. In its full-resolution mode, the D2X can capture five 12.2 megapixel (4,288 x 2,848) frames per second, a very respectable rate, at a very respectable resolution. |
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| Moose Peterson |
7.33 |
02-25-05 |
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| I like this camera, and I like the images it produces. I've said that a few times in the past when something new comes along with new abilities and quality and will most likely say it again in the future. I'm also darn tired of writing these things. I'd much rather be out shooting with the D2X then writing about it! I'm presenting this D2X User Report for those photographers out there who are about photography and not counting pixels. It's my hopes I can give you a jump start using the D2X so I can sit back at night and enjoy your images. Yeah, there are a lot of pixels to count in the D2X but there's a lot more to the camera then the quantity of its pixels. It's the quality of the D2X pixels that has me liking this camera and how you, the photographer, that person behind the camera, can make them jump!
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| Rob Galbraith |
6.67 |
09-15-04 |
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| Hands-On Preview: The D2X's core camera capabilities are nearly identical to the D2H, and the two models are near-clones in appearance too. The big news is the CMOS sensor at the heart of the D2X. At 12.21 million pixels, D2X photos have roughly double the number of pixels of any current Nikon digital SLR. Nikon has stuffed all these image pixels into a sensor of about the same physical dimensions as the rest of their digital SLR lineup, making it DX-size (to use Nikon's nomenclature). This translates into the same 1.5x field of view magnification relative to 35mm film.
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| The Digital Journalist |
6.50 |
05-10-05 |
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| The Nikon D2X is a big camera in every way.
Big in megapixels, Big in price and Big in performance! Clearly it's the best digital camera that Nikon has ever produced and maybe even the best out there at the moment. |
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| Nikondigital |
6.14 |
03-18-05 |
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| $5,000 is a lot to spend for a camera. Sure, it’s what I paid for my first D1 and for my first D1X, but aren’t prices supposed to be coming down? So it was with some trepidation that I decided to go ahead and sell one of my D2Hs and purchase one of the first Nikon D2X units. That is a lot of image sales. My camera arrived right on schedule, the 1st of March, and I got to work putting it through its paces. |
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| Photographic |
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08-09-05 |
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| For the past several years, Nikon has offered two versions of its top of the line pro digital SLR: a high-resolution X model, and a high-speed H model. The company still offers two versions: the new high-resolution D2X that is the subject of this report, and the recently upgraded high-speed D2Hs. But the D2X also provides a High Speed Cropped Image mode that shoots just as fast as the D2Hs (8 fps), at considerably higher resolution (6.8 megapixels vs. 4.1 megapixels) - as well as its standard extremely high 12.4-megapixel resolution when you can "settle" for a 5 fps shooting rate. |
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