The D3s in addition to superb high resolution still image quality, it offers HD quality D-Movie function, with an external stereo recording microphone, as well as convenient in camera editing functions, such as the ability to select the starting and ending points in order to trim D-Movie footage, as well as the ability to save selected movie frames as JPEG images.

The camera offers excellent high ISO performance to ISO 12800 as standard, with twin CF card slots and a long life battery capacity.

This is the ultimate camera if 12MPixels is enpough, if not then move on to the D3x, which doubles the pixel density.

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Camera Specification:

• Single lens reflex digital camera,
• 12.1 million pixels,
• Sensor, FX, 36.0 x 23.9 mm, CMOS,
• Image size, FX, 4,256 x 2,832; DX, 2,784 x 1,848; D-movie, 1280 x 720, 24fps, 640 x 424,
• ISO 200 to 12,800 in steps of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV, plus HI-0.3, HI-0.5, HI-0.7, HI-1, HI-2 and HI-3 (ISO 102,400); LO-0.3, LO-0.5, LO-0.7 and LO-1 (ISO 100),
• NEF (12 or 14-bit lossless compressed, compressed, or uncompressed, TIFF, JPEG, AVI movie with monaural sound, stero sound with external microphone,
• CompactFlash, dual cards,
• Shooting Modes,
  • Single frame,
  • Continuous low, 1-9 frames per second,
  • Continuous high, 9 frames per secand, 9-11 frames per second with DX format,
  • Quiet shutter release,
  • Self-timer mode,
  • Mirror-up mode,
  • D-Movie,
• White Balance, auto, incandescent, fluorescent, direct sunlight, flash, cloudy, shade, choose colour temperature, white balance preset,
• Monitor, 3.0″, 921,000-dot,
• Playback Function,
  • Full frame,
  • Thumbnail,
  • Movie playback,
  • Slideshow,
  • Histogram display,
  • Highlights,
  • Auto image rotation,
  • Image comment,
• Delete Function,
  • Card format,
  • All frames delete,
  • Selected frames delete,
• USB 2.0,
• Picture Angle, FX same as lens used, DX multiplication of 1.5 times focal length,
• Viewfinder, diopter adjustment  -3 to +1.0, coverage 100%, magnification 0.7 times,
• Autofocus, 51 focus points, Multi-CAM 3500FX autofocus module;
• Focus Modes,
  • Single servo AF,
  • Continuous servo,
  • Focus tracking automatically,
  • Manual focus,
• Exposure Metering,
  • 3D-Color Matrix,
  • Center weighted,
  • Spot,
• Exposure Metering Range, 0 to 20 EV
• Exposure control,
  • Programmed,
  • Shutter priority,
  • Aperture priority,
  • Auto,
  • Manual,
  • Auto Exposure Bracketing 2 to 9 exposures in increments of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 steps to (+-) 1.0 EV,
  • Shutter , 30 to 1/8000sec in steps of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV plus bulb,
  • Flash synchronization at up to 1/250 seconds,
  • Flash Control,
  • TTL,
  • TTL balanced fill-flash,
  • Auto aperture,
  • Non-TTL auto,
  • Distance priority manual,
• Flash Sync Modes,
  • Front-curtain sync,
  • Red-eye reduction,
  • Red-eye reduction with slow sync,
  • Slow sync,
  • Rear curtain sync,
• Self-Timer with duration of 2, 5, 10 or 20 seconds,
• Depth of Field Preview,
• Remote Control, 10-pin connector,
• Battery Life 4200 shots,
• Dimensions 159.5 x 157 x 87.5 mm,
• Weight 1,240 grams.