The Nikon D3 continues to rake in the awards, this time from Japan’s Press Club.
Here’s the story from Web Wire:
Tokyo – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that the Nikon D3 digital SLR camera has been selected by Japan’s Camera Press Club as CAMERA GRAND PRIX 2008 Camera of the Year.
A committee chose the D3, Nikon’s flagship SLR camera, as the most outstanding among 170 competing cameras introduced to the market between April 1, 2007 and March 31, 2008.
The D3 is the first Nikon digital SLR camera to use the full 24×36mm image area of traditional 35mm film, a format desired by many photographers in the professional to advanced amateur range. Other factors cited by committee members were the D3’s new functions that perform beyond expectations.
The D3 also won the CAMERA GRAND PRIX 2008 Readers Award that was established for the Camera Grand Prix 25th anniversary. The camera attracted the most Readers Award votes among general users during Photo Image Expo (PIE) 2008 held in Tokyo March 19-22.
Before these latest awards, the previous Nikon honored as Camera of the Year was the Nikon D200 in 2006. The D3 is the sixth Nikon camera overall to win the honor. The D3 has also received the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA)’s prestigious award, “Best D-SLR Professional in Europe 2008″
Distributed since November 2007, the Nikon D3 has earned an excellent reputation primarily among professional and advanced amateur photographers.
Canon has got to be getting nervous with all the awards that Nikon has been winning as of late compared to their own flagship cameras. It seems that the playing field is leveling between these two companies.
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