Nikon D1

The Nikon D1 is a digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) that was made by Nikon Corporation and introduced on June 15, 1999. It features a 2.7-megapixel image sensor, 4.5-frames-per-second continuous shooting, and accepts the full range of Nikon F-mount lenses. The camera body strongly resembles the F5 and has the same general layout of controls, allowing users of Nikon film SLR cameras to quickly become proficient in using the camera. Autofocus speed on the D1 series bodies is extremely fast, even with "screw-driven" AF lenses. Although Nikon and other manufacturers had produced digital SLR cameras for several years prior, the D1 was the first professional digital SLR that displaced Kodak's then-undisputed reign over the professional market. Unusual for a DSLR, the D1 uses the NTSC color space instead of the conventional sRGB or Adobe RGB color spaces. The resulting color on the D1 can be a bit unorthodox, but methods of correcting and/or compensating for the color problem are readily available. The introductory price of the D1 (body only) was US$5,500. The original D1 was discontinued on February 5, 2001, being replaced by the D1H and D1X models. The D1X offered higher resolution than the D1's 2,000 x 1,312, having a 5.3 effective megapixels sensor (3,008 x 1,960) interpolated image output, and continuous shooting of 3 frames per second for up to 21 consecutive shots.