Competition
The principal competitive camera for the D2X are the full-frame Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II & Canon EOS-1D Mark II N. There is also some competitive overlap between the full-frame Canon EOS 5D and the D2X, although they are not direct competitors.
An unresolved debate rages about the respective technical compromises of the DX format sensor and full frame sensors (100% of a 35 mm film frame) offered in competition with the D2X's DX format. Each format offers advantages and disadvantages which become more or less important in different usage settings (e.g. studio vs sport, indoor vs outdoor, wide angle vs telephoto). Nikon, convinced that the design characteristics of the DX format are best choice for its customers and target markets, had committed itself publicly to the DX format sensor and its line of DX lenses is specifically designed for the smaller sensor. This philosophy remained until 2007, at which point NIkon's new generation of professional-level digital SLRs - the Nikon D3 and Nikon D700 - adopted a full-frame sensor.
Nikon's D2X was awarded best product accolades for 2005–6 by the European Imaging and Sound Association. Named European Professional Camera of the Year, the D2X's 'extraordinary performance' was praised by the judges.
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