Nikon’s D800 DSLR Is the First Camera to Gain USB 3.0 Certification

SuperSpeed USB continues to gain market traction among the consumer electronics industry, the recently announced Nikon D800 and D800E professional DSLR cameras being the first such products to feature USB 3.0 support.

Nikon’s digital SLR’s were certified by the USB Implementers Forum to support this standard, which enables devices using it to reach transfer speeds up to 10 times higher than those of their Hi-Speed USB counterparts. 

"The USB-IF is delighted to see the D800 achieve SuperSpeed USB certification," said Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF President & COO.

"The addition of Nikon's camera to the ever-growing SuperSpeed USB ecosystem will revolutionize the consumer and photographer/videographer experience of transferring hundreds of photos and streaming videos from their cameras to displays, devices and computers.

“This camera will allow all users to transfer and stream rich content in seconds," concluded USB-IF’s president.

Nikon’s D800 and D800E professional DSLR’s were announced a few days ago by the Japanese company, and feature a full-frame 36.3MP image sensor.

The new high-res image sensor installed in the D800 forced Nikon to limit the noise sensitivity of its full-frame DSLR to ISO 6400 (25,600 in Hi2 extended mode), but otherwise the D800 adopts many of the features of the D4.

These include the same Advanced Scene Recognition System with 91k-pixel 3D Color Matrix Metering III, 51 point AF, 1080/30p HD video shooting, uncompressed HDMI output, and the special two-shot HDR mode.

The Nikon D800 will be available in late March for the suggested retail price of $2999.95 (about 2,289 EUR).

The D800E (basically the same camera but with the anti-aliasing filter removed) will be available in mid April 2012 for a suggested retail price of $3,299.95 (2,518 EUR).