We don’t want to say Nikon has something of a trend here, but as with most of its major releases in recent memory (c.f. D300s, D5000, Coolpix lineup), the umph of tonight’s 12.1-megapixel D3S announcement has been somewhat lessened by a pretty large leak from earlier tonight. Still, let’s act a little surprised. Ready? Okay! The professional-grade DSLR is packing a rather wide ISO range of 200 to 12,800, which can be further boosted to 102,400 — although we’re dying to see just how pictures taken under those conditions actually turn out. There’s a video mode, 720p at 24 frames per second with autofocus and a “new algorithm” to lessen the effect of rolling shutter, but as far as we can tell there’s still no image stabilization. Release date for US is about on par with its UK brethren, launching in late November for the favorably comparable price of $5,199.95 for body only. Full details in press release after the break.
